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It's sad really... Defining broadband in 1991 terms.
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| Re: 768kbps downstream and 200kbps upstream? That's not my point. If we're going to throw $7.62 BILLION at something, it should offer something better than 768/200.
How does the US plan on having a good broadband plan if they start off by defining broadband using such a dated measuring stick.
As Patcat88 points out below... you're just going to see ATT put up cell towers and rake in money for a 3G deployment. | |
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| Re: 768kbps downstream and 200kbps upstream? said by Neyland  :That's not my point. If we're going to throw $7.62 BILLION at something, it should offer something better than 768/200. How does the US plan on having a good broadband plan if they start off by defining broadband using such a dated measuring stick. As Patcat88 points out below... you're just going to see ATT put up cell towers and rake in money for a 3G deployment. I agree, more is better, but it's better than nothing. At least now I can finally get a chip in on this game. I only need a million to cover my entire county in broadband, so I guess I better ask for 100 million just in case 
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2 edits | The problem is really that the choice at hand is how much can you do for $7.62BB. Say they went for the new technology for this same price tag...they wouldn't be able to reach nearly as many people. Better to have more people up on something good than fewer people up on something better. Of course, you could argue which one is the "better" solution but you're talking about the Dems. They're going to want to get penetration (ha ha in my best Bevis laugh) to as many homes as possible and this is the best solution for that.
The other issue here is that this speed is probably fine for 90% of people. Keep in mind the people on these boards, myself included, are not the average users.
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| said by Neyland :That's not my point. If we're going to throw $7.62 BILLION at something, it should offer something better than 768/200. How does the US plan on having a good broadband plan if they start off by defining broadband using such a dated measuring stick. As Patcat88 points out below... you're just going to see ATT put up cell towers and rake in money for a 3G deployment. This is just the first part of the stimulus plan. This is not the official broadband policy. The article addresses this. | |
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| Re: 768kbps downstream and 200kbps upstream? said by KrK :said by Neyland :That's not my point. If we're going to throw $7.62 BILLION at something, it should offer something better than 768/200. That's the great thing about over Government--- it's the best money can buy. $7.62 billion is nothing folks. Verizon's rollout is running upwards of $28 billion to cover a select few densely populated state with a 65% or so coverage goal. This is rural American we're talking about with vast areas where the population density is as low as 1 person per square mile.
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| said by Neyland :And there ya go.... It's sad really... Defining broadband in 1991 terms. We're going to throw $7.2 billion at 768/200? So how much money will AT&T and Verizon get for their already existing 3G "broadband"? | |
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| said by patcat88 :said by Neyland :And there ya go.... It's sad really... Defining broadband in 1991 terms. We're going to throw $7.2 billion at 768/200? So how much money will AT&T and Verizon get for their already existing 3G "broadband"? Start sending those letters and let the lawmakers know why they don't deserve one red cent of that money. | |
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Me too. I would not bet on it though. I think they will spend more on areas that have high speed already and pocket more, combined, than they will spend on rural areas. They have made it fairly clear that they do not find these areas profitable enough, why would that change now?
"I have to wonder just how long it will take for people to start seeing this bills impact, and how many rural and sub-rural areas will still be left without broadband once this is all over."
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Jamaica, NY | Re: 768kbps downstream and 200kbps upstream? Their internet off their incumbent ISP is only 20/5. They 100 or 1000mbit you hear about is only for on-network/same-country hosted websites. You really think they reserve 100mbitps across the Pacific for you to talk to the USA hosted websites? | |
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| said by Neyland :And there ya go.... It's sad really... Defining broadband in 1991 terms. We're going to throw $7.2 billion at 768/200? "1991 terms" isn't really fair. In 1991, I had a 2400 bps dial up modem (that's a connection at a whopping 2.4 kpbs, but at least it was symmetrical ) and the really exciting new connectivity product on the horizon was ISDN.
2001 terms maybe.
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| Re: Oh good. said by Stumbles :That's what I like to see... my tax dollars keeping the bottomless pork barrel full. Whatever what tax $$ of yours? Post your 1040s. I'm so tired of peole that CLAIM they pay so much in taxes and offer ZERO proof they pay ANY taxes. I could say I paid $1 million in atxes this year. Doesn't make it true. by the way assuming you're making under $250K in taxable income your share is about $5. | |
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| Re: Commerce Dept waives the "Buy American" part of pkg said by TKJunkMail :The Commerce Dept waived practically every component needed for a broadband system. So much for the "creating American Jobs" part of the act.  Not only did they waive a ton of stuff upfront. They will waive "Buy American" even more if asked. If you do a bit of un-biased research on this, it's because every single equipment manufacturer said it was impossible to deliver a product at a reasonable price point that met the requirements. The requirements don't just say "Buy from an American company like Cisco," they required that the components were 100% manufactured, assembled, and tested here. It was an impossible goal and completely unrealistic. Of course, that doesn't stop the partisan hacks from jumping on it.
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1 edit | Re: Commerce Dept waives the "Buy American" part of pkg said by Matt :As far as not creating American jobs, you do realize that someone has to install, configure, and support all that equipment that will be installed don't you? And that's only the first level of jobs that it will create. And ATT has 4 POTS splicer techs for an entire sub/urban county (fairfield county CT), down from 5, a field tech told me. All they do is Uverse installs nowadays. POTS trunk lines are months overdue for replacement due to dead pairs.
Your so called "jobs" will be done by mexicans hired through shell contractors, or H1-B Visas from India for IT. The equipment is configured and set up remotely by the manufacturer on support contracts using salleried labor anyways from a remote NOC. Screw in the racks, plug it in, and walk out. $10-$20 an hour. No skills needed.
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| I'll take it The people snickering at a 768/200 connection obviously live in areas that already have decent broadband options. I live in the country and I have the option of getting dial-up or satellite. A relatively cheap 768 kbps connection would be a godsend. | |
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| Re: who needs this plan? said by anjorusso :
whitespace broadband will solve everything in a year or 2...
this money for universal broadband plan will just get robbed by greedy politicians....
You think so? And who will pay for all the equipment to blanket the US with the signals? And will they be able to use existing towers? Or will they have to build their own?
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whitespace broadband will solve everything in a year or 2...
this money for universal broadband plan will just get robbed by greedy politicians....
We all know whitespace broadband is trolling. How many bazillion frequency uses sitting on paper in FCC CFR have never been used?
Anyone remember LMDS or MMDS?
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1 edit | Biden just cant get anything right. Biden isn't a person to be talking about anything technical ,already there is a list of all the bidenisms.
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| Re: Biden just cant get anything right. said by DaveNJ :Biden isn't a person to be talking about anything technical ,already there is a list of all the bidenisms. NJ governor Tim Keane- he said currently New car tunnel to NYC- its for trains. Dont go in the subway because of swine flu. etc LOL. Yes he is even worse that Dan Quayle was as VP. I still think that the brain tumor Biden had left permanent damage to his critical thinking skills.
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| Re: Biden just cant get anything right. said by TKJunkMail :said by DaveNJ :Biden isn't a person to be talking about anything technical ,already there is a list of all the bidenisms. NJ governor Tim Keane- he said currently New car tunnel to NYC- its for trains. Dont go in the subway because of swine flu. etc LOL. Yes he is even worse that Dan Quayle was as VP. I still think that the brain tumor Biden had left permanent damage to his critical thinking skills. Could be worse we could have Palin as VP. | |
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1 edit | Wireless 4G etc Couldnt wireless companies do this in no time, beating the low speed? ATT wants to be 7.2 M, could they just put towers up in these locations, and not need for any government waste. | |
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| how do you get to washington dc? a. from the lobby, lobby no doubt the big 3 have staked out a cool billion each... those being Verizon, At&t and Comcast (although they shouldn't get a rusty cent or even a rusty broken bottle to scratch their ass with). most of this money should be going to the likes of fairpoint, qwest and other telecoms after they file for bankruptcy FIRST... then take the free money. that's the only way the playing field begins to get level (after wiping all bad debts clean).
** let me give you a prime example: safelink wireless gives cellphones and pre-paid minutes to low income people/families. then tracfone (the partner company) contracts with primarily At&t and Verizon, (sometimes tmobile in markets) to buy airtime and activate phones. In the end, that money goes to the big carriers. Crippled phones and poor customer service, and feature sets make these phones barely usable for anything other than making a call with UNGUARANTEED service-- the network is prioritized for it's direct customer base. Since there's no competition for serving the customer with landlines, the big carriers make the apperance of competition in the wireless business to get the gravy of the USF program (basically an end-run).
lobbying is as strong as ever. republican, or democrat nothing changes.. just public perception-- sometimes. eventually, won't just printing money (paper) undermine the faith in the us $dollar'$ VALUE? doesn't matter if it's spent on an unwanted war, or freebies for stupid mega companies. very little actually gets to poor people in need and makes them self sufficient.
DSL technology is not a cost effective investment for telecom anymore, be it rural or not. Taxpayer monies should only be going towards buildout of next generation technologies, especially fiber or docsis 3 cmts. Certainly, telcos could change their dsl/copper infrastructure to coax, just as easily to fiber. | |
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| We are still quite a ways off For everyone (including myself) that lives in a rural area who rejoiced when they heard this news, take note that it is going to be awhile before we start to see some of the effects of this program begin to take place. According to an article I read today, applicants will not start receiving any grant money until this September. Assuming that it would take at least two months to get things ready for companies to start installing equipment into new areas, I imagine that we will not see any actual results of this plan until January or February of 2010. Lets hope that I'm wrong though.
Another thing that concerns me is the complete disinterest the larger Telcos are showing towards this plan. While I hate the larger Telcos (AT&T and Verizon) just as much as anyone else, the truth of the matter is that these companies have the largest stake in broadband expansion. So unless we start seeing several mom n' pop service providers start cropping up around the country to compete with these giants, there's a chance that the expansion won't get very far. My hope is that companies such as Sprint/Clearwire will see this as an opportunity to further their reach, and use the money to push WiMax into rural locations. All I can say is that we wait to see what happens. | |
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