[95347] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk)
Thu Mar 15 09:51:24 2007
Reply-To: <frnkblk@iname.com>
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: "'Jamie Bowden'" <jamie@photon.com>,
"NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:45:16 -0500
In-Reply-To: <70EC72941042AA48ABE651C40408D9C98547@hal.photon.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Jamie:
Who is your ILEC? If you look at Iowa, which has move than 150 independent
telephone companies, the broadband penetration rate exceeds 90%
http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/util/broadband.html
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Bowden [mailto:jamie@photon.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:31 AM
To: frnkblk@iname.com; NANOG list
Subject: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
s/our exchanges/our urban exchanges/
And even then, not so much. I have cable or nothing, and I live in
Fairfax Co. 41k line feet from my house to the exchange. In rural
areas, most of the population far outside of DSL range.
Jamie Bowden
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Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Frank Bulk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:23 PM
> To: 'NANOG list'
> Subject: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell
> big users (fwd)
>
>
> Could you please clarify that comment? USF has made it
> possible for us to
> serve DSL to almost every customer in our exchanges.
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Bulk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:50 AM
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell
> big users (fwd)
>
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Daniel Senie wrote:
>
> > A universal service charge could be applied to all bills, with the
> > funds going to subsidize rural areas.
>
> This is already done in the U.S., to no discernible effect.
>
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