[Info-vax] US Broadband

[William Pechter]

In article <clk121FctuqU2 at mid.individual.net>,
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.  
>
>bill
>
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How far are you from a Central Office...  I know I can get a T1
here -- but no way I can justify the $$$.

I couldn't get DSL... there's a fiber piece sliced into the copper in the area
that keeps DSL from being available.  The other side of the street had DSL but
they were on a different phone exchange in the same Central Office.

But when FIOS came in it just worked.  Except the phone doesn't work after
a power fail unless I pull the battery from the UPS and fully reset the FIOS
Optical Network Tranceiver box...  Some wierd problem we had.

Box power supply failed last year so perhaps that took the bug with it.

With house power down I've had both ethernet and cable tv working
with judicious use of small desktop UPS locations around the house.

I'm debating the whole house natural gas generator after 13 days powerless
when Sandy flooded the local power substation.

Bill
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