[ale] All you Comcast fanboys...

[Dylan Northrup]

I absolutely could do this.  I don't have time to.  If someone can do this
at a reasonable price point (even if initial infrastructure costs are
amortized over a few years) I'm happy to pay them money for that.

I'd much rather not have to deal with details myself as this a) doesn't
make me passionate and b) I've learned that my family has a limited
tolerance for things I hack together that they interact with.

If I were young, poor and/or interested in "fighting the man" I might get
on board.  But I'm not young anymore, have made enough to pay people for
services and am interested in helping my kids become successful in school
and life.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> This group surprises me.
>
> It shouldn't be hard to build an Internet where we little peoples peer
> with each other. Maybe not able to preserve 1 GBPS everywhere, but I know
> this: I will find a way out of the Comcast network. GF won't hit my area.
> That's OK, though.
>
> We can build the User Controlled Network.
>
> After all it is the only answer to the question and problem of network
> neutrality: prohibit The Man from controlling the network!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:04 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 01/30/2015 08:41 AM, Dylan Northrup wrote:
> >> Only for customers for whom Google is an option. . . for me in Marietta,
> >> Comcast and AT&T are my only options (and DSL isn't really an option).
> Google
> >> Fiber won't be an option for quite a while, if ever.  I can only hope
> when
> >> Comcast modifies their plans to respond to Google Fiber in the areas
> it's
> >> available those modifications will be effective across all
> municipalities in
> >> the Atlanta area.
> >
> > Let's be serious.  Google Fibre won't be an option for most of the
> people in the
> > metro area for years.  Remember how long ago they announced for Austin?
> They
> > just started taking real signups last Oct. If enough of a neighborhood
> doesn't
> > sign up, they don't get it.  Google is cherry picking neighborhoods.  I
> think
> > this is more about embarrassing other providers into providing higher
> speed than
> > anything else - well - besides having router access to tracking data.
> >
> > AT&T, Comcast and Cox have 18 months to upgrade the areas where GF will
> be
> > installed to prevent subscriber losses. And that is exactly what they've
> done in
> > Austin. Places on the list for GF magically got
> > http://kxan.com/2014/11/24/google-fiber-plans-moving-forward/ higher
> speeds from
> > 3 providers and reduced prices.  None of my friends in Austin can get GF
> and
> > they aren't in areas likely to see it for yrs though they do live inside
> the
> > city limits. No TWC bandwidth change for them, at least not yet.
> >
> > In short, hope for the best, but don't hold your breath. ;(
> >
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-- 
Dylan Northrup
"Adversity is just change we haven't adapted ourselves to yet."
  - Aimee Mullins
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