Comments on: Broadband Bytes: 2008 Wrap-up Edition http://www.freeutopia.org/2009/01/01/broadband-bytes-2008-wrap-up-edition/ Municipal fiber advocacy at its finest. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jesse http://www.freeutopia.org/2009/01/01/broadband-bytes-2008-wrap-up-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8252 Jesse Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:52:11 +0000 http://www.freeutopia.org/?p=499#comment-8252 I'm with Comcast, so I wouldn't be able to speak specifically to that. I do know that they have upped my home connection to somewhere in the 12Mbps/2Mbps range without a price increase. I’m with Comcast, so I wouldn’t be able to speak specifically to that. I do know that they have upped my home connection to somewhere in the 12Mbps/2Mbps range without a price increase.

]]> By: Tom http://www.freeutopia.org/2009/01/01/broadband-bytes-2008-wrap-up-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8251 Tom Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:50:28 +0000 http://www.freeutopia.org/?p=499#comment-8251 Hmm. Anyone get that new Qwest deal? They are still quoting me (on the website) the old pricing. No new pricing here in Springville. Hmm. Anyone get that new Qwest deal? They are still quoting me (on the website) the old pricing. No new pricing here in Springville.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.freeutopia.org/2009/01/01/broadband-bytes-2008-wrap-up-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8250 Jonathan Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:57:21 +0000 http://www.freeutopia.org/?p=499#comment-8250 I like this part from the Lafayette roll out. <cite>The 100 Mbps intranet has been discussed on these pages for a long time. Suffice it to say that any regular customer will have access to blinding 100 meg speed over the internal community intranet. Want to download the 6 hours of one of those interminable contensious council meeting? In HD? No problem. It will come down in a flash. Video telephony. Shuttling those huge files will become trivially easy—if only inside our net. That will encourage businesses and tech-oriented citizens to locate inside the city...which might do more to encorage "smart growth" than any suggestion I have heard to date.</cite> I like this part from the Lafayette roll out.

The 100 Mbps intranet has been discussed on these pages for a long time. Suffice it to say that any regular customer will have access to blinding 100 meg speed over the internal community intranet. Want to download the 6 hours of one of those interminable contensious council meeting? In HD? No problem. It will come down in a flash. Video telephony. Shuttling those huge files will become trivially easy—if only inside our net. That will encourage businesses and tech-oriented citizens to locate inside the city…which might do more to encorage “smart growth” than any suggestion I have heard to date.

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