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dembotoz

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16. would tend to agreee with the 4 mbps min---perhaps 6 would be better

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #15)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 12:32 PM

Dec 2012

but the overlooks part is the upload speeds which in this country is pure crap.

att dsl can be what 6 down but only 1/2 uip??????

that is crap upload

as we end up doing more work at home
as we try to turn our homes into wifi hot spots so that our data plans for our phones(separate rant) does not bankrupt us.

we may not strive to be the absolute best but we should strive not to be amoung the absolute worst.

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U.S. Internet Users Pay More for Slower Service [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

Why do we have to be the suckers of the western world? aquart Dec 2012 #1

That is the question Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #2

You can thank the Invisible Hand for that Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

Because many Americans are willfully stupid. I've asked myself that same question over RKP5637 Dec 2012 #4

Yep. MatthewStLouis Dec 2012 #7

willfully stupid and PROUD to be so datasuspect Dec 2012 #11

The article asserts that... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #15

would tend to agreee with the 4 mbps min---perhaps 6 would be better dembotoz Dec 2012 #16

I may not understand the issue completely, but... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #17

money does factor mightily dembotoz Dec 2012 #21

there`s a brand new fiber optic cable across the street from my house madrchsod Dec 2012 #5

article speaks the truith dembotoz Dec 2012 #6

Of course we do. woo me with science Dec 2012 #8

When I first clicked on the link... nuxvomica Dec 2012 #9

Very true Old Codger Dec 2012 #10

comcast shanti Dec 2012 #18

Worse in NC - the Telco and Cableco legislated the competition away. mwooldri Dec 2012 #12

The Governor didn't help the situation either freethought Dec 2012 #20

This scenario has been repeated all over the nation. I've seen it in LA and Portland. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #23

My DSL line just got upgraded. Panasonic Dec 2012 #13

My service is slower than ever. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #14

The conspiracy theorist in me says dickthegrouch Dec 2012 #19

We paid for national broadband back in the 90s. The Clinton administration paid Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #22