iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to gatorkram
Re: *raises hand timidly* Priorities though...we only have $164 per customer to spread around. |
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 gatorkramKaBOOM BabyPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2
 ·Suddenlink
| said by iansltx:Priorities though...we only have $164 per customer to spread around. If I lived in an area, that had no broadband access, I'd do everything within my power, including tossing money at someone, to fix the problem.
I think people need to be willing, to toss some of their own money at these problems, to get them fixed.
If they ran fiber in my back yard, and said it would cost $500 to get hooked up to it, I'd pay. Right now I guess no one wants my money.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| Absolutely agreed on the part that people should still chip in for their broadband connectivity. However the question is of where government money should go to help things out.
This may sound harsh, but IMO the government's money is better spent bringing DSL to an area that has no wireline internet than bringing fiber to an area that has 3M down, 768k up DSL. Even if (gasp) the fiber was 50/50 for $50 and the DSL was 3/768 for the same price. This is from a guy who has a 22/5 Comcast connection at his apartment, shares a gigabit connection at his university next door, and goes back home to parents with a 512k WISP connection (2M has the same 25GB cap and costs $100 per month).
To get cable at the last location, the bill would be $9000. A little up the road, some friends have a longish driveway. $2000 for cable. So they're using wireless, same as my family. I'm 100% sure both they and we would switch immediately if Verizon DSL became available at our respective houses. You won't see that kind of signup rates if we were in an area with DSL and some provider laid fiber down. Sure, I'd switch. They probably wouldn't. |
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You appear to be confusing NTIA and RUS's $7.2B broadband stimulus program, with the FCC's mandated National Broadband Plan. $164 per unserved household is the (actually incorrect) figure from a PR consulting firm.
But the FCC's NBP has nothing to do with that. They were given the task of doing something about this country's lack of a world class network, at fair prices, in addition to the lack of universal service and adoption. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| Okay, so the $164 figure is wrong? That's cool.
But still, which would you rather have? T-Mobile's HSPA 7.2 network or Verizon's (slower) EvDO network, all else equal? I'd take the EvDO any day (again, all else equal) because the coverage is so much greater than T-Mobile's, though all else isn't equal... |
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jus10
join:2009-08-04
Sterling, VA Reviews:
·Comcast
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said by gatorkram:If I lived in an area, that had no broadband access, I'd do everything within my power, including tossing money at someone, to fix the problem. So what you're saying is that you'd move? |
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gatorkramKaBOOM BabyPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Suddenlink
| said by jus10:said by gatorkram:If I lived in an area, that had no broadband access, I'd do everything within my power, including tossing money at someone, to fix the problem. So what you're saying is that you'd move? I'd try to avoid living in such an area in the first place. It happened to me a few years back. Was renting a house, was told we could get DSL there. Needless to say, couldn't get DSL, and dialup didn't even work well. Was stuck there for a year.
A few wireless providers talked about putting up towers in the area, but nothing happened. That frankly was a very hard year.
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 jgkoltPremium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH | reply to gatorkram
Helping chip in for the installation feels fair if that pipe could go whatever carrier you choose. Much like you can now with natural gas. The problem lies where you may be stuck with one carrier once you do that and then it becomes a waste, as competition would be limited. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to gatorkram
said by gatorkram:said by iansltx:Priorities though...we only have $164 per customer to spread around. If I lived in an area, that had no broadband access, I'd do everything within my power, including tossing money at someone, to fix the problem. I think people need to be willing, to toss some of their own money at these problems, to get them fixed. If they ran fiber in my back yard, and said it would cost $500 to get hooked up to it, I'd pay. Right now I guess no one wants my money. But now running any amount of cable to areas does NOT cost $500 - it is more like several thousand and a certain number of people have to get the service an be locked into it for several years.
As an example - my father and some of his neighbors for TW to quote them the cost. Each house would be charges a couple GRAND just to run the cable down the street. Then another grand or so to run it to the house then it was going to be something like $200\month for a locked in period of 3 or so years.
Now - how much are you willing or can pay? After all - you can get service if you pay enough - just get yourself a T1 and pay several hundred per month.
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 VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | reply to gatorkram
And I made this mistake where I am at now....I was offered a job that I accepted very, very quickly and found a great location place but the internet is miserable here.
I told myself in the future I would make SURE I looked into what was offered somewhere before I moved there...ie call companies to see if they serviced there.
I am happy here though AND I do think those acting like moving is so simple....dont move that often |
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