Comments on: Fast Internet for All Slows to Crawl http://talkingtech.net/2009/10/30/fast-internet-for-all-slows-to-crawl/ life and technology on the north coast of california Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Fiber Route http://talkingtech.net/2009/10/30/fast-internet-for-all-slows-to-crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-35292 Fiber Route Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:43:18 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=890#comment-35292 Any updates on this? I'd like to hear what's been going on since... Any updates on this? I’d like to hear what’s been going on since…

]]> By: Bob http://talkingtech.net/2009/10/30/fast-internet-for-all-slows-to-crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-33244 Bob Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:42 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=890#comment-33244 Seth is doing a great job in the rural parts of the county. And microwave would be an acceptable alternative to redunancy in the short term. But I don't believe either solves long term bandwidth and stability issues and that's what most of the proposals are focused on. Seth is doing a great job in the rural parts of the county. And microwave would be an acceptable alternative to redunancy in the short term. But I don’t believe either solves long term bandwidth and stability issues and that’s what most of the proposals are focused on.

]]> By: Sys RQ http://talkingtech.net/2009/10/30/fast-internet-for-all-slows-to-crawl/comment-page-1/#comment-33173 Sys RQ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:33:31 +0000 http://talkingtech.net/?p=890#comment-33173 Out in the country, the best things come homegrown. I don't want to sound like an advertisement, but Netlink 101's microwave service beats the pants off of Suddenstink for stability. As some of us are aware of from an unfortunate outage earlier this decade, the only event that can significantly disrupt a long-range wireless network is a forest fire. Fiber networks - as we have witnessed many times since we've had one - are fragile and can take many days to fix once compromised. We don't have time to complain and wait for better fiber networks to be installed. Wireless technology is surprisingly cheap and available now. $2,000 will buy 50 miles of uninterrupted microwave communication. That's cheaper than the physical "wire" needed to run a single-mode fiber connection, not to mention the installation costs. I agree that we need unity when it comes to which path to take as far as a secondary fiber route... if it ever comes. Out in the country, the best things come homegrown.

I don’t want to sound like an advertisement, but Netlink 101′s microwave service beats the pants off of Suddenstink for stability. As some of us are aware of from an unfortunate outage earlier this decade, the only event that can significantly disrupt a long-range wireless network is a forest fire. Fiber networks – as we have witnessed many times since we’ve had one – are fragile and can take many days to fix once compromised.

We don’t have time to complain and wait for better fiber networks to be installed. Wireless technology is surprisingly cheap and available now. $2,000 will buy 50 miles of uninterrupted microwave communication. That’s cheaper than the physical “wire” needed to run a single-mode fiber connection, not to mention the installation costs.

I agree that we need unity when it comes to which path to take as far as a secondary fiber route… if it ever comes.

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