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| reply to danawhitaker
Re: Qwest won't be only 1 rejecting funds said by danawhitaker:And what's your speed, if you're so satisfied with other people being stuck at 1.5 while neighborhoods around them can get 7-20mbit? 1.5 is slow, I'm sorry to say. 640 is ridiculously slow. Being told I needed to *downgrade* after years of having 1.5 and having it mysteriously stop working properly was the breaking point. There are a lot worse things taxpayer money could be spent on than helping to expand broadband options to rural areas or areas that need development. Are you against government money being used for roads or anything too? I have 1.5/384 and 1M/384 circuits. They're more than sufficient.
If someone thinks they "need" more than 768K, I'm not looking to restrict their choice. I just don't feel I should subsidize it. As for your service degradation, well, many people contend with RBOC copper plant issues; there is no magic bullet, but exercising diligence with your local techs is usually the most productive approach. Installing a siecor/corning splitter often yields substantial performance improvement.
As you say, "there are a lot worse things" - well, actually, if the money wasn't being spent, it could be refunded to the taxpayer, who probably knows BEST what to do with it, including paying more to their ISP for better products.
I get the "universal service" argument, to a degree (there are still places without power or water or telephone service, despite such policies), but if you have 1.5 service, you have no right to expect ME to pay for your upgrade. And according to you, you aren't "rural".
I am never happy that one neighborhood has better services than another, and I understand wanting to stay in place. But life isn't fair, and it isn't my job to pay to make it fair for you. If you want higher speeds, buy them or form a coop and build them. If you can't buy them, consider moving. If you don't want to move, WAIT, and eventually, someone will offer you a better mousetrap.
Am I against government-paid roads? Well, generally, yes. We would get a lot better value from our "public" routes if they were developed and maintained by coop and charged direct tolls based on congestion/usage in lieu of gas tax - people would have actually economic incentives to carpool, bike, or take a bus, members would receive the benefit of any "windfall profits", and employees would actually work in the public interest. |
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| no kidding. 1.5 is slow. its so slow you dont even know if it is working.
i used to live in Iowa and I know exactly what they are talking about with Qwests slow ass internet. I had them for about 2 months before canceling and going to mediacom.
1.5 wouldn't be bad if the latency was good too, but for some reason qwest doesn't have that. |
