[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <md54pu$69u$1 at panix2.panix.com>,
	kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
> Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>>	kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>>> Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>>>>	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.
>>
>>What are they going to run it on?  There are no more cable pairs
>>available and no one is going to put in more.
> 
> And THAT is a problem that you can bring up with the PUC. 

Time to leave that alternate reality and come back to the real world.
The PUC is there to rubber stamp rate increases and couldn't care less
about the customers.

>                                                            Because the PUC
> can beat on the telco and make them live up to the requirements in the tariff.

See comment above.  :-)

> If that means burying more cable, or moving some voice lines onto pair
> multipliers to make room for your circuit, the PUC can force the issue.


Pair multipliers have not been usable since the modem speeds increased
beyond 300 baud.  Been there, done that.  There are not going to be any
additions or modifications to the cable plant as there is cell service
and that meets the requirement.  The fact that no one can afford to use
it for real data usage (other than mom and pop surfing the web to see
cute pictures of kitties) notwithstanding.

bill


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