| love/hate my state Maine's telecommunications infrastructure is sound. Through substantial investments by Verizon and others we have a fiber backbone that is second to none. Still, in this fast-paced global economy we cannot rest. We need to build on our foundation to keep every advantage we have.
that quote is from John Baldacci( governor) , his state of the state speech on 1/25/05
btw , the states website is down. |
 BOGBSPremium
join:2004-05-11
 ·RoadRunner Cable
4 edits | regarding the Maine state website being down, I'd say that the state infrastructure is not so sound IT wise... That's pretty hilarious if I may say so.
I definitely agree with with hawk82 on some potential for a higher percentage of computer penetration of people with $30,000 or less incomes, as far as Maine goes.. Of course that stat is most likely closely accurate for the US as a whole. I don't know how many people I've seen that make sub $30k with a computer. I'm thinking some of it has a good amount to do with older computers collecting dust that end up passed down. In a lot of rural areas, some will use a computer to gain communications/entertainment, via chatting with random people on the internet, etc.
This right here is a random bit, but Baldacci is close on the fiber backbone as well. I would not say second to none, but then again I'm in no position to say that. I'm saying that based on Verizon's newer FTTH deployments that are expanding. Of course FTTH wouldn't be economical in most areas of Maine, because cost per home passed in many areas would be astronomical. (in low population density areas, most of the geographic area of Maine) |
 hawk82
join:2001-04-26
Oakland, ME
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to jebba2005
Pretty sure the state web site was down due to a really bad thunderstorm Augusta had last night. The Maine DEA office lost their roof due to an unconfirmed funnel cloud. I've got a friend who works in the state IT center. He gave me the grand tour of their NOC and as for redundancy, it is pretty good (network wise, not sure about where the web server hosting the state site was and if I saw it in the tour).
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