[wplug] cheap DSL in Pittsburgh?

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> > 	That won't be offered here. Pittsburgh does not have the density 
> > or the cashflow for them to even bother with laying new fiber to each and 
> > every home.
> > 
> 
> Maybe not in Pittsburgh, but Cranberry definitely has some fiber loops
> close to a lot of residential area.

	Right, but fiber near != fiber installed. Level3 has a colo here 
in the South Side, but that doesn't mean I get any of that -- and I'm four 
blocks away!


> > 	This is why I got interested in wireless networking way back when. 
> > Prolly the cheapest possible way to deploy the most ammount of bandwidth. 
> 
> I'll agree with that, especially these days.  But this isn't an option
> for a lot of folks, unfortunately.  At least none that I know
> personally.

	Of course, but this discussion is here because people are no 
longer satisfied with the 9600bps, 14.4kbps, or even (sub)56Kbps modems. 
People are not satisfied with their 300-400-500-600Kbps DSL either, and 
that makes me mad -- mad that Verizon pretends to be the only game in 
town, and madder still that PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT.

	I actually had to leave Pittsburgh for several years because there
was not enough bandwidth for me!

	There are options, and where there aren't options, there are still 
options. I am appaled at how few people are interested in wirless 
networking here in this City, even as a analog-dialup replacement. Drives 
me nuts!


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