Comments on: Connectivity From Very Rural Places – Part 2

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:28:48 +0000

Heh, I know the feeling.. my friend has wireless internet and by god, you really have to watch what you download! It's also like that when my bandwidth runs close to the end like it is now, I have only 7GB left for 10 days so I can't watch any videos or anything ;( Well good luck with this trip, I hope it doesn't last long haha.. I'd just move back! :P

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:15:35 +0000

[...] provider charges based on bandwidth usage instead of time. Aliza Sherman did something similar in a previous post, to help her work around bandwidth [...]

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:58:06 +0000

I’ve been in Japan since 2000 and I definitely take fast internet for granted. I use BBIQ Hikari (Fiber Optic) which costs about 50 to 60 bucks per month. That includes 3 bucks per month for a unique phone number (so I don’t have to pay NTT 700 dollars for a new landline).
My desktop PC is running at 18 Mbps now on a very weak wireless signal. My jerry-rigged home network probably needs an upgrade, but in any case, when I need to work faster, I just take the laptop into the room where the router is, or head out to a local hot spot.

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How to Deal With Slow Internet Connections When You Travel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:02:12 +0000

[...] provider charges based on bandwidth usage instead of time. Aliza Sherman did something similar in a previous post, to help her work around bandwidth [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:45:29 +0000

Nicely written, maybe i should consider not talking bandwidth for granted.

We actually talked about the infrastructure of north america today at lunch.

I live in Sweden and pay around $20 for a 100/100 mbit connection with unlimited bandwidth and 4 public ip’s. At home. I wonder how america ended up with these stone age limits and bad connections.

Keep the good blog posts coming :)

By: Jere

Jere — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:15:17 +0000

I have MTA in Palmer, their speed offerings are coming up and you can get decent speed but the only unlimited option is 768k at 128.99 a month, this is DUMB!!! I hound them every month asking for them to rethink it as I can get similar offerings from GCI with no usage limit. Its infuriating.

There is no reason in this world to not allow at least a reasonable 100Gig monthly limit if you MUST have a limit. Then for those of us doing things that are normal and not simply doing Pier to Pier BS life would be good.

By: Rolltimer

Rolltimer — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:35:58 +0000

I’m using hughes.net, the satellite internet service provider at $60 a month. Latency issues prevent the use of VOIP. Storms or cloud cover block the signal from the satellite. And the provider enforces a “fair use” policy that restricts bandwidth and throttles the speed any time the user goes over the threshold. I have a 3 hour window from 2 to 5 am where there is no bandwidth restriction but I have become accustomed to sleeping during most of those hours.