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·Brand X Internet
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2 edits | In Secaucus, NJ In Secaucus, NJ, TWO MILES across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan, the fastest DSL you can get is 1 meg down and 384K up. Why? Verizon is too cheap to install any remote terminals in this town of 15,000. There is no FiOS. There is Comcast, but since it's essentially the only game in town, it's expensive.
THIS is the USA broadband plan that the Bush FCC adopted thanks to big bucks lobbying from big cable and telco.
A monopoly!
We're not talking the boonies here-we're talking METRO NEW YORK CITY! |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Wait, aren't there some data centers there? Seems like someone could break off a fiber and do some whiz-bang wireless internet to the community if Comcast's rates are *that* high. |
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| said by iansltx:Wait, aren't there some data centers there? Seems like someone could break off a fiber and do some whiz-bang wireless internet to the community if Comcast's rates are *that* high. Right, it's no problem attaining rights of ways, the technical expertise needed to lay down and manage a network, and the massive initial capital required to even begin the project. It's just a "whiz-bang" job after all. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Wireless doesn't require ROWs. |
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| No just spectrum, which is not free. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Two words: Unlicensed Band. |
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Reviews:
·MSN
·Brand X Internet
·DSL EXTREME
3 edits | reply to qworster
Secaucus is fairly compact and reasonably upscale. Perhaps there's an opportunity for someone using wireless to become the alternative broadband provider here. Verizon serves the community from a Central Office in Union City, and my mom's house is near the border with Union City (closest to the CO).
All they (Verizon) would need to do was run fiber to the town boundary and put a RT right there. Or, even easier, use a few copper pairs and run some DS3s. All the phone wires for pretty much the entire community go right down Paterson Plank Rd.
The fact that they don't speaks VOLUMES about their DSL commitment, doesn't it? |
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one word : interference |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | From what? |
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