[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Dirk Munk]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Alan Frisbie skrev den 2015-03-02 17:58:
>> On 03/02/2015 08:11 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> On 2015-03-02 14:45:08 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:
>>>
>>>> I just looked up Sweden and all but a few *very* low populated
>>  >> areas in the far north has 10 Mb/s or better to over 90% of
>>  >> households.
>>>>
>>>> The governements goal is that at least 90% of all households
>>  >> and business will have 100 Mb/s via fiber at year 2020.
>>>
>>> In my experience, United States broadband speeds and coverage are
>>  > not particularly comparable to that of countries that consider
>>  > broadband to be a competitive advantage or to be a regional or
>>  > national priority...
>>
>> Yeah, tell me about it.   I live within sight of Los Angeles City Hall,
>> yet all I can get is 768 Kbps U-Verse from AT&T, unless I want to pay
>> $440/month for a T1 line.
>>
>> Alan Frisbie
>
> In our area in a smaller city (aprox 7.000 people) we have
> 100Mb/s fiber right into the appartment. That includes:
> - The 100 Mb/s (10 Mb/s "up") connection as such.
> - IP-TV with aprox 20 channels incl some in HD.
> - IP-telephone subscription (call fees not included).
> This costs aprox $35/month incl 10 years full replacement
> support on the equipment (fiber converter, router and TV
> set top box).
>
> /Jan-Erik.
>

I have a cable connection with 200Mb/s download en 20Mb/sec upload. ere 
in the NThere's also a kind of national fiber to the home project, it 
will replace all of the old copper telephone lines. With a fiber 
connection you can get up to 500Mb/s download & upload