[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Dirk Munk]

Dirk Munk wrote:
> 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

I was trying to write "Here in the Netherlands there is also a kind of 
of national fiber to the home project" when Seamonkey decided to post 
the message.