One of our own in the Guardian.

Sun Jul 14 04:49:07 UTC 2013

In Mountain View (the middle of Silicon Valley) the only choice i have is
overpriced Comcast w/ a 300 gig limit.  I used to chew threw 300 gig in a
week when i was in school.

-Grant

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Alex Rubenstein <alex at corp.nac.net> wrote:

> Yet, here, where I live, only 47 road miles from New York City, I have a
> cable company who sells me metered (yes, METERED) DOCSIS, for nearly
> $100/month, 35/3. The limitation is like 100 GB/month or something (the
> equivalent of the amount of Netflix or AppleTV my kids watch in a weekend)
> No alternatives, no FiOS, no nothing. Well, I can get 3/.768 DSL if I
> please.
>
> Someone, please help me.
>
> Please.
>
>
>
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> >
> > Jima said: Really, who has 100/100 at home?
> >
> > Oddly, those living in Grand Coulee, WA.
> >
> > I went there once to setup corporate connectivity for a regional tire
> store.
> > They ordered the minimal drop, 50/50Mbs. One of the tire changers there
> > told me that he had 100/100 at home for $50/month.
> >
> > This was a town without T-Mobile service. I had to haul out the butt set
> and
> > clip on to the business POTS lines to turn up the VPN.
> >
> > Most of rural Central Washington has very good fiber connectivity.
> Forward
> > looking Public Utility Districts FTW!
> >
> > --
> > Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
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