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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Unless...
...there are weapons of mass deployment hidden in a bunker somewhere, we're only "well on the way" to more lip service from the Government regarding universal broadband.
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Rob is Pro
Carpe diem
join:2002-07-02
Birmingham, AL
| How much say does the council actually have?
Sounds like a good plan. These are the sorts of pushes we need(sadly) to get advancements in broadband. I hope many more groups will either support or develop similar guidelines to this approach. Anyways, how much say does the FTTH council actually have? |
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Skilos
join:2000-08-19
Astoria, NY | us vs them
Its just a shame that people enjoy these speeds overseas now.
I wonder where they will be in 7 years in terms of speed when we are enjoying hopefully close to 100Mbps. |
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Rob is Pro
Carpe diem
join:2002-07-02
Birmingham, AL
| The developement of internet in such countries as korea will most likely slow down and move to other appliances (as is happening) such as cell phones. Now you have 1 gigabit connections for the PC, why not 1 Gbit for cell phones? Also such high speed connections would have trouble achieving full speed. |
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Skilos
join:2000-08-19
Astoria, NY | don't know about Korea, but japan is experiencing amazing growth with ftth and at sustainable speeds. |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | 100 Mbs
I just got wood |
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL | Obama 2008
It's ok...after Obama wins in 2008 we will see a great plan for 100mbps in the United States. No more dragging feet for the telecom, get it in gear or munifi will run you over. |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
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| Brian "1 billion bps" Roberts is ready to meet the challenge
Either the FTTH council doesn't know about Roberts' claim of already being able to meet the 100Mbps challenge, or they dismissed it.
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+News |
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Tecklord
join:2001-01-27
Belleville, IL | reply to XBL2009
Re: Obama 2008
Two problems with this.
#1 Hillary is going to be the 08 nominee.
#2 A Republican is going to win anyway. 
Cmon FIBER |
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matt5
join:2001-10-06
Lagrangeville, NY | Does 100Mpbs matter?
What does it matter, I have 10Mbps and most servers won't let me get full speed. If anything lets go with a plan aimed at upload, or lets play with unlimited meaning max speed 24/7 won't change anything. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
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join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
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Re: Obama 2008
said by Tecklord  :Two problems with this. #1 Hillary is going to be the 08 nominee. #2 A Republican is going to win anyway. Cmon FIBER That's predicated on the premise that there's enough currently non-voting Hillary haters that would be so moved by their dislike as to actually go out just to vote against her.
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | Baby steps
How about Verizon ups all their 15/2 FIOS users to 20/5 instead of just doing it in "select markets". (And likewise a bump for the other tiers.) |
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decadent
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Piscataway, NJ
| Do they ask for money?
There are 192 million households in US. Using Verizon estimates 18 million households for $23 billion, so it will cost $245 billion to connect everyone or $222 billion of additional funds. It is not a small amount of money, they maybe better spent by Congress for something else. I think, consumers of these 100Mbps services should rather pay for that. Because, it is like putting interstate highway ramp to each house, it will be probably very convenient, but it is too expensive. |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 |  FIOS
Just get me FIOS I will be happy.  |
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Dominokat
"Hi"
Premium
join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME
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2 edits | Now wait a minute...
Wasn't there just a topic here that "there is a huge broadband problem in that there isn't enough capacity" even for the 4 to 20 or 30 meg speeds we have now? Upping speeds to 100meg will surely destroy internet as we know it.
(End sarcasm)
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
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Re: Do they ask for money?
Let's see. We've spent over 400 BILLION for IRAQ the last 3 years, hmm.. 245 for the US to provide 100mb to everyone? Vs. the 1 TRILLION it will cost us to get out of Iraq? That's a no brainer
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richardpor
Fur it up
join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR
1 edit | OMG Corporate Astro-turf
Should Broadband Reports be a little consistent. Just look at the COR PATE members at »www.ftthcouncil.org/?t=42.
If these member want to invest the billions it would cost I would gladly say knock yourselves out but not one government dollar should be spent on this.
Also with the growth of new technologies, 100Mbps will be expensive overkill. Major corporations have successfully done well with less. Not to mention improvement in broadband that uses existing copper like ATT |
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ShadezeRO
join:2006-04-24
Fort Lauderdale, FL
·AT&T Southeast
| Companies should do this on their own
I'm all for motivating corporations to take initiative.
It's sad for us to rely on the government plans to motivate companies into selling a better product.
Nationwide broadband is a good idea, just not financially sound (just like the 100Mbps plan).
Also, I hate not having FiOS. =P |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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Re: OMG Corporate Astro-turf
said by richardpor :Should Broadband Reports be a little consistent. Just look at the COR PATE members at » www.ftthcouncil.org/?t=42. If these member want to invest the billions it would cost I would gladly say knock yourselves out but not one government dollar should be spent on this. You are right. The great majority of the FTTH Council are fiber hardware vendors, or fiber construction companies, engineering design companies, etc. There are a couple muni ISP's and that is it. They want the government to mandate something so that they can get to charge the taxpayers big bucks to help them make big profits.
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DoctorDoom
Troll hunter
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join:2006-09-19
Becket, MA
| And the Martians are coming!
Words, words, words! FTTH is deployed only in areas where there is already broadband. Where there is no existing broadband access, there won't be FTTP—or any other type of broadband—in the lifetimes of the folks who live there.
We who don't live in Concreteland might as well be in Antarctica. Dialup or satellite will be all that's available for many people for decades to come.
Reality is a bee-eye-itch. |
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