i give my girlfriend some broadband penetration every night.
Breadth doesn't mean anything if you're only an inch long j/k
I pay NZD60/month (US40-45) for 4mb cable, but have a 20gig download cap
I pay NZD60/month (US40-45) for 4mb cable, but have a 20gig download cap
i suck off my neighbors wireless modem
Oh have a whinge, Australia's not even on the list.
You try living in a country where the maximum anyone can could get is 1.5mb (unless you live in the same street as a Telstra executive).
Oh and
You try living in a country where the maximum anyone can could get is 1.5mb (unless you live in the same street as a Telstra executive).
Oh and
blademaster wrote:
Penetration
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
We're not talking about general internet traffic, we're talking about a broadband connection to someone's house. The penetration of satellite based internet in the US is absurdly low. Somewhere like .5% of broadband users. Mostly due to cost:Vilham wrote:
Just so you know, most broadband traffic isn't done via cables, its done by bouncing signals of the atmosphere and satellites.
http://www.wildblue.com/getWildblue/doS … hAction.do use zip code 64804
Wild blue: 512/128 is $50 a month, 1.0/200 is $60, and 1.5/256 is $70. Plus you have to pay $300 for the equipment.
http://go.gethughesnet.com/HUGHES/Rooms … B589%5D%5D
HugesNet (used to be directway): 700/128 is $60, 1.0/200 is $70, and 1.5/200 is $80. Their equipment and installation will set you back $500.
I live near the switch station in a fairly large city, and have ATT DSL. I pay $30 a month for 6.0+ megabit down and 768 up. And i have no download cap. Makes a tivo unnecessary, I download all my tv shows.
Keep dreaming. The fiber that is laid is not for home or business use most places. Check out this link. This is where the verizon FIOS serivce is available. I hate everyone that has it. 15 down and 2 up for $50 a month. FIOS is the only large-scale deployed fiber optic network for home use, in the US, that I know of. ATT is working on deploying fiber to the home, but the last time I checked, they were only planning on deploying to 18 million homes by the end of 2008. Which essentially means if you're not in one of the lucky cities, you're screwed.Ganko_06 wrote:
Actually, fiber optics are more common than you think. A city with a pop. over 20,000 in the US should have a decent amount of fiber optics laid (then again it also depends on which part of the county you live in).
Its the wave of the future, to be sure. It's just not here yet.
Right now, most folks in rural areas either have dialup, or they get together and put up a tower so that they can use over the air broadband like this. My parents and three of their neighbors put up a tower that they use as a repeater, with their antennas on the roofs of their houses. That's the only way to get broadband to their house, as they live WAY too far out of town for DSL or Cable.
The only other technology on tap for people in rural areas is broadband over power lines. If they ever get the kinks worked out, this will be how most rural areas get their broadband.