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> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, "limey" > said:
> >
> >
> >>DSL has finally arrived in our neck of the boonies. We've been advised we
> >>can install it after 6 p.m. this evening but the heck with that. Tomorrow,
> >>tomorrow.....
> >
> >
> > Congrats! I remember when I finally got DSL (Oct. '03); the difference
> > can be amazing...
> >
> >
>
> True, DSL is a great improvement over dial-up. If available though I
> would check out cable. I have Optimum Online and average 8.5Mb download
> speeds wireless.
>
>

8.5MB, jeeze I was happy with my 4MB download pipe. But we still get the
short end of the stick in the U.S. - Japan for example has 10MBps
service and it costs less than the $39.99 we usually pay here in the
U.S.

But then Japan is a country that got pretty much obliterated 60 years
ago so the infrastructure is much newer than what we have in the U.S.
Some of the telephone cable plant in my area is at least 40 to 60 years
old and showing its age.

Meanwhile the cable company strings up all new coax and fiber/coax
hybrid and beats the phone companies at their own game.

What's interesting is that I recently switched to VoIP because I was
tired of paying $88 a month for the same services I now get at $25 a
month. Not two weeks after the switch I get a call from Cox asking if
I'd be interested in their VoIP setup when its available. Guess what the
price will be - $18.99. Guess where I'll be going.