[AusNOG] somebody suggesting NBN for America !

[Scott Weeks]

On 01/01/2013, at 6:17 AM, Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:

> "...suggested that the minimum appropriate speed for every American 
> household by 2020 should be 4 megabits per second for downloads 
> and 1 Mbps for uploads."
> 
> It has to be political positioning.  This will never happen in
> rural areas.  For example, here in Hawaii some households don't 
> even have water (they use water catchment) or electricity, much 
> less internet.  And there're many such places across the US.
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------------ bevan at slattery.net.au wrote: --------------
From: Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au>

You're obviously not aware of the substantial broadband initiatives 
in Hawaii State in particular.

There's some pretty big commitments being contemplated and made.  
Should be interesting to see over the next couple of years.
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Got pointers?  Everything here I'm aware of is political positioning,
such as DCCA's thingie: http://www.hibroadbandmap.org.  AU isn't the
only place with clueless politicians.  ;-)

If folks don't have water lines or electricity, how much do they need 
internet?  It's the "...every American household" part.

scott








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