FightingBlue
@direcpc.com
1 edit | Speak for yourself
Out here in the country, we're not 'highly wired' for internet, we're barely wired for phone service. DSL doesn't reach here, and cable is 2 miles away, with no indication that they have any intention of further rollouts, ever. Fiber won't be here for 5-10 years at least, and satellite is at best a bandage on a sucking chest wound.
Even the people down in town only have a choice between craptacular Frontier DSL, and unreliable Roadrunner cable. And this isn't exactly in the middle of Utah somewhere--this is upstate NY.
Even if EVDO or UMTS ever makes it out this far, that's still only 300 Kbits, compared to tens of Mbits from WiMax. 300 Kbits isn't an acceptable home connection, let alone business. |
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evoxfan
Waiting On Dsl Or Cable
join:2004-02-12
Daleville, AL
| Re: Speak for yourself, you dick.
said by FightingBlue:
Even if EVDO or UMTS ever makes it out this far, that's still only 300 Kbits, compared to tens of Mbits from WiMax. 300 Kbits isn't an acceptable home connection, let alone business.
Verizon's EVDO has an invisible cap at around 100MB per month too. Not to mention the $80 a month for it. No, EVDO nor satellite is acceptable options for broadband.
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insomx
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join:2003-01-26
Canada | reply to FightingBlue
Re: Speak for yourself
If you want internet, move to the city. People should stop complaining. Its just like wanting to go to town in 4 mins for groceries, move to town.
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schnuggles
Stays Crunchy In Milk
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Deming, NM
|  I assume this was merely a flippant remark. You surely must realize that relocating for broadband is simply not feasible for many. The reasons may be financial, employment (a different financial), or family needs, but in any case it's just not a simple issue.
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DaDogs
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join:2004-02-28
Deltaville, VA
| said by schnuggles  :I assume this was merely a flippant remark. Naw, it was just a stupid remark.
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insomx
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Canada | Does that make yours any better?
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FightingBlue
@direcpc.com
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You really have no idea how little of a distance it takes to be outside the broadband net--I live about 8 minutes away from the grocery store. And thanks, but some of us enjoy smog-free air, privacy, low rents, expansive living space, and the wonderful bounty of this thing called nature. Technology isn't exclusively the domain of sardine-can city dwellers. It's stupid and dishonest to claim otherwise. |
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insomx
Premium
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Canada
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1 edit | I'm sorry your city is like that. I live in a very nice small town in Shediac, New Brunswick. There is no such thing as smog here, I live 200 feet from the water (ocean), plenty of land, KMs of walking trails, less then 5 mins to town, and DSL/Cable is everywhere.
EDIT: Taxes are low (1200 year) and water/sewer combined is only 300 a year. Canadian dollars obviously.
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DaDogs
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1 edit | reply to insomx
said by insomx :Does that make yours any better? Nope, but mine is TRUE and STUPID, whereas yours was just STUPID.
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insomx
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Canada | Nothing could be true or false about it, it is my opinion.
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DaDogs
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Deltaville, VA | Yep, you opinion... What is it they say about opinions?
Errmm, oh, yeah, they are like arse holes. Everyone has one and they all stink.
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insomx
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Canada | That's your opinion about opinions 
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