[Cialug] [Slightly OT] High-speed DSL availability in DSM metro

[Matthew Steven]

Another good reason to shift the last mile infrastructure to 
municipalities who can secure the bonds, maintain the infrastructure 
indefinitely, and ensure years of revenues selling access to companies 
like Dave's.

Sure do miss the Internet aspect of living in Spencer IA, what a great 
job they did of busting the monopolies and bringing more choice (and 
speed!).

Ames is not too bad though. I can get 15mbit ADSL2+ (a bonded pair of 
7Mbit channels) in areas near downtown with Opencom, and actually get 
the full advertised speed for a pretty reasonable price.


On 01/-10/-28163 01:59 PM, Dave Weis wrote:
> the box on the side of the road is $10k+, then add in the labor to set 
> the pedestal, bring the fiber to the area, etc, it's easily $30k on up

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Matthew Steven
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