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I've had two good broadband ISPs in my life. The first was the bay area's Raw Bandwidth. The second was a small municipal electic utility providing fiber to the
by joeyh 13y ago
I've had two good broadband ISPs in my life. The first was the bay area's Raw Bandwidth. The second was a small municipal electic utility providing fiber to the home in my hometown in TN. Who I switched to when Charter was making noises about intercepting all HTTP traffic to puts ads in it..
My current location in rural TN has no broadband access at all, only satellite. I doubt any traditional ISP is going to find it worth their while to provide service in most of my county, which is one of the poorest in the state. They'd rather spend their money lobbying to retain their lucrative monopolies than on infrastructure.
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- malandrew 13y agoWhat's the state of satellite access today in terms of cost, quality, speed and service? Is it completely acceptable or a frustrating experience? I ask because of all the open source developers out there, I'm kind of envious of the way you go about it. More and more, I'd love the opportunity to go spend a few weeks to a few months in some cabin in the woods just building stuff. (edit: for those that don't know, the above poster is Joey Hess who makes git-annex, etckeeper, tig, mr, etc. If you haven't already read it, check out: http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/ )
- joeyh 13y agoSlight delay.. The last time I used satellite was ten years ago and, I was on a Huges satellite which had a FAP that meant the max transfer per week was as small as dialup. (Possibly excluding some http pages that get cached in the satellite itself..) Plus ten times the latency.