[Info-vax] US Broadband

[William Pechter]

In article <md25g7$pga$1 at news.albasani.net>,
Jan-Erik Soderholm  <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> 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 wish I could run the line transatlantic from you to here.
Verizon Fios works nicely most of the time but I'm not thrilled with the
cost.

However, I remember when I called Comcast to tell them their County-wide
head end internet stuff in Eatontown NJ was down.  Their tech in Michegan
said the guy in Eatontown would fix it when he/she came in the next 
morning at 9:30 AM.

(This in the early days of Comcast at Home).

This happened twice.  I was on 24x7 call for an Internet Email/Voicemail
outfit so I had to drive to the office or Newark Colocation facility
if anything alerted and needed fixing.

Not too impressed with Comcast, so as soon as Verizon dug up the street
I signed up.  Verizon looks like a charm compared with Comcast.


Bill

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