Comments on: Bandwidth.com Launches a Better Broadband Map http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/ Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613386 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:16:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613386 The data they use is also from Ookla (the people behind Speedtest.net) so this also includes residential information as well.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613385 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:15:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613385 I updated the story to reflect what Bandwidth.com has written about its data in response to questions on the topic.

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613303 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:03:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613303 I don’t follow. I get 12Mb/s in Raleigh and I pay about $45 a month for that service, not $732 a month.

Those numbers make no sense.

]]> By: Frank http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613287 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:57:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613287 What service are you buying? Is this some type of “bundled” package? Does your $2.00 per mbps include all related cost (e.g. local loop access). If so, the cost of doing business in Louisiana is obviously much higher.

]]> By: RepTheMHC http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613181 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:57:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613181 The numbers for NC are EPICALLY WRONG.

EPIC

]]> By: Denver Guy http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613079 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:58:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613079 I’m in Denver here on Qwest fibre getting 40 Mbps / 80 bucks a month which would be $2 per, so how would those numbers seem inaccurate?

]]> By: Dan S. http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-613032 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:55:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-613032 Because Time Warner Cable and AT&T have near-monoply status in the state. There’s practically zero choice in most cities — slow, expensive DSL or slow, expensive cable, take your pick.

And now that the telecoms have bought off the state house, their third attempt, in three years, aimed at outlawing any potential competition from municipal broadband seems like it will actually pass.

]]> By: random dude http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-612997 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:17:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-612997 I don’t think this can represent consumer rates. I have recently lived in Raleigh and Wilmington and this doesn’t seem accurate. I worked on contract with TWC RR in Wilmington for a number of years and they were getting higher Mbps in observed upload speeds alone at that price point in 2005.

]]> By: FRANK http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-612459 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:31:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-612459 The average cost per mbps on the Top Ten list strikes me as unrealistically low. What is the average cost per subscription and average speed of subscriptions used to develop this data? Is the service provided by public or privately owned networks?

]]> By: Dave http://gigaom.com/2011/03/21/bandwidth-com-launches-a-better-broadband-map/#comment-611238 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:32:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=320293#comment-611238 The average cost per mega/s is really high for North Carolina. Is this the cost per Mbps for large business only?

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