reversi_online

3 ms·

1.
by reversi_online 13y ago
The U.S. waving around the biggest stick in human history has nothing at all to do with that, I'm sure.
2.
by reversi_online 13y ago
If your objective is to lock up control of all the energy available rather than just secure a reliable supply for yourself, then fusion probably doesn't look nearly as attractive as oil wars. Madness in that case too I suppose, but of
3.
by reversi_online 13y ago
You attributed the slow broadband rollout to public hostility, not public indifference.
4.
by reversi_online 13y ago
Canada's banks were still under the equivalent of Glass-Steagall restrictions at the time, and the government had kept them on a very short leash in many other respects. Your analysis is 180 degrees removed fom reality. I don't kn
5.
by reversi_online 13y ago
I must say your dichotomy between lobbying and political priorities is positively Martian. And I haven't noticed the U.S. public rallying in horrified opposition to faster internet speeds in a big way. Or at all, really.
6.
by reversi_online 13y ago
Then why did you bring up density in the first place? Unless you're saying that urban and suburban America each lack FTTH for their own wholly unrelated reasons, an explanation that seems rather lacking in parsimony. [1] http:/&#
7.
by reversi_online 13y ago
Some things never change. I remember a article on South Korean broadband in Businessweek 15 years ago that ranted on about Seoul's paucity of elevators. I'm guessing that package deal means we'll also be having to eat pickled
8.
by reversi_online 13y ago
That still doesn't explain why there's no gigabit FTTH in NYC, with its high average density. It sure as heck doesn't explain why there's no gigabit FTTH in Manhattan proper--by your reckoning the borough should have a r
9.
by reversi_online 13y ago
Look, you can't have it both ways. Either population density helps or hinders a fiber rollout--if it helps, then why is the urban U.S.A. just as far behind as the rest? If it hinders, then why do HK and SK have it when NYC doesn't