 aSicapplication specificPremium
join:2001-05-17
Wakulla, FL | reply to Clever_Proxy
Re: Location Location Location Thats the problem. The interweb should not be an "urban convenience".
I mean, they make owners of buildings remodel to conform with ADA regulations when there is NOBODY in a wheelchair for miles. I would be more apt to classify a big wide wheelchair ramp with bumpy yellow grippy things at the bottom to be more of an urban convenience, when the old setup was just fine.
I understand things change... but its stupid to continue to use the same old "urban convenience" argument. This is 2009, not 1999. There should be adequate connections available everywhere.
Hell, I just got DSL back in May. Took a lot of bitching to make it happen too. I live 8 miles outside the city limits of the capitol of the State of Florida. Not a rural area by any means, but wtf? There are PLENTY of folks in a similar situation... not far from "urban", but also not near "rural". Time to start expanding.
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 screavic4Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
kudos:1 | I have to agree with you on that last part especially, I'm 8 miles from Little Rock, AR capital city, .5 miles from end of Comcast and 3 miles from DSL the other direction. I use Verizon Wireless net previously alltel connection is hit or miss and isn't always the best speed.
My friend lives in the city limits and the best he can get is 1.5 down (i think it's closer to 768 down and 100 up).
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No I agree. I'm not trying to justify the lack of broadband in rural areas. Maybe my first post was a little too vague. Even when I lived in the far suburbs of Chicago, I wasn't able to get any kind of decent broadband until 2006. Broadband IS starting to appear in more rural areas, but the progress does suck. |
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screavic4Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
kudos:1
2 edits | I knew what you mean though 
Another thing I hate it when they compare our broadband status to other nations like Japan and China, look at the number of people they have per square mile compared to the US. We are spread out and we have ALOT of land.
I think the idea of country competition should drop and we should just do it and do it right. It's not always about the best speed, I would be happy for a 1.5 connection as long as I could get up in the morning and check my email without having to reconnect or even restart the server cause the wireless hardware isn't up to par on the carriers network.
The idea of caps has to be looked at too cause broadband caps isn't going to do anything but hurt the broadband idea anyways with new ideas such as Video on Demand and VoIP evolving so quickly but yet the caps seem to get smaller and smaller. They could do a budget plan for the average user then step up on plans with the max being unlimited cap for reasonable pricing.
Man I must be in a venting mood lol
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 a333A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
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2 edits | said by screavic4:I knew what you mean though Another thing I hate it when they compare our broadband status to other nations like Japan and China, look at the number of people they have per square mile compared to the US. We are spread out and we have ALOT of land. Slightly OT, but I think they have a point in the sense that many of our CITIES don't have the level of broadband that large cities in Japan have. I mean, in cities like Tokyo, one can get reasonably priced gigabit service. Granted, it drops down to like 20 Mbit when downloading from overseas sources, that's still way faster than what many people in US cities can get. I live in the NYC metro area... (Queens, pretty high population density IMO... definitely profitable) yet my only wired options are Verizon DSL (7.1 meg maximum) and TWC's RatRunner (advertised 7 mbps that drops down to more like 2 mbps during evenings). Speakeasy and DSLextreme could get 10 mbps business ADSL2+ to me, at the amazing rate of $120/month. Heck, for that price, I could just get three 7.1 meg residential DSL lines and use a cheap linux box to do load-balancing. Point being.... my area is STILL at least 2-4 years away from FiOS, and that's after the whole NYC franchise deal that we all know Verizon will stick to......
/end of rant
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MadtownPremium
join:2008-04-26
Madera, CA | Is county considered rural area? |
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join:2009-06-23
Tallahassee, FL Reviews:
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I know two guys in a similar pickle... one is within the city limits and Embarq said that service wasn't available. Fortunately, he was able to get broadband with Comcast. The other guy is in Leon County (but not in Tallahassee) and his only internet option is satellite 
One other family in Wakulla just recently got Comcast. Broadband coverage is truly swiss cheese in these parts!! |
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a333A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY Reviews:
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Depends..... Queens, NY can be technically called a county, but it is one of the five boroughs of NYC, and it sure as hell is pretty densely populated.....
It really comes down to specific population/general layout of the area I guess....
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