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- JediCorran, on 10/28/2009, -1/+819just goes to show, if left alone and not challenged, they'll walk all over you for as long as they can. emptying your pockets and offering a vastly inferior product for a vastly inflated price. just look at the service japan offers, and how little it costs the customer.
- d2002, on 10/28/2009, -25/+623So the "public option" worked out just fine.
- Barackalypse, on 10/28/2009, -5/+463Because Verizon doesn't have a competitor where you are.
- MaxxusFlamus, on 10/28/2009, -15/+364what's that? You mean government involvement can spur competition!? well I never....
- Pureeviljester, on 10/28/2009, -0/+348wow, why is Verizon FIOS 50Mbps around $140 a month where i am?!
- bigp3rm, on 10/28/2009, -2/+242My buddy started his own wireless ISP in Montana. He had to go through so much legal ***** because of the big dogs in the industry. After 2 years of their ***** in court, he won. The guys will the most money will try to run you into the ground. God bless the little menz with the balls to face them.
- A11YND, on 10/28/2009, -0/+230And imagine, they're already ***** you this hard in a Net-Neutral world.. Imagine how hard they're going to lube up the digital drilldo in a post one.
- MrSteamTank, on 10/28/2009, -1/+212In other words, because they can.
- flossdaily, on 10/28/2009, -4/+175@Barackalypse: You're missing the point. There would NEVER have been a TDS plan without the public option causing competition.
- RadarG, on 10/28/2009, -0/+163Man your being ripped off compared to other parts of the world.I'm in South Korea where the internet is fast and cheap. I pay $30 per month for this http://www.speedtest.net/rank/1890097218.png
- thegamingguy, on 10/28/2009, -0/+145I feel for the city in that they struggled getting their own project going and then these greedy punks seem to be able to act once the heat is on. I'd like to see this threat of the people rising up to advance the internet situation around the country.
- LeonDiggsby, on 10/28/2009, -0/+137The lesson, as always: cable companies suck, and the name of the game is delivering the least service possible for the most money possible. Shouldn't surprise anyone.
- numb, on 10/28/2009, -3/+100According to the article, the "public option" got nixed when the private sector were forced to get off their asses. So, why isn't the insurance industry trying to offer a way to provide something competitive with a public option?
- vodka357, on 10/28/2009, -1/+96My town is run by a bunch of old geezers. The only fiber they know about is the kind they eat for breakfast every morning to prevent constipation from sitting on their asses all day not doing *****
- jorel009, on 10/28/2009, -3/+95it is kind of a two headed hydra, because the gov (local gov) handed out monopolies.
- spookyttws, on 10/28/2009, -3/+91Wow, I think it's awesome that the county realized the need and want for a product and subverted the monopoly companies to fill the need. I hate to get too political about this, but wouldn't the same idea apply to health care? We're not getting the coverage we want for the high prices the health care companies demand. So by making a cheaper option available to those who can't get coverage it would force the providers to step up their game and extend better, cheaper care to the customers. Supply and demand in near-monopoly industries.
- bagpulistu, on 10/28/2009, -5/+85here in Romania you get 50MBps (note bytes, not bits) for less than 9 EUR a month (about 13.5$)
- Navicerts, on 10/28/2009, -1/+77France, 50MBps, Basic Cable TV + Phone w/ free international calling.
30 euros/month - zinc6471, on 10/28/2009, -13/+85whats this social commie stuff you dear to speak of.....
- Jaime2000, on 10/28/2009, -5/+72They are probably still hoping the Republicans and the Blue Dogs can kill the public option before it passes, so they don't have to earn less money by providing better service.
- Ghstfce, on 10/28/2009, -2/+64"We spoke to TDS about the situation last year, and its director of legislative and public relations told us that TDS didn't act earlier because it didn't actually know that people really, really wanted fiber"
Really, TDS...REALLY? You didn't think that people want faster internet? - JoLanTru, on 10/28/2009, -0/+62Japan's internet, $90 for 1 Gbit/s in 2005. This is ridiculous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Japan
- kefkaantakrist, on 10/28/2009, -0/+58Naive you, thinking they'll use lube.
- SuperRoach, on 10/28/2009, -0/+55That's nothing, in australia we are paying $90aud and above for plans like 25gig of Data, on a 8mbps download (limited to approx 4, due to being on a rim), 384kbps upload. Yes, that's Adsl1!
- hellengineer, on 10/28/2009, -6/+59these guys are amazing and just show how much corporate telecommunications sucks in USA, time to move to Japan.
- flossdaily, on 10/28/2009, -1/+53Because Verizon is ***** evil.
- Kirizan, on 10/28/2009, -1/+50There isn't a free market involved here DiggGuy. When Telecoms can buy monopolies and make it illegal to compete with them, that's not a free market. If there was a free market, then another ISP could have just rolled right in and started laying the fiber without fear of being sued into oblivion, hell, the town could band together and start their own ISP, just like they tried to do, without being sued.
- o0adam0o, on 10/28/2009, -0/+46Reading all this just pissed me off.
- neomatrix724, on 10/28/2009, -3/+47TDS rolled out the new fiber and the plan because they stood to lose a substantial portion of their market share to a public plan that provided better service. The cost to roll out that much fiber, that quickly would have cost TDS a fortune...They are pretty much selling the service at a loss right now to ensure that the public plan fails and to force it out of the market.
Then guess what, they'll start fleecing their customers again. - ldkronos, on 10/28/2009, -1/+43"50 Mbps service costs...$49.95 a month from TDS."
Yeah, after they provided a free doubling of speed as a way to entice people to stay with them instead of switching. Don't expect it will stay at this price, and don't fool yourself into thinking it would have even happened to begin with without the "public option". That's the problem with corporations that act like this. They won't give you anything until threatened, and then they use their vast resources to try an squash anyone who tries to move in and fill the needs they were ignoring. - MMaster23, on 10/28/2009, -1/+42I already have an unlimited 100mbit connection to my home. Local fiber project rock :) just 40 euros a month
- loadofarce04, on 10/28/2009, -0/+40Let me get this straight. To compete with Japan, we must construct additional pylons?
- capyoda, on 10/28/2009, -1/+41guess who ranks #1 for cost per mbps? http://digg.com/d3164oa
- Elranzer, on 10/28/2009, -1/+41You'd think we'd come a long way since the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, but apparently companies will always act anti-competitive and monopolistic unless they're absolutely FORCED to do something.
- grantmoore3d, on 10/28/2009, -0/+39I'm honestly shocked, here in Canada we get about 2-7Mbps, download restrictions and pay anywhere from $30 - $100 / month for just internet. We're basically cave-dwellers in terms of internet technology. ***** Bell / Rogers.
- flossdaily, on 10/28/2009, -4/+42Hey, wait a minute.... isn't that exactly the opposite of what Republicans are saying about a Public Option in healthcare reform?
- WolfDog, on 10/28/2009, -0/+37I don't know whether to Digg you up, or say '***** You.'
p.s. I'm jealous, I live in Australia, 256kbs unlimited, AU$50 a month. - s73v3r, on 10/28/2009, -0/+36So? Then why aren't our cities glowing bastions of broadband connectivity? Your argument may explain why I can't get fiber to the home in the middle of nowhere, but falls flat on its face when trying to explain why I have ***** service in the middle of Orange County.
- bjornski, on 10/28/2009, -0/+35And how much was their 50Mbps plan before the community funded one?
Oh yeah, there WASN'T one.
Piss off, moron. - ChromaVita, on 10/28/2009, -0/+33"Arrrr I come to plunder your booty."
- nattylife, on 10/28/2009, -1/+33@navi there is no bluffing involved. the private sector either needs to gett off their ass and compete or be left in the dust.
- MikedaSnipe, on 10/28/2009, -3/+35erm, what the hell was wrong with double edged sword? Too cliche?
- Bacilluss, on 10/28/2009, -1/+33Internet at Universities > you
http://www.speedtest.net/result/604997822.png - Schmich, on 10/28/2009, -0/+31I knew it was high but average of 61?? O_o I also would to see one for upload speeds. For example in Switzerland I have 20Mb down and 1Mb up whilst in Sweden I have 24Mb down and 10Mb up. Like...wtf happened there?
- flossdaily, on 10/28/2009, -1/+32Yeah, it's called a loss-leader. See, the private company sells the FiOS at below cost, but ultimately turns a profit because it bundles in other services at a massive profit: like VOIP and insanely expensive cable tv packages.
Not to mention that once the private company establishes a customer base, it will gradually raise the cost of the FiOS to the point just below where research tells them they will lose customers. - deadguysleeps, on 10/28/2009, -0/+31maybe the left-out american towns should contact the japanese (who have the experience to make the broadband cheaper & faster) to help them install fibre-optic broadband
- MrBester, on 10/28/2009, -0/+30And the fact that TDS could afford to undercut the town and double speeds just to ***** them over one more time totally escapes you. The town has limited resources brought about by taxation and the rollout had to show return or it wouldn't have been done. So long as TDS keeps the charges below the town's then dicks like you will champion their dirty tricks methodologies.
- Twitchzor, on 10/28/2009, -0/+30I live outside a town in Sweden and i have 100Mbit fiber line and pay 26.95$ a month for it. And that includes a wireless router.
- Snazzy09, on 10/28/2009, -1/+30My cable company says that they have installed fiber optic to my home but I'm only getting around 5mbps. They offer DSL 8M at $129/month, DSL 10M at $149/month, DSL 12M at $169/month, and DSL 15M at $199/month. Are these prices ridiculous or is it just me. By the way i live in the middle of ***** Kentucky, so 5mbps is really fast in my town.
Here's a link to there site: http://www.scrtc.com/index.php?option=com_content& ... - miquonranger031, on 10/28/2009, -1/+29Verizon and Comcast are competitors where I live (Philadelphia, Comcast's headquarters) and it's still $140 for either 50 Mbps connection.
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