| The average brings us down? I think the average brings us down since most of America is rural. |
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| said by fifty nine:I think the average brings us down since most of America is rural. No, it's hiding our collective heads in the sand that brings us down. |
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 CjaicemanPremium,MVM
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Doesn't even have to be Rural, can be suburb and urban areas as well. Look at Qwest, they still offer their 1.5mbps DSL package, and that is their most popular package. I've even seen some people that still have the 256/256 package. I think Qwest needs to get rid of the 1.5mbps package and make their base package 7mbps. 
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| said by Cjaiceman:Doesn't even have to be Rural, can be suburb and urban areas as well. Look at Qwest, they still offer their 1.5mbps DSL package, and that is their most popular package. I've even seen some people that still have the 256/256 package. I think Qwest needs to get rid of the 1.5mbps package and make their base package 7mbps. Why?? I'm on AT&T and I have 768/256 DSL.. It's not that higher isn't available but I don't need it.. I used to have the 6meg package but it was a waste of $$$..
And before you say it, yes I use it alot.. I work from home, do VPN access, photo sharing, etc.. I don;t do live video streaming and the large emails take longer but so what.. |
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said by Cjaiceman:Doesn't even have to be Rural, can be suburb and urban areas as well. Look at Qwest, they still offer their 1.5mbps DSL package, and that is their most popular package. I've even seen some people that still have the 256/256 package. I think Qwest needs to get rid of the 1.5mbps package and make their base package 7mbps. lol to bad they can't even offer higher speeds than 1.5!
If I were to sign up with them it would cost over 30 dollars for 1.5 speeds! Qwest is a joke and having them around here is a joke (Utah).
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 OmegaDisplaced OhioanPremium
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Cheyenne, WY | reply to Cjaiceman
said by Cjaiceman:Doesn't even have to be Rural, can be suburb and urban areas as well. Look at Qwest, they still offer their 1.5mbps DSL package, and that is their most popular package. I've even seen some people that still have the 256/256 package. I think Qwest needs to get rid of the 1.5mbps package and make their base package 7mbps. When I first moved here, I asked the Qwest people at the mall kiosk what they offered. They said 1.5mbps. I laughed at them.
Went to Bresnan and got 8mbit.
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 NOYBSt. John 3.16Premium
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said by Cjaiceman:I've even seen some people that still have the 256/256 package.
That is all my Mom needs for email and checking news once in while.
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | reply to tmh
Might I add to this to go against LiamJunket's thumbs down
Too much rural area???
Not profitable enough to install new lines throughout all the rural areas???
OK, understandable.....but then why not just invest in BPL (broadband over powerlines) for just the rural areas???
Think about it |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:I think the average brings us down since most of America is rural. Actually more Americans live in urban areas than rural. |
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said by Pv8man:OK, understandable.....but then why not just invest in BPL (broadband over powerlines) for just the rural areas??? Think about it Three reasons:
1. BPL causes a LOT of interference. Not just to ham radio but other uses of HF such as aviation, ships and broadcast.
2. Expensive repeaters are required pretty close together.
3. BPL really isn't that fast anyway.
Frankly, fiber would be a better choice as it is future proof. One investment and you're done. |
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said by BF69:said by fifty nine:I think the average brings us down since most of America is rural. Actually more Americans live in urban areas than rural. More geographical area in the US is rural. |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | Eat Me
The point being that there are not enough people living in rural areas to bring our overall average down (significantly). When you understand that there are MANY counties that have only one person per square mile and that many cities have thousands (or more) per square mile, you will see how population density really drops out of the equation. |
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I don't think being rural has anything to do with it. It's ranking the US amongst other countries in percentage of connections at 2mb or greater.
In other words, our speeds continue to suck. |
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 J E F FWhatta Ya Think About Dat?Premium
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said by fifty nine:I think the average brings us down since most of America is rural. Most live in rural area's in United States;
Not according to the 2000 US census:
Population, 285230516, 100%.
Population living in Urban Area's, 225956060, 79.219%.
Population living in Rural Areas, 59274456, 20.781%
It has probably changed since 2000, but not in the Rural setting.
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