Comments on: You must be living with oodles of bandwidth, right? http://movementarian.com/2008/09/01/you-must-be-living-with-oodles-of-bandwidth-right/ 100% Natural Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Shawn K http://movementarian.com/2008/09/01/you-must-be-living-with-oodles-of-bandwidth-right/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Shawn K Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:16:13 +0000 http://movementarian.com/?p=1787#comment-1582 I understand that here in the midwest, it is less cost effective to rapidly roll out broadband improvements. What bothers me, is how utterly shoddy it is regardless of that. 3 Mbps just doesn't cut it. I'll settle for 10 Mbps, understanding that this isn't New York City, but 3 Mbps? Our problem isn't so much that it is so slow out here, it's that the ISPs steadfastly refuse to roll out fiber. Even if I don't get 50 Mbps, that's fine. But I need to know that you're making an effort. Refusing to upgrade beyond the copper that's been in the ground for 40 years is unacceptable to me. I understand that here in the midwest, it is less cost effective to rapidly roll out broadband improvements. What bothers me, is how utterly shoddy it is regardless of that. 3 Mbps just doesn’t cut it. I’ll settle for 10 Mbps, understanding that this isn’t New York City, but 3 Mbps?

Our problem isn’t so much that it is so slow out here, it’s that the ISPs steadfastly refuse to roll out fiber. Even if I don’t get 50 Mbps, that’s fine. But I need to know that you’re making an effort. Refusing to upgrade beyond the copper that’s been in the ground for 40 years is unacceptable to me.

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