[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Scott Dorsey]

Stephen Hoffman  <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>On 2015-03-03 17:40:49 +0000, Scott Dorsey said:
>
>> Public funding?  For telecom?  I thought that went out in the 19th century?
>
>Various grants having been issued for broadband would bely that sentiment.
>
>> What is this "Broadband" again?
>
>What comprises "broadband varies by context, and is also generally 
>codified.  So you can go read all about it.  You did point other folks 
>at the tariffs, after all.

What people normally mean by "broadband" is not a telecom service, and not
tariffed.  What they normally mean is an internet service that provides 
routed IP to and from the outside world at their demark.  This has two 
halves, really, a local loop telecom half and an internet provider half.

But... that's not always what people mean when they say "broadband."
--scott

>ps: you're utterly adorable.

<butt wiggle>
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