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Re: Greed.
said by maartena  :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground.
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| said by SamsungSucks :said by maartena :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground. His argument still stands correct as far as Europe is concerned. |
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maartena
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said by SamsungSucks :said by maartena :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground. I will give you that. I have lived in Europe for 28 years though, have been to MANY big European cities including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich, Edinburgh, Bordeaux, Bern, Geneve, Milan, and god knows how many more other cities, and they only place I have seen cables on poles was in the Scottish northern highlands.
If European Cities can do it, so can American cities. But since greed is also responsible for the Los Angeles Metro to stop THREE MILES BEFORE the Airport, I would not be surprised if big telecom companies would keep cities from deploying. God knows they are trying in small communities, I betcha corporate HELL would break loose if the city of Chicago would announce a city wide fiber network funded by the city.
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said by rideboarder :said by SamsungSucks :said by maartena :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground. His argument still stands correct as far as Europe is concerned. Uh...not as far as the UK is concerned.
1. Cable upload speeds still crap. I'm sitting on 10 meg down, 512k up and that's currently the best that Cable in the UK can offer.
2. Usenet access is crud too. Most relevant newsgroups are blocked. Sure you can get alt.obsessive-fan.jamiroquai.s**ks, but as for Usenet anyone actually reads, it's poor.
3. Gov't/BT (same bloody thing) have announced a lot but they rarely deliver.
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| said by Cuchulainn :said by rideboarder :said by SamsungSucks :said by maartena :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground. His argument still stands correct as far as Europe is concerned. Uh...not as far as the UK is concerned. Well the UK is a mini USA anyways. I'm talking about the real Europe here.  |
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| said by rideboarder :said by Cuchulainn :said by rideboarder :said by SamsungSucks :said by maartena :In Japan for instance, (and most of Europe) cables are placed into the ground, whereas in most of the US the cables are placed on poles Wrong. In japan, most of the cables are placed on poles, not underground. His argument still stands correct as far as Europe is concerned. Uh...not as far as the UK is concerned. Well the UK is a mini USA anyways. I'm talking about the real Europe here. Your argument still doesn't hold any water, no matter how cute you try to be. 
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