[Cialug] DSL provider costs.

[Nathan C. Smith]

Utilizing the synergies of coopertition these goals could be realized.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Bibbs [mailto:tony at tonybibbs.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] DSL provider costs.
> 
> 
> To open a related can of worms, I think the ICN could 
> probably do a good 
> job of providing this sort of service with better customer 
> service and 
> reliability.
> 
> The obviously huge issue with this is having a state funded entity 
> competing with the private sector.
> 
> --Tony
> 
> Dave Weis wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 17 May 2006, john doe wrote:
> >> After talking with a neighbor of my parents the other day, I was
> >> surprised
> >> to hear that he's paying around $40 for 768 kbps DSL from 
> Iowa Telecom.
> >> Thought that was a little bit high, so I looked at the 
> Iowa Telecom site.
> >> Not only was he right, but the price for 1.024 Mb was $169.99!
> >>
> >> Does anyone else have information on non-Qwest residential 
> high-speed 
> >> access (dsl, otherwise) around the state?
> > 
> > Providing DSL can be expensive, especially when your 
> customers are all
> > over. I'm one of the last people that will defend Iowa 
> Telecom but they 
> > do have DSL in 100% of their towns. It gets expensive to 
> put a DSLAM in 
> > West Pig's Knuckle Iowa and the recurring cost of dragging 
> a couple T1's 
> > back to Newton.
> > 
> > A later message said they were looking at WiMax, I don't 
> think that's
> > going to work as well as everyone that's selling it does. 
> There's not 
> > enough control over the spectrum and interference to give me a warm 
> > fuzzy feeling. Comparing it to fiber is ridiculous, it's orders of 
> > magnitude faster and more reliable.
> > 
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