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Instead of offering 50meg download speeds...maybe they should work more on branching out to rural areas who have to rely on crappy satellite internet or dial-up.

One of the drawbacks of living in a rural area. :?
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Being a Comcast customer, this pleases me very much... :mrgreen:
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US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.

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cprice12 wrote:Instead of offering 50meg download speeds...maybe they should work more on branching out to rural areas who have to rely on crappy satellite internet or dial-up.

One of the drawbacks of living in a rural area. :?
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the knob wrote:US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.

I just want the same quality France has. I just feel in my heart that the French are who we should strive to be like.
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goon attack wrote:
the knob wrote:US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.

I just want the same quality France has. I just feel in my heart that the French are who we should strive to be like.
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the knob wrote:US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.
well, they have a lot less area/population to service...which would lead to cheaper/better product...hard comparison to make if you ask me...

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stinkdified wrote:
the knob wrote:US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.
well, they have a lot less area/population to service...which would lead to cheaper/better product...hard comparison to make if you ask me...
Why don't the denser parts of the US have smoking broadband like the major areas of South Korea and Japan? BFE like where Curt lives I can understand not having the greatest.

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the knob wrote:
stinkdified wrote:
the knob wrote:US broadband sucks when you look at some of the speeds that South Korea and Japan have had for years.
well, they have a lot less area/population to service...which would lead to cheaper/better product...hard comparison to make if you ask me...
Why don't the denser parts of the US have smoking broadband like the major areas of South Korea and Japan? BFE like where Curt lives I can understand not having the greatest.
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cprice12 wrote:Instead of offering 50meg download speeds...maybe they should work more on branching out to rural areas who have to rely on crappy satellite internet or dial-up.
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stinkdified wrote:
cprice12 wrote:Instead of offering 50meg download speeds...maybe they should work more on branching out to rural areas who have to rely on crappy satellite internet or dial-up.
IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
We'll see how that develops...but right now, they aren't even doing anything in Illinois. They mentioned some parts of Indiana though.
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