[164502] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: One of our own in the Guardian.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Seiden)
Sun Jul 14 00:58:24 2013
From: Mark Seiden <mis@seiden.com>
In-Reply-To: <2D0AF14BA6FB334988BC1F5D4FC38CB827D460EEC9@EXCHMBX.hq.nac.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 06:50:19 +0200
To: Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>, Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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@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.
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> Someone, please help me.
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> Please.
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>> Jima said: Really, who has 100/100 at home?
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>> Oddly, those living in Grand Coulee, WA.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Most of rural Central Washington has very good fiber connectivity. =
Forward
>> looking Public Utility Districts FTW!
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>> --
>> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
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