major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
| This would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. A national broadband policy? You gotta be shitting me. The only way the U.S. will see such a beast is if the telcos give the OK to their well paid errand boy at the FCC and the whores in Congre$$ get something extra in their campaign coffers. Otherwise, you can forget about any kind of policy, least of all, one that benefits consumers. |
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sparks
join:2001-07-08
Little Rock, AR
| everything is the old mighty buck.
The cable and bells buy a senator and tell them what to say and what to think.
We are the highest price and lowest speeds in the world.
BUT we are told that we are the best, of course we are, now remember senator (fill in name) the money we gave you was to educate you on the problems of the consumer and to look the other way when we do this or that.
HELL in this country replace cable and bells with ANY company.
its a shame really but the stupid americans just sit and take it...why I am watching the game I don't have time to think...thats what my elected officials do for me. |
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johnh123
join:2002-11-19
Chicago, IL
| said by sparks  :We are the highest price and lowest speeds in the world. Lowest speeds? I don't think so. Check out the stats on speedtest.net |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
| said by johnh123 :Lowest speeds? I don't think so. Check out the stats on speedtest.net Don't be so selectively obtuse. The lowest speed compared to other countries. 
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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 ·Comcast
|  No ! South America is much worse.
I worked in Colombia for a fortune 500 for 3 months. Their cable if you could get it was 640 k by 128 k and that was about $150 us a month. dsl was 384/128 and cost a whopping $99 us.
I had wimax from the company I was "contracted" to and they let me run it uncapped since they had 0 customers on the tower.
They get $40 us for 768/128. And you must remember even a good job there pays about $200 us a month.
In Brazil it was a little cheaper but the speeds were almost identical , and my friends who worked el salvador and venezuela were given 128/128 links for $90 us a month.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| I think you'd only be able to compare to developed markets.. Otherwise you could say there are countries in Africa, Sudan comes to mind, that are infinitely worse. (or Div/0 error, whichever you prefer..  ) |
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johnh123
join:2002-11-19
Chicago, IL
| reply to major marco
said by major marco :said by johnh123 :Lowest speeds? I don't think so. Check out the stats on speedtest.net Don't be so selectively obtuse. The lowest speed compared to other countries. Obtuse? Did you check the speeds on speedtest.net? You know, where you can compare the download speeds of different countries? You know, where it shows, through millions of speedtests, that the US is actually doing pretty good in comparison to other major countries? |
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