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University of Delaware, per this: https://dnschecker.org/asn-whois-lookup.php?query=AS2 So, not on that map, but it was part of ARPANET by the time the TCP/IP protocol was introduced in 1983[0], per this map: https://www.historyofinformation.com/image.php?id=6456 [0]: https://blog.google/inside-google/googlers/marking-birth-of-...
I wonder why there's so many weird domains being hosted on AS2? https://dnslytics.com/bgp/as2 (scroll down to Top Domains)
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Including the installation fee and $30/mo subsidy (I am assuming this means the price he receives is $30 higher than the one customers pay), my quick math shows it would take a bit over 71 months (almost 6 years) to hit $2.6M in total revenue. However, that assumes literally every customer chooses the $55/month plan, if everyone chose the $79/mo plan, it would take almost 51 months, or a bit over 4 years (obviously t…
You're also assuming a 100% conversion rate, in terms of homes being wired for access. That's a pretty big assumption!
My wife did this, about 6 months of digging up roads in central London. Would recommend. AMA.
> 1Gbps with unlimited data for $79 a month Wow, sign me up. Comcast, which has a monopoly on my market, charges me a few bucks more per month, for 150mbps.
>"I have at least two homes where I have to build a half-mile to get to one house," Mauch said, noting that it will cost "over $30,000 for each of those homes to get served." is this really a valuable use of taxpayer money? sending a wireless link over a half-mile isn't that difficult, surely there's a better way to spend $60k of public money than delivering internet service to two families. especially now that starl…
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It actually does exist lol! Made by Cisco as an e-learning tool Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa34qoRzjs https://web.archive.org/web/20150317144142/https://cisco.edu...
Oh god, it seems to essentially be packet tracer under the hood. It's a great tool, but I HATED using it in school.
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Sounds more like how crony politics for personal gain works. Alternatively, you could finance the hospital, fire depart, or whatever without an middle man siphoning off "their fair share"
Alternatively, you could finance the hospital, fire depart, or whatever without an middle man siphoning off "their fair share" This has already been tried. People used to subscribe to fire service, or ambulance service. It doesn't work, and is also bad for society. If you want people to only use the things they directly pay for, and not pay for shared things through taxes, then only drive on your own driveway. Don't…
That's interesting - FEMA says that 70% of the fire departments in the US are all-volunteer, and >90% have a volunteer component.
https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/registry/summary#g
I've lived in areas with volunteer fire departments that paid for their operations primarily with "fire dues" for most of my life. As far as I know, most volunteer departments operate like that.
I had no idea they didn't work. I wonder if anyone has told them?
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The US aren't at war with Russia. Sure, they're helping an ally in a De facto war against Russia, but currently the us spends more on "defense" than both Russia and China combined, when it is technically at peace. In case of a war with China, are you expecting the military budget to not increase at all?
How do you stay at peace? A strong deterrence.
> Jared Mauch is expanding with the help of $2.6 million in government money. > Mauch told us he provides free 250Mbps service to a church that was previously having trouble with its Comcast service. That's interesting, he's taking money from the government and giving free internet to a religious organization? Do all "churches" get free internet or just the ones he prefers? Taxpayers are OK subsidizing a specific chu…
He won a government contract to with specific deliverables. I'm not sure how he would have any responsibilities beyond those deliverables.
The physical infrastructure of cable is not expensive. The fiber itself costs nothing in bulk. Currently a pair of 1Gbps 20km rated transceivers costs The only things that make installs expensive are: (1) regulation; in particular ingrained antiquated systems of land ownership and associated regulatory capture bullshit by established monopolies; (2) switching infrastructure and associated power, land and security requirements; and (3) one-time installation process costs such as trench digging, termination box installation and cable termination.
Once installed, the cables are unlikely to fail unless aggressively attacked with digging equipment.