DrModem
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join:2006-10-19
USA
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2 edits | Yay they be bringing the satellite internets!
I'm so excited!!!!1 
WHY?! If said people in rural area (like me) wanted satellite, we would get it. If we wanted to stick with our lousy dialup because it performs better than satellite for 99% of stuff except like download speed (like me) that's why we are using dialup and not satellite. It's not like there's a shortage of satellite service...
More Wimax, less satellite.
Satellite isn't even high-speed internet, IMO. It should be called "Desperation Internet".
Also: 6 million people? That's like only 2% of the population of the US. If 80% are living in urban areas (and thus probably have some form of faster than dialup connection), that still leaves the 18% in the rest of the rural areas unserved. |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
2 edits | From what I've heard, there are still people on the waiting list for Wild Blue and Hughes? satellite for years. The people that do have it complain about slow speeds and congestion during peak hours.
The article states that they will also deploy in areas that have access to broadband ... Cue the corporate shills loudly proclaiming it's a waste of money. WiMax ate my baybeee!
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There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. ~ Joseph Addison |
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RealoRc
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join:2003-01-25
Brooklyn, NY | reply to DrModem
and $267 million loan to give WiMax and satellite broadband to only 6 million people would equate to $44.5 million per person. For $44 million I'll drag an ethernet from my house to anywhere in the US. |
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DoctorDoom
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join:2006-09-19
Becket, MA
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and $267 million loan to give WiMax and satellite broadband to only 6 million people would equate to $44.5 million per person. For $44 million I'll drag an ethernet from my house to anywhere in the US.
Er ... ahh ... that would be $44.50 per person, n'est-ce pas? |
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shoe1
join:2007-09-28
Colfax, CA | yeah....even then his comment makes no sense. |
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