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Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid

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From: John Richards
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:57
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"John Higdon" <higgy@kome.com> wrote in message news:higgy-4B9801.23133217032010@news.announcetech.com...
> That begs the question: then why is it so mediocre in the US *cities*? I 
> live in San Jose. What are my choices? 6Mb Sonic? 6Mb Speakeasy? (Cuz I 
> live near the CO, I can get these; others aren't so fortunate.) Whoopee. 
> If I didn't live exactly where I do, there are wireless business 
> services I could get (but not here). And none of these are cheap.
> 
> Again, I live in the center of San Jose, the state's third most populous 
> city (tenth in the nation). There's no density problem here.

Even San Jose has nowhere near the population density of Seoul.

-- 
John Richards
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From: "John Richards" <JR@blackhole.invalid>
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Subject: Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid
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