[127434] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadband initiatives - impact to your network?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Boyd)
Mon Jun 28 21:01:04 2010
From: Chris Boyd <cboyd@gizmopartners.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C294183.2030709@nic-naa.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:00:28 -0500
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 28, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
> Is unidirectional transport (monitized video streams) the rural =
service most absent and most valued, or are other characteristics of =
networks competitive with, or superior to, that service model?
If you drive around rural central and northeastern Texas, every ranch =
house and bunkhouse has a DirecTV or Dish installation. Surprisingly, =
many of these same houses also have DSL available from the (heavily =
subsidized) telephone coops in the area. The speeds aren't screaming, =
typically being in the 300-700 down/128-384 up ADSL-2+ range. So the =
demand is there, and so is the service in some areas.
--Chris=
