Maybe I can. The phone system in New Mexico is notorious for phone lines run along the top of fences, which are frequently blown over in 75mph winds or trampled by cattle. DSL is simply unavailable in large parts of the state, Albuqurque being one of the exceptions. In fact, in many rural areas a dial tone is only available through coops. A few years ago Qwest was allowed to raise its rates on condition that they promise to sink a given sum into infrastructure. They have made only the most nominal effort at doing so and are something like two years behind on remediation. A member of the public regulation commission, which is in charge of all this, was recently caught literally smoking something -- she was arrested at the airport en route to a conference where she was to represent the state with an stash of marihuana in her suitcase.
Stop laughing. Dana On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:14:23 -0400, Gel. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umm...NONE of you can beat Trinidad! > > We have the most HORRIBLE telecommunications infrastructure run by a national > provider that has an iron clad monopoly on the entire market. > > We get 256KiloBITS per second for 70US a month! And we have throughput > problems! I never reach a full 256K. It lingers around 200 to 220. > > I guess we need to thank the powers that be for small mercies that we have no > download cap! > > -Gel > > >Don't YOU rub it in. > > > >In Australia, the DSL infastructure (owned by Telstra) provides a > >maximum of 1500/256 (down/up). Only now, you can get upto 6MB through > >specific providers (because they have deployed their own DSLAM's) and > >you need to be pretty close to the exchange (2-3 mile) to get those > >fast speeds. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146019 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
