[133991] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Tue Dec 21 08:57:39 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=rEZfpbn8eRrdGdR1PM6-OecPAWwH=X-E6xFrk@mail.gmail.com>
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:57:28 -0500
To: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I faced a similar challenge. If you have line of sight to something, you can=
do fixed wireless for maybe 200-400 depending on the gear and frequencies i=
nvolved. Check out the ubnt 365 or m5 gear. Cheap as in disposable. Works qu=
ite well. Then order a Comcast business connection there and call it a day. 1=
6/2 or 50/10 for less than a t1 loop as long as your facility fees on the ot=
her side colo aren't too high.
Sent from my iThing
On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Where I live, about 50 miles south of Atlanta down I-85, there is no
> consumer broadband at all.
>=20
> Satellite, Cellular, and T-1, those are my options.
>=20
> A mile away, there are choices, but not here. I am sure we aren't the onl=
y
> neighborhood in this situation, even today.
>=20
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>wro=
te:
>=20
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> And yet, I don't know of any location in the US with two cable
>>> operators.
>>=20
>> We have 2 separate cable providers in our town. One of them is a division=
>> of the local telephone company, but it is still CATV plant. The telco als=
o
>> operates a FTTH service with IPTV video as well.
>>=20
>> The result is that the big national CATV provider had incredibly good rat=
es
>> for a long time, and even after they were more than doubled, are still
>> really good.
>>=20
>> -Randy
>>=20
>>=20
