AT&T Pretends It, Too, Will Build A 1 Gigabit Network
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#2I am so glad Google is putting AT&T (and the other broadband providers) in the hot seat. Sadly I don't think San Francisco will get Google Fiber anytime soon. Why is it we don't even have Verizon FIOS?!
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#3I am so glad Google is putting AT&T (and the other broadband providers) in the hot seat. Sadly I don't think San Francisco will get Google Fiber anytime soon. Why is it we don't even have Verizon FIOS?!
Because the FCC ruled that wired networks are subject to network neutrality rules, and that wireless networks aren't.
Verizon has every incentive to move efforts to broadband wireless.
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#4I am so glad Google is putting AT&T (and the other broadband providers) in the hot seat. Sadly I don't think San Francisco will get Google Fiber anytime soon. Why is it we don't even have Verizon FIOS?!
Some apartment buildings (Including mine) have webpass which is 100mbps up and down (and in some locations 200mbps) for $50 per month. Other than that internet in SF is surprisingly bad
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#5Is it just European bias or is the US largely near a 3rd world country in terms of internet broadband access?
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#6Is it just European bias or is the US largely near a 3rd world country in terms of internet broadband access?
No, that would be us here in Canada :) Especially on pricing and caps it feels that way sometimes.
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#7Is it just European bias or is the US largely near a 3rd world country in terms of internet broadband access?
No, yes.
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#8Is it just European bias or is the US largely near a 3rd world country in terms of internet broadband access?
I don't think its bias. I cannot get DSL, CABLE, Fiber-anything... My choices are: Dialup, Satellite, or wireless internet.
I can get 3G cell coverage -- sometimes.
My street does have cable television, they just refuse to service the area with internet access. My country has an exclusivity agreement with this cable provider, so no other providers can come into the area.
The sickening factor for me is the fact that I live practically on the county line. I can SEE houses with time warner service from the end of my driveway. They just can't go that extra half mile.
Crazy. So, basically, I end up paying $50/mo for 1down/.3 up. That's with lots of packet loss, too.
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#9Even if they do end up following through on this, knowing AT&T it will be subject to the same 150 GB/month cap they have on U-Verse.
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#10Is it just European bias or is the US largely near a 3rd world country in terms of internet broadband access?
US is very much behind in terms of quality and adequate pricing for Internet access. It's mostly the result of sick monopolies developed around it.