I have FIOS at home and a shared T1 at work. Talk about a let down. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It may be true that most Americans are happy with what they have, > because they don't know of anything better (ignorance is bliss). People > were relatively happy with dial-up until they experienced broadband. But > most of us have limited options as far as broadband goes. > I have a choice of Verizon DSL or Hughes Net. While there is cable on > road, my house is too far back for the cable company to run the cable for > one house. Hughes Net cost at least $60 per month and I am assuming that you > can loose your connection in a storm. (It happens with my DirecTV > signal.) Thus, my only real choice is Verizon DSL. > Am I correct in assuming that many of these other countries have some > kind of government support in developing a broadband system? > > Steve Brownfield > > > > > Steve Rigby wrote: >> >> On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:51 AM, rlsimon wrote: >> >>> On NPR there was a story claiming the US was a winner initially in the >>> lineup of those nations affording access to broadband internet being >>> amongst >>> the top 4 while now we are 15th behing Luxembourg ...I know this for sure >>> having recently visited Belgium where just about everyone has it (even >>> cell >>> phone access is cheap and 5 bars even in the littlest backwater village >>> in >>> the mountains). Here in NJ, the most populous state in the nation, I >>> live >>> 45 minutes from Philadelphia and can only get Comcast cable (I'd rather >>> eat >>> dirt than deal with that bunch!!) with DSL & FIOS not even on the >>> planning >>> boards!! ...huh?? >> >> Most Americans are perfectly happy with whatever levels of communications >> services are currently available to them. Most Americans are not aware of >> what levels of service COULD be available to them. Most Americans who have >> cell phone or internet service are quite fat and happy with what they have. >> For the most part, they just do not know any better. My opinions only. >> >> Steve >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* >
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