[141798] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Sat Jun 11 21:11:04 2011
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:07:42 -0700
From: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <6047076084616721761@unknownmsgid>
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On 6/11/2011 4:29 PM, Christopher Pilkington wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2011, at 19:00, TR Shaw<tshaw@oitc.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure where this thread is going but rural america and rural canada are rolling their own broadband connectivity in places.
> This is my eventual goal where I'm moving. (Oswego Co., NY).
>
> I'm well aware that I'm moving outside of "broadband-land", and while
> I'm not happy about this, the pros of moving there outweighed this
> con.
>
> Options seem to be limited to HughesNet and dial for the moment, but
> things may change if I put a tower on the property. HughesNet seems to
> relax it's bandwidth cap between 2am and 7am, which is helpful, but
> still a great shift from what I'm used to at the current residence
> (15/2).
>
No 3G cellphone service?
> It would be great to get neighbors in on some sort of community
> solution, but it will take some time to feel out where they are on
> this.
>
>
