One of our own in the Guardian.

Sun Jul 14 04:50:19 UTC 2013

and here i am in the icann-selected hotel for the icann conference, and they gave us a total of 500MB of metered usage.  for our entire stay, not per day.
(should be better on the conference net).

maybe i should just check out and check in every day.

On Jul 14, 2013, at 6:44 AM, 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> 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
> 