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  koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:13
1 edit | Comcast CEO article -- bizarre »news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-103795···1_3-0-20
Battelle asked Roberts why he believes the U.S. lags behind in broadband technology advancements. Roberts replied, "I think that that's just not true."
(The audience laughed uncomfortably.)
"We have the same equipment (as other countries), the same wires, the same infrastructure, why is the adoption different is a different question. It's not the availability and I don't think it's the lack of speed," he continued. "You get to digital literacy, you get to what language it's in, do you have the right PC or a PC at all...I don't believe the infrastructure providers haven't done enough." And I'm still trying to understand what Roberts meant by this statement:
As for Net neutrality, an issue where Comcast has been a frequent villain after imposing bandwidth caps and interfering with peer-to-peer file-sharing software, Roberts was vague.
"We welcome that discussion, that scrutiny, and we're going to be an active participant," he said. "The few limited examples, including our own, that have gotten notoriety usually get dealt with in ten seconds, and changes get made, because this is new technology." --
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|  |  Mr FelFlynn LivesPremium
join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Re: Comcast CEO article -- bizarre Looks like in that statement that he's trying to write off everything as just testing of new tech, probably in reference to DOCSIS 3, instead of permanent changes that had to be revised or acknowledged (the p2p throttling and 250GB respectively) because of public outcry and FCC scrutiny.
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 screavic4Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
kudos:1 | Broadband 'influencing where people live' Yeap, my wife and I are looking for a house and one of the criteria is that it has real wired broadband. Wireless just isn't reliable/fast enough for me.
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| |  Mactronel Camino RealPremium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv | Re: Broadband 'influencing where people live' said by screavic4:Yeap, my wife and I are looking for a house and one of the criteria is that it has real wired broadband. Wireless just isn't reliable/fast enough for me. So does my house qualify ? 4 bed rms, 2 bath, 1600 sq. ft. with 3M/768 DSL (current) or 8-12M Cable HSI available work for you ? Serious question. Please answer. I want sell in the next some years.
Thanks
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| |  VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| I understand that now.
I moved recently into an apartment which has fantastic location but terrible wiring for internet and TV so I am back to basics. No HD and the best internet is 3mb DSL from Verizon.
Again, love the place....but I am 100% going to be sure that my next place is fully capable of up-to-date technology | |
| | | | | Re: Broadband 'influencing where people live' That's the problem with D.C... A lot of it has old wiring.
I have Comcast, and that is the best I will be able to get until Fios wires Area 2.... | |
| | | koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:13 | said by Van:but I am 100% going to be sure that my next place is fully capable of up-to-date technology And how do you plan on doing that? This is the problem I've encountered out west: to verify what kind of service you can get at an address you *want* to live at, you have to provide a telephone number. Using the existing tenant's (or house owner's) number isn't necessarily accurate depending on if they actually have a land line, and if so, if it's non-VoIP. If an apartment dwelling, using the front/leasing office's number isn't necessarily accurate either (here we have apartments which span multiple city blocks).
So how exactly do you "guarantee" you can get said speeds without actually moving in first?
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| | | | VanPremium
join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | Re: Broadband 'influencing where people live' The same way I did it 2 years ago when living in another city.
If an apartment complex, ask the managers and/or people living in the building what they currently have
If a house, see what neighbors have and/or make some calls to companies around the area to see if service can be found in that neighborhood.
It takes some effort but in the end is worth it.
It isn't THAT difficult to find out what services can be offered to a location.
The reason for my current situation is due to me being given 2 days to find an apartment in DC and I decided based on location to sacrifice my tech specs for a quick fix. | |
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| | re: Broadband 'influencing where people live' This is not new news...
I am surprised that most MLS do not have this information in them already, but most listings don't bother mentioning what internet is available, but they list cable tv as a field.
I know many Realtors who have had clients ask them what options are available in an area and they seldom know. | |
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