[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Scott Dorsey]

Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>In article <_OidnbowLtI7C2nJnZ2dnUU7-WmdnZ2d at supernews.com>,
>	Alan Frisbie <Usenet03_REMOVE at Flying-Disk.com> writes:
>> 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.
>
>I can't have a T-1 at any price.  

Sure you can.  You need to stop talking to internet service companies and
talk to the ILEC.  Don't ask for internet service, ask for a T-1 to a service
provider.

The T-1 is available anywhere that phone pairs are available, the problem is
that it's really not very fast and it is extremely expensive (which is the
downside of having telco-grade reliability).

The T-1 is a tariffed service, the telco can't refuse to provide it.  They
CAN quote you an insanely high price, though.
--scott
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