Comments on: Vermont hopes for 100% broadband by 2010

By: Hee Sop Choi

Hee Sop Choi — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:37:06 +0000

Well, the problem with your argument that if “the country/state is small enough, the high double digit penetration rates can be achieved.” is that in South Korea, you can get up to 100 megabits symmetric broadband connection. While in Vermont, you would be lucky to get 5 megabits download, and not even 1 megabit upload. So if you use Korea’s standard for broadband, Vermont’s penetration is technically 0%.

By: Damien Mulley's Blog

Damien Mulley's Blog — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:39:50 +0000

Friday Fishy bits

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By: Orlando

Orlando — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:03:01 +0000

interesting report seeing as how i wasnt aware of it although i live right here in Burlington, VT. I think they are going to have a hard time reaching the last 25%. i live right outside burlington (biggest city/town in vermont) and i had a hard time geting DSL (no provider had the ability) and i had to go with cable. Cable is pretty affordable by itself but if you opt to also get your cable TV as a package it is too expensive. The problem is that tehir signal has a hiccup at least once every 2 days, which is a pain cause then i cant rely on it to stay on all day. see my post on my blog.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:28:08 +0000

The problem is that they are talking about 75% of the population, not the area. Getting that last 25% is going to cost 10 times what it did to get the first 75%. Hoping won’t make any difference.

By: Permanent4

Permanent4 — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:10:51 +0000

Thanks, Howard Dean! ;)