[Info-vax] US Broadband

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mdaqgi$j23$3 at pechter.eternal-september.org>,
	pechter at S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) writes:
> 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
>>
>>-- 
>>Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
>>billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
>>University of Scranton   |
>>Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>   
> 
> How far are you from a Central Office...  I know I can get a T1
> here -- but no way I can justify the $$$.

People here are  just not reading what I said.  It could be 100 yds down
the street and I couldn't have it.  There are no  free cable pairs in the
cable on the street and there is a (long) waiting list of people who want
them.

> 
> 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.
> 

This house came with a generator.  The previous owner said they only had
to use it once.  We just went thru the worst winter I have seen in a while
(last tuesday's prediction was 0"-1" of snow - I had 7" snow followed by
nearly an inch of ice) and I haven't had to use it yet.

bill

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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>