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kireol
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Xarpolis
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b******t US (Philly) with our best local broadband being cable capped at 512kb/s download and 40kb/s upload.
GIVE ME THE FIBER OPTICS!!!
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motherface
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Booker
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 21:32 Post subject:
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| motherface wrote: | | http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/channels/Fios/HighSpeedInternetForHome.asp |
ahhaahhahahaha
buttsekz?
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r00typooh
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Location: Miami, FL
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 21:41 Post subject:
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ashley has the fios service at her house- i'm jealous... she's the only one i know with it... and that makes me sad because she really never used it it's full potential!
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Soriak
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 21:49 Post subject:
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30mbps for $180... wow. They charge $150 for 3mbps here - and that's as fast as it gets 
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Regan
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Joined: 22 Oct 2002
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Location: Miami
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 23:01 Post subject:
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I have a direct fiber line into the house here, but just use it for DSL. Only advantage is not having to use a modem, split a direct Twisted pair line off the phone wiring in the house and snap it into the back of a router, bam! It is a little faster then advertized though.
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Paden
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Location: North CAROLINA!
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 23:06 Post subject:
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I got roadrunner from time warner cable! BEEP BEEP!
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goatface
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Posted: 09/27/05 - 23:29 Post subject:
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if i stand on my porch i can almost see where the fiber optic lines are
but reportedly would cost them like $25k to run the line over to our little group of houses, so it isn;t going to happen
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Jukas
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Posted: 09/28/05 - 12:37 Post subject:
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| motherface wrote: | | http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/channels/Fios/HighSpeedInternetForHome.asp |
For some reason it refuses to recognize my address. Fortunately I can get DSL for either $27 for 3mb or $41 for 6mb
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Frax
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Location: Fuck yoiu fucking fuckers
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Posted: 09/28/05 - 14:20 Post subject:
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back in my day the internet was two soup cans and a string running out to the treehouse!
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kireol
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Location: Royal Oak, MI
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Posted: 09/28/05 - 19:35 Post subject:
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| Frax wrote: | | back in my day the internet was two soup cans and a string running out to the treehouse! |
and we liked it!
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Nictathan
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Location: here... where I am... not with you
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Posted: 09/28/05 - 19:47 Post subject:
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| kireol wrote: | | Frax wrote: | | back in my day the internet was two soup cans and a string running out to the treehouse! |
and we liked it! |
Cause it was the fastestEST!
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r00typooh
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Location: Miami, FL
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Posted: 09/28/05 - 20:29 Post subject:
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I liked my 1.5Mb DSL until i found out there were companies offering 3Mb
then i got that eventually and now they offer 30 with FIOS... i'll never be happy again
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Isriam
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Posted: 09/29/05 - 00:58 Post subject:
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fiber in your house? hahaha. not ever in your lifetime.
the fastest backbone i've ever been on was 20mb/s at telepacific in down town LA. i could upload at 650kb/s to people and download at unbelievable speeds.
maybe you should look into the price of a DS3 or anything bigger. Most DS3's that I know of run 3k-5k a month. This is from LEC's. I doubt you'll find it any cheaper. DS3 = 45mb/s.
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Mogling
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Posted: 09/29/05 - 01:03 Post subject:
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| Isriam wrote: | fiber in your house? hahaha. not ever in your lifetime.
the fastest backbone i've ever been on was 20mb/s at telepacific in down town LA. i could upload at 650kb/s to people and download at unbelievable speeds.
maybe you should look into the price of a DS3 or anything bigger. Most DS3's that I know of run 3k-5k a month. This is from LEC's. I doubt you'll find it any cheaper. DS3 = 45mb/s. |
I dont know about this, verizon is doing a hell of a job to lay out fiber lines, and while this isn't japan or china with 1Gb/1Gb internet access we will get there in time.
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Isriam
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Posted: 09/29/05 - 09:13 Post subject:
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i have worked for almost every major fiber optic company in the US. fiber is a huge undertaking. its also a waste. its like building a 3 story 8 bedroom house for each resident of government housing.
cable provides enough speed for what any consumer would need. fiber has pretty much unlimited bandwidth, and its a waste of money to put fiber into each home. now, internal wiring of homes with fiber is reasonable. but the amount of time to splice fiber from a LEC into a home, just not gonna happen. Most companies can barely keep up doing laterals into businesses. That takes months for just a simple cut.
Also realize laying fiber costs millions. Its something like 1 million per mile.
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scrotum
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Posted: 09/29/05 - 12:26 Post subject:
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The whole island i live on in Norway has Fiber access. The power company was the people behind the build of the lines. They lost a ton of mmoney the first year, as its expensive to spread, but they will have it all back in 7-9 years.
Standard line is 1mbit up/down.
I have 3 mbit up/down, 56 channels of digital TV, and 2 lines for IP telephone. I pay about 130 USD a month.
Good thing is, no matter how much load your neighborhood has at night, you still get at least what you pay for. I still havent gotten under said up/down speeds, testing my line. Of course when i DL from s****y connections its slower.
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Isriam
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Posted: 09/30/05 - 01:06 Post subject:
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also realize when you're talking about a new place or new homes versus existing cabeling, its much easier. cable > fiber, until telecom catches up. and with the crash of the telecom industry, i don't see it happening.
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Luthar01
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Posted: 09/30/05 - 02:53 Post subject:
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I get surprised when I read stuff like this.
In Sweden all major ISPs offer dsl connections of 24mibit for about 30-40 euros a month. I myself has 10 mbit fiber connection for about 35 euros a month. I can upgrade to 100 mbit for about the double, though I dont think it is worth it.
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