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From: John Higdon on 19 Mar 2010 03:01 In article <5-ednQSdIMLp0T_WnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)posted.southvalleyinternet>, Roy <aa4re(a)aa4re.ampr.org> wrote: > On 3/18/2010 8:44 AM, AES wrote: > > In article<higgy-4B9801.23133217032010(a)news.announcetech.com>, > > John Higdon<higgy(a)kome.com> wrote: > > > >> Again, I live in the center of San Jose, the state's third most populous > >> city (tenth in the nation). There's no density problem here. > > > > Sorry, it's absolutely nothing like the densities in South Korea and > > similar places. > > > Seoul has a density of 44,000 people per square mile, San Jose is less > than 6,000. San Francisco is less than 7,000. NYC is around 27,000. So the "capitol of Silicon Valley", ground zero for high-tech, can't support anything resembling decent Internet connectivity? That's really rich! The prices we pay for such laughable connectivity are truly amazing. -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400 AT&T-Free At Last
From: John Higdon on 19 Mar 2010 03:03 In article <Xns9D3F63E056CF3thisnthatroadrunnern(a)216.196.97.131>, DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > Money. If there is no money to be made, no one does anything. > > Doesn't everything come down to money ? (Rhetorical.) I'm still not getting this. We pay many times what people in countries with *real* Internet service for laughably bad Internet service. Where is the hidden money coming from and going to? -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400 AT&T-Free At Last
From: DanS on 19 Mar 2010 07:42 John Higdon <higgy(a)kome.com> wrote in news:higgy-420251.00031719032010(a)news.announcetech.com: > In article > <Xns9D3F63E056CF3thisnthatroadrunnern(a)216.196.97.131>, > DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > >> Money. If there is no money to be made, no one does >> anything. >> >> Doesn't everything come down to money ? (Rhetorical.) > > I'm still not getting this. We pay many times what people > in countries with *real* Internet service for laughably bad > Internet service. Where is the hidden money coming from and > going to? 'Real' internet service ? Yeah, the 10 mbps d/l speeds I get aren't any better than 56k dial-up.
From: Steve Fenwick on 19 Mar 2010 12:51 In article <Xns9D404E5D5B49Ethisnthatroadrunnern(a)216.196.97.131>, DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > John Higdon <higgy(a)kome.com> wrote in > news:higgy-420251.00031719032010(a)news.announcetech.com: > > > In article > > <Xns9D3F63E056CF3thisnthatroadrunnern(a)216.196.97.131>, > > DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > > > >> Money. If there is no money to be made, no one does > >> anything. > >> > >> Doesn't everything come down to money ? (Rhetorical.) > > > > I'm still not getting this. We pay many times what people > > in countries with *real* Internet service for laughably bad > > Internet service. Where is the hidden money coming from and > > going to? > > 'Real' internet service ? > > Yeah, the 10 mbps d/l speeds I get aren't any better than 56k > dial-up. Sure, and 20 years ago 9600 baud was considered good. So what? New technologies, like streaming IPTV, require more bandwidth. I sincerely doubt John's comments were a personal dig at your service (I'd love 10Mbps; I'm still at a nominal 7Mbps). Steve -- steve <at> w0x0f <dot> com "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, chip shot in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
From: John Higdon on 19 Mar 2010 13:02
In article <Xns9D404E5D5B49Ethisnthatroadrunnern(a)216.196.97.131>, DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote: > Yeah, the 10 mbps d/l speeds I get aren't any better than 56k > dial-up. Where on earth do you get 10mbps speeds? But yes, it does pale compared to the 100 mbps that my friends in Japan get...and pay less for it. -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400 AT&T-Free At Last |