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| Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 04:24:04 -0500 From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Tons of AT&T and Verizon customers may not have "broadband" on Thursday Message-ID: <fvzcfd5p5eg8.o2i6uk77wlg1.dlg@40tude.net> On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:55:14 -0500, Bill Horne, quoting Jon Brodkin, wrote: > New 25Mbps minimum would leave 19% of US homes without broadband access. We may not have 'broadband access", but we've got "High Speed Internet" -- or anyway, that's what at&t (and now Frontier) call their ADSL service, with its supersonic 768 Kbps (nominal) download speeds (and, I think, roughly 150 Kbps upload speeds). And we had that long before the new 25 Mbps minimum cut off our "broadband access". Doesn't that cheer you up? Cheers, -- tlvp -- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP. ***** Moderator's Note ***** When I compare what is offered in the U.S. to the services available in Europe and Japan, it depresses the hell out of me. Bill Horne Moderator |
| Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:42:24 -0500 From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Tons of AT&T and Verizon customers may not have "broadband" on Thursday Message-ID: <barmar-7D1696.22422428012015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> In article <mac0ci$lap$1@dont-email.me>, Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> wrote: > New 25Mbps minimum would leave 19% of US homes without broadband access. What an incredibly misleading headline. They'll have exactly the same service they have now, it just won't be called broadband by the FCC. The rest of us aren't bound by the FCC's terminology, which is mainly useful for them compiling statistics about the availability of different services. I'm reminded of the old quote (supposedly from Abraham Lincoln): Q: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? A: Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. And Pluto didn't change in any way when astronomers decided that it didn't fit the definition of "planet". Finally, telecommunications engineers have had a completely different definition of "broadband" for many years. It's not related to any specific speed, just the ability to carry multiple signals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** ***** Moderator's Note ***** That's why "broadband" was in quotes on the subject line ... Bill Horne Moderator |
| Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:29:04 -0800 (PST) From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Google expanding fiber service to 4 Southeastern metro areas Message-ID: <285bc041-99fe-4d7a-8fd2-48ea96821964@googlegroups.com> By Associated Press, CED, 01/28/2015 - 12:15pm Google said Tuesday it has selected four metro areas in the Southeast to receive its fiber optic service that can deliver Internet speeds at more than 50 times the national broadband average. The company said it will bring gigabit-speed service to Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta; and Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte in North Carolina. Google officials said five Western cities previously identified as finalists remain in the running for fiber down the line. "We had four cities here in the Southeast that were ready to go," said Kevin Lo, Google's general manager for fiber services. "I want to be really clear that this is not 'no' to anybody for the other five metro areas." The other five cities in the running are Phoenix; Salt Lake City; San Jose, California; Portland, Oregon; and San Antonio. http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2015/01/google-expanding-fiber-service-to-4-southeastern-metro-areas?et_cid=4387036&et_rid=652835436&type=cta -or- http://tinyurl.com/khu6g6n Neal McLain 01-28-15 2130 CST |
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