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Old Codger

(4,205 posts)

7. getting robbed here

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 08:18 AM

Jun 2013

$70 a month for 1.3 on an extremely overloaded system that Frontier won't admit is overloaded.. My choices are this or satellite for about the same with low cap or dial up from frontier that is the worst dial up I have ever seen..

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Highway Robbery for High-Speed Internet [View all] marmar Jun 2013 OP

My rural county is getting public fiber-optic broadband strung to every house. It's like rural Brickbat Jun 2013 #1

Well, my Internet speed will be increasing by 100 times, and I'll be paying about 20% less... tridim Jun 2013 #2

Let us know it that is the case after its all said and done madokie Jun 2013 #13

We'll be getting Google Fiber "This Summer". RC Jun 2013 #31

I think we live in the same city. tridim Jun 2013 #33

du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #3

we supposedly will get Google Fiber starting next year. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #4

Google data center is within two miles of me right here madokie Jun 2013 #14

Whatever happened to Google's push for Internet Over Powerlines? kentauros Jun 2013 #18

Challenges to Broadband Over Power Lines FrodosPet Jun 2013 #26

Yeah, I just read through that earlier. kentauros Jun 2013 #28

The "transformer problem" still applies. jeff47 Jun 2013 #37

guess if we are lied to often enough we will begin to believe it dembotoz Jun 2013 #5

That's for sure. Cox is one of the worst. MindPilot Jun 2013 #6

getting robbed here Old Codger Jun 2013 #7

Where I live there are exactly two choices HillWilliam Jun 2013 #8

K & R ctsnowman Jun 2013 #9

Point of Clarity... orwell Jun 2013 #10

Oh look at that. Obama picked another big business shill for a position in the government. Apophis Jun 2013 #11

He should have picked someone with no experience whatsoever!!!!11 tridim Jun 2013 #17

A lobbyist? Come on, how can you defend that? newthinking Jun 2013 #24

I didn't defend anyone. tridim Jun 2013 #25

Sometimes The Best Cop... KharmaTrain Jun 2013 #36

We just upgraded our satellite Internet spinbaby Jun 2013 #12

The real crux of the article is that go west young man Jun 2013 #15

American exceptionalism pscot Jun 2013 #19

there was an article which i can't find that said the pres of frontier doesn't think rural folks dembotoz Jun 2013 #16

Somebody has to pay for all that bandwidth for the NSA to piggy-back corkhead Jun 2013 #20

But... RC Jun 2013 #32

Predatory capitalism. L0oniX Jun 2013 #21

My friend who traveled to Switzerland... TRoN33 Jun 2013 #22

Switzerland is less than half the size of Ohio. Soundman Jun 2013 #29

It's a way Comcast, Time-Warner and AT&T make up for diminished cable subscriptions ... Auggie Jun 2013 #23

I saw that "Op-ed" in the NYT . . FairWinds Jun 2013 #27

Life in the land of protected monopolies. Banks and Insurance Mafias benefit kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #30

Highest cost, lowest quality Doctor_J Jun 2013 #34

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #35