 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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 ·Verizon Wireless..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
1 edit | I think funds should absolutely go to satelite broadband Funding can help with both high costs and speed caps. The benefits to improving satellite internet is significant: Improve satellite broadband, and you've improved choices for families and businesses all across Rural Amercia that might otherwise be waiting decades for some other type of deployment.
Latency will always be an issue for satellite based services, but low latency isn't required for most basic internet necessities. Getting more raw bandwidth than dialup is, however, becoming an increasingly important issue as the web moves towards more media rich experiences, and things like software updates grow in size.
Another thought - what happens to all the "old" DOCSIS 1 and/or 850mhz nodes/LE gear gear when Comcast and Time Warner do upgrades to DOCSIS 3 and 1ghz? Maybe the government ought to sponsor buying that stuff from carriers and donating it to smaller rural providers. Could both encourage rural america to get wired with true two way wired broadband and encourage cable companies to modernize their systems. Plus it gives us an alternative to e-wasting perfectly good electronics.
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | I still think Satellite Broadband sucks..
..but the older equipment would make sense for small rural towns. I lived in a tiny town (Broadus, MT) and there is no way to get a return for the latest DOCSIS gear. But if they were able to purchase used DOCSIS1 or 2 gear for next to nothing, then it'd give them an incentive to offer it.
Not to mention, it would benefit the environment. Remember the Recycling motto.. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. We're using the "Reuse" portion and preventing e-waste by reusing old equipment.
Why do you think I operate a small DC out of my garage from PPro to Xeon servers that were "too old" to be usable? Throw Linux or *BSD on 'em and watch 'em fly. You'd be amazed what a Pentium Pro can do with Linux on it.
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