I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:

quote Slashdot:

"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the US
is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may not
realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain
its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the FCC has
almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and
quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in
other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The
cost and poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So, what is
holding us back?

Basement wrote:

> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>
> quote Slashdot:
>
> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the US
> is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may not
> realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain
> its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the FCC has
> almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and
> quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in
> other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The
> cost and poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So, what is
> holding us back?
>
>
>
>

I blame the president. And yeah america should have like superbroadband
all over its fucking place but nooo it doesn't.... were stupid like
that. japan needs to come over and make be our new ISP and do it better
just like our eletronics and shit....

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

Basement wrote:
> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>
> quote Slashdot:
>
> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the US
> is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may not
> realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain
> its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the FCC has
> almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and
> quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in
> other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The
> cost and poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So, what is
> holding us back?
>
>
>
>

Every country says that they are behind. the US is behind England,
England is behind Japan, Japan is behind New Zealand, New Zealand is
behind Australia, Australia is behind the US and so on.
Note also that this is how many people actually HAVE broadband. Not CAN
have broadband.

"Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>
> quote Slashdot:
>
> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain
> its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the FCC has
> almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and
> quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in
> other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates.
> The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population density,
> aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how.
> So, what is holding us back?

Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and only
some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed - actual
speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The fastest
ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now being
offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a hardcore
plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month
(around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be
AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years
now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders
in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which I
would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).

Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup, which
is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.

At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
get decent broadband but at a hefty price.

What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
all on?

Richard Kelly wrote:
> "Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>>
>> quote Slashdot:
>>
>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain
>> its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the FCC has
>> almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and
>> quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in
>> other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates.
>> The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population density,
>> aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how.
>> So, what is holding us back?
>
> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
> last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and only
> some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed - actual
> speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The fastest
> ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now being
> offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a hardcore
> plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month
> (around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be
> AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years
> now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders
> in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
> 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which I
> would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>
> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
> from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
> great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
> might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup, which
> is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>
> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
> get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>
> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
> all on?
>
>

NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.

"shauny" <_krud@orcon.net.nz_> schreef in bericht
news:45d50cc8@news.orcon.net.nz...
> Basement wrote:
>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>> this:
>>
>> quote Slashdot:
>>
>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to
>> maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the
>> FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the
>> speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here
>> than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some
>> estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population
>> density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical
>> know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Every country says that they are behind. the US is behind England, England
> is behind Japan, Japan is behind New Zealand, New Zealand is behind
> Australia, Australia is behind the US and so on.
> Note also that this is how many people actually HAVE broadband. Not CAN
> have broadband.

Do you have any data to back that up?

"Richard Kelly" <blamesociety@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
news:45d50ca7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> "Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>>
>> quote Slashdot:
>>
>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to
>> maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the
>> FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the
>> speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here
>> than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some
>> estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population
>> density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical
>> know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>
> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
> last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and only
> some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed - actual
> speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The fastest
> ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now being
> offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a
> hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95
> per month (around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan
> would be AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for a
> few years now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of
> the leaders in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download,
> AU$69.95. An 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included
> download (which I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>
> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
> from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
> great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
> might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup, which
> is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>
> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
> get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>
> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
> all on?
>

I am currently awaiting to get my 10/10 mbps glass fiber connection.
including cable tv, phone, cable radio I pay 50eu a month. I am now on a
3.2mbps paying eu32 a month

Richard Kelly wrote:
which
> is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.


Gotta love that imagery!

>
> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
> get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>
> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
> all on?
>
>

I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I am
going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I am.



--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

shauny wrote:

> Richard Kelly wrote:
>
>> "Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>
>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>> this:
>>>
>>> quote Slashdot:
>>>
>>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a
>>> story in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the
>>> United States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million
>>> in March 2006, the US is well behind countries like England and
>>> China. Indeed, what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a
>>> surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation
>>> which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.
>>> The federal government is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the
>>> rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those
>>> services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations,
>>> as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and
>>> poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
>>> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So,
>>> what is holding us back?
>>
>>
>> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>> the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>> (and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>> speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>> neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps
>> (with some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what
>> is considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>> download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>> If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>> data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>> longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>> Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>> 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which
>> I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>
>> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>> 5km from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated
>> across a great distance, so there are a lot of households in this
>> situation. They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the
>> majority have dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from
>> behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>
>> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>> can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>
>> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>> you all on?
>>
>
> NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
> with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
> Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
> All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
> common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.

I can download around 50k on a regular file. Which pales in comparison
to my 300 - 600K on a regular file from the cable line I had.

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

Basement wrote:

> "Richard Kelly" <blamesociety@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:45d50ca7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>
>>"Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>
>>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about this:
>>>
>>>quote Slashdot:
>>>
>>>"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>>>IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>>>rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>>>US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>>>not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>>>broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to
>>>maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the
>>>FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the
>>>speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here
>>>than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some
>>>estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population
>>>density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical
>>>know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>
>>Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
>>last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and only
>>some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed - actual
>>speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The fastest
>>ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now being
>>offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a
>>hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95
>>per month (around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan
>>would be AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for a
>>few years now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of
>>the leaders in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download,
>>AU$69.95. An 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included
>>download (which I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>
>>Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
>>from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
>>great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
>>might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup, which
>>is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>
>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>
>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
>>all on?
>>
>
>
> I am currently awaiting to get my 10/10 mbps glass fiber connection.
> including cable tv, phone, cable radio I pay 50eu a month. I am now on a
> 3.2mbps paying eu32 a month
>
>

HATE YOU!

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

"Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
news:45d529a8@news.arctic.net...
> Basement wrote:
>
>> "Richard Kelly" <blamesociety@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:45d50ca7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>
>>>"Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl.. .
>>>
>>>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>this:
>>>>
>>>>quote Slashdot:
>>>>
>>>>"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story
>>>>in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United
>>>>States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March
>>>>2006, the US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed,
>>>>what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th
>>>>in worldwide broadband access, a situation which could threaten its
>>>>ability to maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no
>>>>help: the FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of
>>>>what the speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more
>>>>expensive here than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as
>>>>expensive by some estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't
>>>>from population density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from
>>>>lack of technical know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>>
>>>Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
>>>last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and
>>>only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed -
>>>actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The
>>>fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now
>>>being offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a
>>>hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95
>>>per month (around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan
>>>would be AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for
>>>a few years now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one
>>>of the leaders in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig
>>>download, AU$69.95. An 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig
>>>included download (which I would chew through in a couple of days at that
>>>speed).
>>>
>>>Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
>>>from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
>>>great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
>>>might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup,
>>>which is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>
>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>
>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
>>>all on?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I am currently awaiting to get my 10/10 mbps glass fiber connection.
>> including cable tv, phone, cable radio I pay 50eu a month. I am now on a
>> 3.2mbps paying eu32 a month
>
> HATE YOU!
>
> --
> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>
>
> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
> -Dennis Miller
>
> .:s|0|z:.

*throws midget*

Basement wrote:
> "shauny" <_krud@orcon.net.nz_> schreef in bericht
> news:45d50cc8@news.orcon.net.nz...
>> Basement wrote:
>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>> this:
>>>
>>> quote Slashdot:
>>>
>>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story in
>>> IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United States
>>> rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March 2006, the
>>> US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed, what you may
>>> not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide
>>> broadband access, a situation which could threaten its ability to
>>> maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no help: the
>>> FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the
>>> speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more expensive here
>>> than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some
>>> estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't from population
>>> density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical
>>> know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Every country says that they are behind. the US is behind England, England
>> is behind Japan, Japan is behind New Zealand, New Zealand is behind
>> Australia, Australia is behind the US and so on.
>> Note also that this is how many people actually HAVE broadband. Not CAN
>> have broadband.
>
> Do you have any data to back that up?
>
>

Nope!

Basement wrote:

> "Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
> news:45d529a8@news.arctic.net...
>
>>Basement wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Richard Kelly" <blamesociety@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
>>>news:45d50ca7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl. ..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>>this:
>>>>>
>>>>>quote Slashdot:
>>>>>
>>>>>"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story
>>>>>in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United
>>>>>States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March
>>>>>2006, the US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed,
>>>>>what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor 12th
>>>>>in worldwide broadband access, a situation which could threaten its
>>>>>ability to maintain its technological lead. The federal government is no
>>>>>help: the FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed adoption, or of
>>>>>what the speed and quality of those services are. Broadband is more
>>>>>expensive here than in other nations, as well, almost 10 times as
>>>>>expensive by some estimates. The cost and poor quality of service aren't
>>>>
>>>>>from population density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not from
>>>>
>>>>>lack of technical know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>>>
>>>>Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in the
>>>>last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities (and
>>>>only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum speed -
>>>>actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the neighbourhood. The
>>>>fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with some 8mbps plans now
>>>>being offered, but not many). I have what is considered in Australia as a
>>>>hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month download) and it costs me AU$79.95
>>>>per month (around US$63 per month). If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan
>>>>would be AU$89.95 for the same data volume. I have been on this plan for
>>>>a few years now and it is no longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one
>>>>of the leaders in Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig
>>>>download, AU$69.95. An 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig
>>>>included download (which I would chew through in a couple of days at that
>>>>speed).
>>>>
>>>>Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about 5km
>>>
>>>>from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across a
>>>
>>>>great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation. They
>>>>might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have dialup,
>>>>which is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>
>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
>>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>
>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
>>>>all on?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I am currently awaiting to get my 10/10 mbps glass fiber connection.
>>>including cable tv, phone, cable radio I pay 50eu a month. I am now on a
>>>3.2mbps paying eu32 a month
>>
>>HATE YOU!
>>
>>--
>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>
>>
>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>-Dennis Miller
>>
>> .:s|0|z:.
>
>
> *throws midget*
>
>

ME FUCKING EYE!

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
> Richard Kelly wrote:
>
> which
>
> > is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>
> Gotta love that imagery!
>
>
>
> > At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you can
> > get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>
> > What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are you
> > all on?
>
> I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
> file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
> because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
> all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
> that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
> Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
> data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
> torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
> always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
> as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
> do indicate my speed is