Tuesday, July 31
Daily News Stuff 31 July 2018
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Tech News
- AnandTech reviews Intel's Xeon W. Spoiler, the final page is titled "Conclusion: Is Intel Serious About Xeon W?" (AnandTech)
- New York has kicked out Charter Communications for failing to meet agreements and this writer at Tom's Hardware is terrified that he may need to use Verizon Fios or [shudder] DSL. Because he has so few choices. And the government should do something about that. (Tom's Hardware)
Listen, bub: I live somewhere where the government did something about that. Result: I have been waiting nine years for them to upgrade my connection from DSL. I can't get cable, because they're going to run fiber - eventually. I can't get fixed 4G, because they're going to run fiber - eventually. My options are DSL or [cough] satellite - in a city of five million people.
And the DSL infrastructure hasn't been upgraded at all during that time. Because they're going to run fiber - eventually.
The only worse thing than a monopoly is a government-run monopoly.
- It's just a scratch.
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Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, July 31 2018 12:54 PM (ITnFO)
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"My options are DSL or fucking satellite - in a city of five million people."
Nonsense--you could also move!
Yeah, cities and states need to stop granting cable and internet companies monopolies. Where I live now I only had one choice, but fortunately it wasn't a bad one. In September I'm moving a couple miles away, and I'll actually have two options, one of which is AT&T and the other is the company I'm already using, so I'll probably stick with them.
Nonsense--you could also move!
Yeah, cities and states need to stop granting cable and internet companies monopolies. Where I live now I only had one choice, but fortunately it wasn't a bad one. In September I'm moving a couple miles away, and I'll actually have two options, one of which is AT&T and the other is the company I'm already using, so I'll probably stick with them.
Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, July 31 2018 12:55 PM (ITnFO)
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Eh, governments can always find new and inventive ways to screw things up. In my city, which has ~100k population (abutting a 700k population city) with 2 world-class universities and a world-class innovation center packed in 7 square miles, managed to so PO all the major providers that they threw their hands up in disgust at further fiber deployment ~8 years ago and won't even discuss it to this day. I live on an arterial thoroughfare that is a direct shot to one of those universities and the fiber deployment stopped less than a quarter-mile away. My only real options are cable or DSL, though there are a few dubious fly by night LOS wireless providers that try to gamely make their case.
Posted by: StargazerA5 at Tuesday, July 31 2018 01:20 PM (0oc59)
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I tried moving a few years back. Could not find anywhere available with NBN.
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