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Drew11

@comcast.net

reply to gh4456
Re: Who Wants It?

I think one of the big reasons it's been a failure is that cable and DSL are already widely available in Lompoc (within the city limits at least). When most people don't have a need for "portable" internet access, why would they bother with $20 a month wi-fi that is slower and less reliable than $15 a month Verizon DSL? There are still some areas on the outskirts of town that don't have access to cable or DSL broadband that would have been better served by this type of project.

patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

Easy, often wifi has higher upload than competing landline services. If its T1 backhauled its atleast 1300Kbs, if its fiber or multiple T1s or metro ethernet or powerline, there is a chance you can get upto 2000-4500kbs. Even with if your cursed with NAT, you can get some pretty good speeds on Bittorrent. One problem is, if the wifi admins monitor usage, and kick off high draining users. But its easy to abuse with fake contact info and prepaid credit cards.

Honestly I think its truly pathetic and shows the incumbants have to go if people goto muni wifi for the upload speed. And very often Muni wifi is very great upload speeds for low price. $65 for 512kbs on Time Warner is a joke, I get 1200 real world on a paid hotspot for $18 a month.
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