I live in sNJ less than 1h by car from central Philly (from 7-9am and 3:30-6pm make that 2h)...and I have 3g at my home only if I shake the phone a lot!! And only one cable provider ...no fios ...nothin'
-----Original Message----- From: b_s-wilk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:30 PM Subject: Re: FCC head calls for broadband availability >> I'll bet the "universal" broadband in other countries really doesn't cover >> everyone. Does it? Even those in very sparsely settled areas? The >> percentage in some countries is likely higher because a greater portion of >> the country's population lives in a high-population-density area that in the >> U.S. We have a huge fraction of the population that live "in the country," >> where it is very expensive to provide broadband on a per drop basis. > > False! Do your homework before you start betting with my money. Tom is so right. I've been amazed at the obscure locations outside the US where I get all bars on my cell phone, even in Mexico near the Belize border, or on remote Greek islands. Similarly, broadband is so fast and pervasive [and cheap] in much of Europe, high in the Pyrenees mountains, miles from the closest small village, with WiFi on nearly empty beaches in Portugal. I wonder why it's not like that here. Oh, right, no national broadband policy with conservatives fighting against it at every turn--for no good reason, just to be against something. ************************************************************************* ** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
