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 -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" 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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