birdfeedr
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join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Estragon
Re: good luck dude
said by Estragon  :But the dumb ass site has no way for me to tell them that there are NO broadband options in my neck of the woods. Greenville, NH comes up 03048, and USPS says that is also Mason, NH.
BroadbandCensus.com reports the FCC says 8 providers, BroadbandCensus starts with 1: TimeWarner Cable.
Can you get cable? Can you get DSL? You could be too far away for that, but I guess FCC says it's available even if it isn't. Maybe they are including ISDN and satellite in their count.
All of this just points to the problems FCC causes by not having open data. It does protect the incumbents.
The problem with adding a No Broadband vote is that your definition and my definition of broadband may be different. There seems to be something wrong with the FCC's definition, so why not variation in what other people consider broadband/not broadband.
BroadbandCensus tries to get around that by just asking, what's available. If, after a period of time, there's no additional responses, it will be obvious that:
a) there are fewer than 8 broadband providers in 03048,
b) what's available doesn't really count as broadband in consumers minds, or
c) not enough people cared to respond with what they do have.
This data collection method may fail from lack of response. Which may put pressure on FCC to at least open up some of their data. |
