On Dec 13, 2007 9:33 AM, Scott Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:38:02 -0800 (PST) "Eric H. Jung" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >--- Scott Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The providers in the U.S. are not at the forefront, obviously. Unlike > >> France, Japan, etc., an intermediate-speed, asymmetric model is used for > >> residential service in the U.S. If you have, say, $1200/month to blow, you > >> can get a T3 line and call yourself a business, but then you need a much > >> classier modem+router to deal with it. > > > >That information is a little dated. I've been getting Verizon fiber optic > >service to the home for > >$40/month, which provides 5 Mbps up and 15-20 Mbps down. There are other > >plans for another $5-10 > >which provide 15/15 and other options. > > > Then perhaps Verizon at last is trying to catch up with the state of > things in those other countries, but it is decidedly not there yet. I have > an ADSL line, whose speeds vary from 5.5 to 6.9 Mb/s receive and from 0.9 to > 1.0 Mb/s transmit. That's the best available for home users in a Chicago > suburb housing the second largest university in Illinois. > > > > Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * > * -- a standing army." * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * > ********************************************************************** >
At my home I have UTOPIA fiber optic, with 15Mbps up down, and which will switch in the next month or so to 50Mbps up and down. The situation *is* improving in the United States, even if it is nothing compared with Japan, where there are plans ongoing to provide every household with fiber optic. Kasimir -- Kasimir Gabert
