aarskringspi
join:2004-10-02
Springfield, OR
| My Lord
While I know we are a huge Country and it is more expensive to wire us with such speeds, we are rapidly falling behind Countries in terms of Broadband. For the Love of all that is Holy Sweeden makes us look like a third world Country when it comes to access to the internet. Its some what discouraging. |
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Sean
join:2004-01-23
Ottawa | It's either 50 people per square meter, or 3 Mbps. Choose!  |
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Unreal111
join:2004-01-21
Minneapolis, MN | You never know
well you never know, USA might boost the speeds faster then other countries in the future. I hope. |
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Alphy
join:2001-12-31
Troy, MI
1 edit | reply to Sean
Re: My Lord
Good point. Go outside. You see that? It's called land. Lots of it. Something they will never have. |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to aarskringspi
Have to love government subsidies over there.  |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to Alphy
I see a lot of squatters, too. And I bet they have less than a tenth of the illegal alien problem as well. |
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Th_sp
@algart.org | What progress.
From making my shoes to 100 mbit broadband - who'da thunk it?
They're not only ahead in speeds, but in politics. Many other countries don't have the DMCA.  |
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nekote
join:2000-12-16
Hopkinton, MA
1 edit | Verizon FiOS - FTTH / PONs ?
From what I've heard / seen, the new fiber optic system Verizon is building out is exactly that type of system.
Of course, they're not, initially, talking about 100Mbps.
(5 M / 2 M lower tier; 30 M / 5 M upper tier, initially)
But I suspect this is likely all the same technology?
AFAIK, the new Verizon system is WDM/PONs. |
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Different approach to networks
Asian contries, aside from only having limited providers, treat BB networks as LAN's instead of WAN's. Here in the US, when networks are built, they build them to have access to services offered by other providers.
Over there, the ISP has all the services anyone would (readily) want on their own network. To provide access to those services, they build huge LAN's to interconnect them. Any time you need something that's not on that network, that's when you hit the "Internet."
When we see 100mbps Internet service, they really don't have that, they simply have 100mbps access to most services with shared 20mbps service to the rest of the world (which isn't anything to sneeze at either!)
It's actually a great model.
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Tubisten
join:2005-01-31
Farmersville, TX
 ·AT&T Wireless Broa..
·Verizon Wireless B..
| reply to ColdFiltered
Re: My Lord
I wasn't sure if the comment above about Sweeden was a reference to the country or just an expression?
Sweden
land: 410,934 sq km
Population: 8,986,400
Approx. 22 individuals per sq km
USA
Land: 9,161,923 sq km
Population: 293,027,571
Approx. 32 individuals per sq km
Source: »www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac···/sw.html
»www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac···/us.html
So, no, Sweden is not more populated than the US. Korea, yes.
Sweden decided not to make the illegals illegal, they are just aliens and they/we (still a Swede though living in Texas) have a large muslim population by now. Sweden's third largest city, Malmö, has I think 25% muslims. In other words immigrants from muslim areas of Europe and Middle East and Africa and Asia. |
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HomeLvr
Premium
join:2002-01-01
Atlanta, GA
 ·LINGO
| GAH!
ok i know all about the smaller countries have it easier.
They are smaller, have less money
we are bigger and have more money
If some frikkin coalition of companies helped by the government would get on the ball we'd have decent internet access. I mean come on! Where I use to live (right off Interstate 95 in south florida) where theres new communities that are 0 lot line (unbelievable amounts of homes per square mile) they dont qualify for DSL or Cable Internet. It's ridiculous.
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Underplay
join:2003-10-19
Tacoma, WA | Im glad our government and cooperations are spending our money on something else besides entertainment, which to me is a waste..i would rather see all of that money spent on accelerating our progress for getting off this shitty planet ASAP. |
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Underplay
join:2003-10-19
Tacoma, WA
2 edits | reply to HomeLvr
But then again..now that i think about it, our money is most likely being stored in a huge ass safe(probably worlds best )so the big timers can have 13 mansions with maids, and private jets stored in each one. |
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Frank
is chilling
Premium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Sean
Re: My Lord
That's a good argument maybe for someone in montana.....
but
where i live (nj) it's 1,134 people per square mile.
in nyc it's 25,925 people per square mile.
all of this is according to the 2000 census which.
I wouldnt be surprised if those figures have doubled.
I look out my window and i dont see land I see other buildings. I live in a town where a small one family house costs about $700,000 and it's not a 'rich town'. There's no land or houses available at a reasonable rate because of the population density being so high and so many people want to move here.
where's my 100mbps fiber? It should have been here years ago. |
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biochemistry
join:2003-05-09
92361 | reply to Tubisten
So at that rate, Sweden will have a Muslim majority in no time and internet access will be banned. Good luck, Sweden! |
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donjuan2002
join:2002-10-06
Kearny, NJ | reply to Underplay
Re: GAH!
United states will never be better them other country in broadband because here we have to many morons, and the talk is how much money will i get, they do not care about anything else. |
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UpToThePpl
@104.charter-s
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»www.searleffect.com But it's up to you. Want to go? People need to start worrying about more important things than entertainment, true.
Still need to work on the quantum entanglement for communications. Let's face it, even using light to communicate from the Earth to say... Mars, the ping times would be "astronomical". 
Believe it or not, there are those of us who think about these things daily, and are tired of the way this country is falling behind in science and technology, compared to other countries. |
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Kommie
join:2003-05-13
East Haven, CT | reply to Alphy
Re: My Lord
I live in the North East near NYC. We look like Korea. There is no reason why we shouldnt have Fiber already. If we didnt have the TELCO/RBOC monopolies we would have fiber already. |
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mospam
join:2004-09-05
Lakeland, FL | reply to donjuan2002
Re: GAH!
Kearny, NJ
amazing that you bite the hand that feeds... don't like it?, Then move. |
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Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | reply to Alphy
Re: My Lord
Pshhh, outsite is over rated. |
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