| Sounds like the same old crap. So the real plan is to funnel more money to the ILECs who will use the money to invest in other things and continue to work to run CLECs out of business?
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
kudos:1 | Genachowski should open a delicatessen. Genachowski should open a delicatessen since most of his comments are Bologna. Could keep it supplied for years. |
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 WiseOldNerdDe gustibus non est disputandumPremium
join:2001-11-25
Phoenix, AZ | Pond scum subspecies All elected politicians are pond scum and their political appointments are a even scummier subset.
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 skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2
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| The entire Administration from top to bottom... ...has been an endless stream of hollow promises. Why would anything think the FCC any different?
Ack ack
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepS-IyKOLE |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
kudos:8
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·Fairpoint Commun..
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Re: Sounds like the same old crap. Agree. I have to assume some locations in each of the fifty states already access to a Gig connection if they want it and can afford it.
Super high speed for the few is not the problem. Reasonable speed for everyone at an affordable price is.
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Re: Pond scum subspecies While I would agree the FCC is a bit of a joke, the cost of entry into the 1GB market is cost prohibitive for most. Not to mention what the providers would charge for it. I currently pay $55/month for 18mb uverse connection. I can only imagine what I would pay for 1GB. |
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| 1Gbps Notice it doesn't say the price has to be reasonable. I can already get 1Gbps, but it would cost me thousands monthly. So I guess my state already counts. |
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Re: Pond scum subspecies Nice, I pay $55/month for 15mbps/1mbps. Last month it was only 10mbps but they upgraded everybody for 'free'. |
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO
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seems to cost about 70 bucks a month
at lest from Google.... just saying..
providing the bandwidth is cheap dirt cheap
even running fiber on poles isnt that much
Google said the most expensive part was any where they had to put cable in the ground |
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| 1Gbps They better deliver on their promise. I have been doing speed tests for universal broadband ever since 2010. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to tschmidt
Re: Sounds like the same old crap. said by tschmidt:Super high speed for the few is not the problem. Reasonable speed for everyone at an affordable price is.
I'd rather see 100Mbps - 200Mbps for 80%+ of the population instead of 1Gb for 10% and at good pricing and without caps. What is available now all too often is overpriced and increasingly is capped making it useless. |
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Re: Pond scum subspecies Google should have put all of it in the ground.
Google probably got a lot better rate for bandwidth from their upstream for Google Fiber. That's not always possible in most areas. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to tlylework
said by tlylework :I currently pay $55/month for 18mb uverse connection.
I pay only $19.98/month for 15 Mbps ...
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by silbaco:Google should have put all of it in the ground.
Why? If the other utilities are on poles, why not fiber?
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Verizon Broadban..
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Re: Sounds like the same old crap. said by brad:said by tschmidt:Super high speed for the few is not the problem. Reasonable speed for everyone at an affordable price is.
I'd rather see 100Mbps - 200Mbps for 80%+ of the population instead of 1Gb for 10% and at good pricing and without caps. What is available now all too often is overpriced and increasingly is capped making it useless. /\--- I nominate you as head of the FCC  I completely agree with your statement |
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Re: Pond scum subspecies Other utilities should not be on poles either. It's just an attempt to save money that doesn't really work. If you don't own the poles, then you have to pay to use them. Every time a storm blows in you have to role trucks to fix the downed lines. Their customers have to suffer service outages. They should just do it right the first time and put the cables in the ground. |
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to brad
Re: Sounds like the same old crap. the thing is once you run the fiber the costs for 1Gbps over 100Mbps are trivial |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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Re: Pond scum subspecies said by silbaco:Other utilities should not be on poles either. It's just an attempt to save money that doesn't really work. If you don't own the poles, then you have to pay to use them. Every time a storm blows in you have to role trucks to fix the downed lines. Their customers have to suffer service outages. They should just do it right the first time and put the cables in the ground.
Haven't had a storm blow shit off the poles, here, in more than 50 years. Had buried shit severely messed up in San Francisco twice since 1906.
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 linicxCaveat EmptorPremium
join:2002-12-03
United State
·CenturyLink
| Sad FCC has been soooo out of touch with America for so long their ignorance should not surprise me. But it still does.
My telco is providing 100 Gbps to Paris and London but it can't mange to give rural America a reliable phone after they killed POTS and replaced it with a digital service.
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Re: Pond scum subspecies It is an extremely common occurrence in the Midwest. Or trees falling on lines. Google will find that out sooner or later. Kansas city is in an area that can get ice storms too, although not overly common there. Ice will bring down everything. |
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