tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3847151538344758729..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Life, Liberty, and High-Speed Porn.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3969636458230728472010-03-23T16:35:06.739-04:002010-03-23T16:35:06.739-04:00Again, Brent.
There's this thing, called a &q...Again, Brent.<br /><br />There's this thing, called a "satellite".<br /><br />Not dependant on ground based infrastructure to your home, aside from an antenna, transceiver, modem, (Keep in mind the transceiver can be combined with either the antenna or the modem quite easily) computer, and electricity to run it all.<br /><br />If you can afford more than basic cable, you can afford satellite IntarWebz.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68966215638064827942010-03-18T19:11:22.692-04:002010-03-18T19:11:22.692-04:00In regards to government stimulus for high speed i...In regards to government stimulus for high speed internet. I think it is rediculous that with our technology anybody does not have access to broadband internet. I think internet should be considered as equivalent importance as a phone line and electiricity.blj028https://www.blogger.com/profile/07080603583183081146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19768066148582295162010-03-17T17:20:25.259-04:002010-03-17T17:20:25.259-04:00TJP,
Don't forget that distance isn't the...TJP,<br /><br />Don't forget that distance isn't the only consideration in DSL.<br /><br />Bridge taps (a relic of the old party line days, and often poorly documented) can screw up DSL connectivity. <br /><br />There are often other line quality issues -- including these wonderful filters they often installed in Ye Olde Dayes (pre-DSL) which filtered out high frequency "static" to get a cleaner signal for the analog voice that was all they were pushing then. That DSL signal? The filter treats it as high frequency static".<br /><br />That UNDOCUMENTED filter -- being cheap, non-repairable, and having no adverce effects in the days of Ma Bell and solely analog lines, was generally recorded as an expendable item. Record the LOCATION installed? You must be kidding. . . <br /><br />Which is why I can't get DSL at my house, even though I am WELL within a 14,000 foot cable run.<br /><br />The joys of small phone companies and ISPs in rural areas -- I've seen more weird wiring in one trailer park than in the entire series (both US and UK production) of Junkyard Wars/Scrapyard Wars (depending on which side of the Pond you saw it). And I worked there less than a year before getting my current gig. . . <br /><br />You cannot imagine how fun it is to try and explain to the (food stamp consuming) trailer park queen that the wiring job her uncle did with reclaimed lamp cord spliced in a doizen places is interfering with her DSL service.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31516579464220639952010-03-17T09:07:31.221-04:002010-03-17T09:07:31.221-04:00One more "justification" for another gaz...One more "justification" for another gazillion in Federal spending mandated by ObaMao. Of course there are "cost savings attached" ; if the kids are all "internet literate" and know "...why they need the internet" it'll save the money of putting the Govt-mandated microchips in 'em at schoolBoat Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56399431404905444952010-03-17T02:58:46.419-04:002010-03-17T02:58:46.419-04:00If it was really a priority for her, she'd mak...If it was really a priority for her, she'd make it happen. So far, it hasn't been worth her time or effort, therefore she doesn't need it. If she doesn't need it, I don't see any reason for the rest of us to finance her hook-up. If she did need it, she'd already have a connection and there's no problem to fix.<br /><br />She needs to put her big girl pants on and deal. Her son can shut his trap and buy his own internet connection if he's starving for it so bad.Fenrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693829962075093381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70660770864505419542010-03-17T01:46:45.140-04:002010-03-17T01:46:45.140-04:00I am very familiar with Catoosa, OK. It is more o...I am very familiar with Catoosa, OK. It is more or less a small town being encroached by an expanding Tulsa. It even has a Hard Rock Cafe Casino. Just on the east side of town, it gets pretty rural very quickly. <br /><br />I know people on a lake in Wagoner, OK who have terrible cell phone service but have high speed internet. Something smells fishy to me. <br /><br />I moved home to Indiana 7 years ago, paid $300 to get a satellite dish and got internet service for about $70 a month. It worked great until you connected to a VPN and then the speeds were as slow as dial-up. It was virtually impossible to update an Access database on a remote server.<br /><br />3 years later, the local electric utility began a new service of line-of-sight wireless out in the remote sections of Boone County. I was one of their first customers. It runs $49 a month and it flies!Jerry in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156795615903611248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89446675816913504002010-03-16T21:58:50.654-04:002010-03-16T21:58:50.654-04:00Her Address is:
10275 E 575 Rd, Catoosa, OK 74015
...Her Address is:<br />10275 E 575 Rd, Catoosa, OK 74015<br /><br />Mapquest or Google Earth it.<br /><br />Cox Cable doesn't provide service to that address. But if you look at that area, it's not because it's rural.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38918049752349755992010-03-16T21:41:40.898-04:002010-03-16T21:41:40.898-04:00Yeppers, running new wiring (or fibre optic cabke)...Yeppers, running new wiring (or fibre optic cabke) costs money. Lots of it. Which, alas, probably does mean some sort of "government" subsidy, aka "earmark," in rural areas, and possiblly a lot of suburban ones, if the need is equated to ekectricity and/or telephone. Which is one heck of an "IF" for me. <br /> <br />But. Ms. Fields does not seem like a good case to justify it. Um, <i>"... she doesn't want to give up services like TV to free up money for an expensive Internet connection."</i> <br /> <br />That strongly implies she has Cable (or satellite) TV. Adding internet to that usually runs about $40 per month. If she has premium channels like Showtime she could drop those and save that forty bucks.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79665153206758500602010-03-16T19:31:11.508-04:002010-03-16T19:31:11.508-04:00"But, no, she'd rather complain that they..."But, no, she'd rather complain that they aren't running FIOS to her house."<br /><br />And they never will - Verizon went to court(and won, which still amazes me) to get exemption for FiOS for Cable TV buildout requirements, on the grounds of "We're a telephone company, not a cable TV company", despite them offering cable TV service. So far, they've largely concentrated on stringing fiber in middle class and up areas, with a decent population density, something that doesn't really describe this womans area of residence.HTRNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76108444101390777262010-03-16T19:26:59.755-04:002010-03-16T19:26:59.755-04:00Sigivald said...
[snip]
(For that matter, since ...<i><b>Sigivald said...</b><br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />(For that matter, since there's to-the-house fiber a mile away, I BET she's close enough to a CO for DSL...)</i><br /><br />Yup:<br /><br />http://dslbyzip.com/?zipcode=74015<br /><br />A lot of people don't seem to realize that the electrons don't suddenly commit suicide at 14,001 feet from the DSLAM--it's just that the Telco doesn't want to deal with whiners who don't get their full bandwidth because of an increased error rate--whiners who usually have the full force of some state department of utility interference behind them.<br /><br />I'm 4,000 feet beyond the "maximum", and I honestly don't see the difference from when I was a block and a half from the CO. You just have to indicate to the Telco that you're fine with the loss of bandwidth. It's still better than dial-up.<br /><br />This is assuming it's less than a half-mile in wire distance, not as-the-crow-flies.TJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5175416080385053832010-03-16T19:00:36.491-04:002010-03-16T19:00:36.491-04:00Catoosa, and its surrounding rural area, is part o...Catoosa, and its surrounding rural area, is part of metropolitan Tulsa, OK. In looking at my wireless internet provider's coverage map, I see that it is well within the service area for the wireless broadband service that I now use at only $40 a month (hey, and a free modem after rebate). It's faster and nearly as cheap as the cable company's broadband that I used to have, the same company that she's "waiting on". <br /><br />I see no reason why I should have to pay through taxes or a higher cable bill for her access along with mine. For a "webmaster" she is awfully ill-informed. <br /><br />Knowing the cable company here in Tulsa as I do, I'm sure they would have already extended service to her area if there was 10 cents profit in it.Montiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926708261895308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17783774837304223242010-03-16T18:56:49.820-04:002010-03-16T18:56:49.820-04:00"you find he's a 300 lb Japanese tentacle..."you find he's a 300 lb Japanese tentacle Pr0n afficinado who only bathes maybe once a month. But, somehow, his singleness is not his fault, and only the Government can help."<br /><br />No, I know not even the Government can help me at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66099649802518563872010-03-16T17:52:51.139-04:002010-03-16T17:52:51.139-04:00From Joe in PNG:
Ever notice how these MSM "...From Joe in PNG:<br /><br />Ever notice how these MSM "More Government NOW!" sob stories always seem to feature some muddled looser who couldn't even tie their own shoelaces without two offical government Shoelace Advisors?<br /><br />Or, if the next big push was for "Date Aid", the NY Times would run a sob story about a poor guy having trouble finding a date. But, if you looked closely at the context, you find he's a 300 lb Japanese tentacle Pr0n afficinado who only bathes maybe once a month. But, somehow, his singleness is not his fault, and only the Government can help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54493511636947513182010-03-16T17:50:07.661-04:002010-03-16T17:50:07.661-04:00Hecate,
When I moved up to my current location (m...Hecate,<br /><br />When I moved up to my current location (my future wife lived here, and wasn't leaving her job to move down to where I lived), I took the first job I could get within 40 miles.<br /><br />Working for a small rural telephone company and ISP.<br /><br />It's AMAZING what options you can put on the plate. But just like the options when you eat out, haute cuisine on fine china costs more than Bag o'Burgers.<br /><br />Word Verify "Ingrat" Yes, she is.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63725392095992166212010-03-16T16:45:45.316-04:002010-03-16T16:45:45.316-04:00And then there is the inexplicable. Cross any of ...And then there is the inexplicable. Cross any of the main streets surrounding my spacious manse and our neighborhood, and AT&T UVerse is available.<br /><br />In our small middle-class enclave of single-family homes, nothing but promises for the last five years.<br /><br />So as much as I'd <i>like</i> to have UVerse, I finally got rid of Dish Network in December and handed everything except landline phone service over to Comcast. And I'm saving $80 a month in the process.<br /><br />Your loss, AT&T. You rewired the pair gain network and you've had the VRAD equipment sitting in place for <i>three years</i>. All ya gotta do is wire it up.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36536709022140171712010-03-16T16:22:22.876-04:002010-03-16T16:22:22.876-04:00What Michael said. There are plenty of mom-n-pop ...What Michael said. There are plenty of mom-n-pop wireless ISP's out in the real toolies. Not the suburbs like the whiner in question.<br /><br />I live way further from so-called civilization than she does, and bought a cellular repeater for my house. Gives me 3G wireless broadband via cellular provider good enough to do my network engineer job from home at 2:00 am.<br /><br />A locally owned small telco/ISP is currently running gigabit fiber to every single household in a town of less than 1,200 people <i>way</i> out in the sticks. Impossible to do on a large scale but affordable (and profitable) on a small one. Capitalism at its finest.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334937938185561628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26075709499284529282010-03-16T15:49:07.295-04:002010-03-16T15:49:07.295-04:00My mother living in bumblef**k Ohio had this issue...My mother living in bumblef**k Ohio had this issue. The farm was too far from the main roads to get any sort of cable. Satellite is decent downlink, but horrible uplink and long return times. Some enterprising townie setup a radio antenna, and started pumping the tubes through the air. Now all the local farms have broadband and the townie is financially secure.<br /><br />It's almost like capitalism works.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843387371541329155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12376993814464638352010-03-16T15:48:12.209-04:002010-03-16T15:48:12.209-04:00Here's the rest of the story; The Left has bee...Here's the rest of the story; The Left has been wringing its collective hands over the fact that they’re losing the control over the public narrative that they had only 20 years ago, and they're scheming for control. Gubmint provided internet service means more justification or pretense for gubmint control of internet. The FCC was a big win for them back when the broadcast airwaves were king. As broadcast media take a back seat, now they need another angle.<br /><br />That's all there is to this. Forget about their stupid rationalizations. Those are just distractions, putting you off the game. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6191420507921737262010-03-16T15:47:48.859-04:002010-03-16T15:47:48.859-04:00But, no, she'd rather complain that they aren&...<i>But, no, she'd rather complain that they aren't running FIOS to her house.</i> <br /><br />Nailed it.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65702499733606929722010-03-16T15:41:44.517-04:002010-03-16T15:41:44.517-04:00Neighbors less than a mile away have high-speed In...<i>Neighbors less than a mile away have high-speed Internet access, but the fiber-optic cables that connect homes and apartments to the high-speed Web haven't reached her house.</i><br /><br />So, uh, two WAPs and two can antennas, and an arrangement with the neighbors?<br /><br />But even better, I looked at a map. "Rural" Catoosa is pretty much suburban Tulsa.<br /><br />And every wireless broadband coverage map I can find suggests she's more than capable of getting it if she wants.<br /><br />(For that matter, since there's to-the-house fiber a mile away, I BET she's close enough to a CO for DSL...)<br />But, no, she'd rather complain that they aren't running FIOS to her house.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82017297142287768082010-03-16T14:28:01.442-04:002010-03-16T14:28:01.442-04:00As someone who is out of the range that the local ...As someone who is out of the range that the local wired carriers are willing to serve, and who would benefit from this "plan," I say:<br /><br />suck it.<br /><br />There are other options. Fixed wireless (I have two carriers here); satellite (Wildblue and, for the masochistic, Hughes); and my chosen option, persuade my cell phone to route packets (Palm Pre).<br /><br />Would I like to have a faster, cheaper connection? Hell yes. And the government can help by simply getting out of the way.<br /><br />One of the proposals I heard was to open up more spectrum for fixed wireless providers. That, I can get behind, but there's no need for subsidies or handouts. Just get out of the way and let people who have actually done something productive with their lives impress us with their creativity. When profit is on the line, people will be <i>astonishingly</i> creative.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579043129470256468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61948290818728916332010-03-16T14:26:20.135-04:002010-03-16T14:26:20.135-04:00"Do you know how I know this? Because if it w...<i>"Do you know how I know this? Because if it was possible to make money by running broadband to Two Mules, then someone would have already done so."<br /><br />So... is it your position that *anything* profitable has already been done, and if it hasn't then it isn't capable of making a profit?</i><br /><br /><b>YES! Regardless, it's not the gummint's bidness, and in most cases it prolly isn't any of mine.</b>New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91994435650692997272010-03-16T14:22:52.440-04:002010-03-16T14:22:52.440-04:00Oh gosh yes, lets encourage her to mooch bandwidth...Oh gosh yes, lets encourage her to mooch bandwidth from her neighbors instead of her countrymen. <br /><br />But like Greg says... something tells me we're probably not exactly dealing with a sharp Flash-slinging, database writing codemonkey here. More like the "I know enough HTML to throw up the little animated puppy dog on the church website" kind of web developer. <br /><br />... and that's the kind of work you can do on dial-up with a ten year old POS computer and open source (free) software. <br /><br />Not that I'd know that from experience or anything. :)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76544238847124812822010-03-16T13:44:34.956-04:002010-03-16T13:44:34.956-04:00Oh yeah...and you have neighbors lees than a mile ...Oh yeah...and you have neighbors lees than a mile away with fiber optic broadband? Tell you son he has a new hooby:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-FiRevGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627218929198779685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3842748065716106632010-03-16T13:39:56.878-04:002010-03-16T13:39:56.878-04:00Hmmm...she's maintaining a website "which...Hmmm...she's maintaining a website "which she built and codes from scratch" and can't do something as simple as update it to announce that the school is closed because of a slow connection? Maybe if she stopped sucking at what she does, that wouldn't be a problem. How about a Javascript which monitors a folder on the server which you can FTP small text files to which will then be displayed in a pre-determined manner? I used to do that using my ancient Kyocera SE-47 cell phone as a dialup modem at speeds FAR slower than modern dialup. It's called working within the boundaries of what you have. Wired broadband to my home is an issue also and I maintain multiple websites on a daily basis via Wifi Hotspots and mobile broadband (I'm relaxing in the park right now)...maybe I should apply for an SBA grant!RevGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627218929198779685noreply@blogger.com