You mean this century don't you? BTW, where is all the money for rural telco spending going. I know it is not around here.
Jon On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:08 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > No sign of it where I live (Gainesville Fl) either and like you I’m out > on the fringe (I probably live just about as far out from town you can get > and still have a G’ville phone #) so it probably won’t arrive in this > decade. > > > > *John W. Cook* > > *Systems Administrator* > > *Partnership For Strong Families* > > *315 SE 2nd Ave* > > *Gainesville, Fl 32601* > > *Office (352) 393-2741 x320* > > *Cell (352) 215-6944* > > *Fax (352) 393-2746* > > *MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4* > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:49 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: National broadband > > > > Central Florida/Lakeland. I was originally told, in December 2008, that > they were slowing up the roll out due to the economy. Since we are very > rural they did not want to spend the money when they were NOT getting the > sales they were hoping for. That was per their sales people. Since then it > seems that the same people, their sales people, have changed their tune. > They were getting upset as it became apparent that it was more where they > were rolling out the service that was causing low sales. They pushed out > service into areas that did not already have copper in place. Verizon was > not rolling out the service into more developed areas or older/established > neighborhoods. You can't sell if there are no homes/people to sell to. I > have not seen any new work being done in a lot of my area since December > 2008. The only work I do see is when the state/county begins to work on the > roads and Verizon is very quick to get out and mark where their fiber is. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Where are you at? > > > > This is the first I’ve ever heard of Verizon de-emphasizing FIOS … > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:26 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: National broadband > > > > I only wish FIOS was available for my place. It is across the road from me > and Verizon has stopped pushing it out locally. When I have talked to their > sales/service people they are not happy either. Sales complains about not > getting any sales potentials and service because they are running into > problems supporting the aging wire infrastructure as well as they have been > trained on working with fiber and not getting to do any work to stay > current/keep in practice. Both have had people complain to me about it > being like me just a little ways away and not getting it either. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My Verizon FIOS business class service is $160/mo for 15Mbps up/down and > 5 static IP's (all usable). > > -sc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: N Parr [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:10 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > Ha, Regional Cable Co in my little podunk town of 1000 (of when we've > had > > DSL, Wireless, and Cable services for years) wants $250/month for a > > "Business Plan" with static IP's. Same plan I had for a remote > warehouse > > with Comcast was $80. When I told them that they just said it's what > we've > > always charged and isn't going to change. I just use DSL and no-ip to > redirect > > my entire domain to my basement. Email, web, > > etc all work great. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:59 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > As Steven Caesare said it would be nice to have a static IP at a > reasonable > > price without a whole bunch of restrictions. Unfortunately Windstream > > deems a static IP to be part of a "business" plan and wants me to pay > over > > $100 / month just for DSL (NOT counting voice services, > > etc) for 3 useable static IPs (5 total, IIRC -- 2 of the 5 are for > their use - one for > > the modem, I think and one for the broadcast.) > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only > broadband > > option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access > for the > > same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, > though? > > Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for > slower > > speeds. > > > > They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the > same price > > I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. > :-) > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 > Mbit. > > I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hg [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members > > that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would > save then > > $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no > > noticeable difference. > > > > Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a > lot of > > folks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the > most part. > > My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not > running a > > business out of my home or anything. > > > > What are people doing at home, for "personal" reasons, that would need > > 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? > > > > >>> John Hornbuckle <[email protected]> 3/17/2010 11:08 > > >>> AM >>> > > I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable > modem, and > > honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: National broadband > > > > From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the > capping > > the ISP's do on the available bandwidth for the customers, not > necessarily > > allow Internet for all citizens. ISP's truly have a large amount of > bandwidth > > available to consumers, yet to control pricing and overhead they cap > speeds > > and gradually release them on an accounting-time-period-basis. > > > > I have AT&T at my home, and the highest Mbps down available is 24Mbps, > > but compared to a year ago, its twice as fast. So it just happened to > be > > available now instead of last year? > > > > If I were to pay $65/month for 100Mbps/50Mbps, I would gladly do it. > So > > long as it's available. Knowing it's available yet being restricted > is what is > > irritating. > > > > > > Jay Dale > > I.T. Manager, 3GiG > > Mobile: 713.299.2541 > > Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may > contain > > confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the > intended > > recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that > > any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, > if any, > > or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. 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