Don't give up hope yet. It hasn't been that long since the
NJ legislature opened up the FIOS market by enabling
statewide franchises so that the FIOS companies don't have
negotiate with every little municipality. The FIOS companies
(mostly Verizon) will pick the low-hanging fruit first, the higher
income population dense areas, but eventually they will spread to
the suburbs and beyond as well. Go to
<http://www.dslreports.com/gmaps/fios>
to look at the current FIOS coverage for NEW Jersey, and
consider that next to nothing was there a couple of years ago.
You can also look at the predicted coverage to see if it is
coming where you live.
In the meanwhile, if you have good cellular coverage, have you
considered a wireless data plan? Those seem to have recently
gone down in price somewhat, and that would get you
something a little faster than dialup.
David
On Jun 29, 2008, at 3:19 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system
wrote:
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:51:07 -0400
From: rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: US is access loser
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??
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