Comments on: — http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/28/573/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: viperteq http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/28/573/comment-page-1/#comment-13939 viperteq Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:22:40 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/28/573/#comment-13939 Chris, the fiber is down. The fiber was laid like a year or two ago. The problem with the slower speeds as compared to what consumers get in Europe is the Telcos, Verizon, and Time Warner: They're greedy. Look at what we typically pay for a Broadband connection to the internet on the low scale. Then compare that to what European consumers pay on the low scale and you'll see that we don't get the same type of speed, quality of service or connection stabillity as the consumers in Europe, yet we're paying twice as much. The telcos, Verizon and Time Warner have realized that the majority of US consumers aren't going to question them so they keep doing what they do. What needs to happen is that Google, Apple, Microsoft and another company like say Nokia, need to pool their resources together and create a network. A network that offers the same speeds and prices as comparable to Europe. When American consumers start switching in droves, then the telcos, Verizon and Time Warner will have to start doing the same in order to compete. With the whole Net Neutrality thing going on, this would actually save Google, Apple, Microsoft and any other company that joined in the partnership, a lot of money. Chris, the fiber is down. The fiber was laid like a year or two ago. The problem with the slower speeds as compared to what consumers get in Europe is the Telcos, Verizon, and Time Warner: They’re greedy. Look at what we typically pay for a Broadband connection to the internet on the low scale. Then compare that to what European consumers pay on the low scale and you’ll see that we don’t get the same type of speed, quality of service or connection stabillity as the consumers in Europe, yet we’re paying twice as much. The telcos, Verizon and Time Warner have realized that the majority of US consumers aren’t going to question them so they keep doing what they do.

What needs to happen is that Google, Apple, Microsoft and another company like say Nokia, need to pool their resources together and create a network. A network that offers the same speeds and prices as comparable to Europe. When American consumers start switching in droves, then the telcos, Verizon and Time Warner will have to start doing the same in order to compete. With the whole Net Neutrality thing going on, this would actually save Google, Apple, Microsoft and any other company that joined in the partnership, a lot of money.

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