http://radoff.com/blog/2009/12/15/crappy-united-states-broadband/ Swashbuckler, adventurer, slayer of dragons, commando, storyteller, Internet entrepreneur; explorer of rabbit holes Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:48:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://radoff.com/blog/2009/12/15/crappy-united-states-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-6180 Net Neutrality Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:54:36 +0000 http://radoff.com/blog/?p=388#comment-6180 [...] that telecom carriers are more interested than ever to own and control content.  Add to this that US Internet carriers are getting less competitive and offer fewer services than many international locations.  If we want to continue the innovation [...] [...] that telecom carriers are more interested than ever to own and control content.  Add to this that US Internet carriers are getting less competitive and offer fewer services than many international locations.  If we want to continue the innovation [...]

]]> http://radoff.com/blog/2009/12/15/crappy-united-states-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-5834 Nicolas Ward Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:06:48 +0000 http://radoff.com/blog/?p=388#comment-5834 For me one of the big issues with last-mile fiber in the US (ignoring that FiOS is having trouble rolling out in dense areas with old wiring) is that it's essentially just FiOS... and their user agreement explicitly says you can't run services. It's still oriented as a content consumption one-way pipe, not as a two-way pipe for geeks and gamers, and I find that very frustrating. As obnoxious as Comcast can be, their pipe isn't quite as asynchronous, and in my experience, they've only blocked outbound SMTP. For me one of the big issues with last-mile fiber in the US (ignoring that FiOS is having trouble rolling out in dense areas with old wiring) is that it’s essentially just FiOS… and their user agreement explicitly says you can’t run services. It’s still oriented as a content consumption one-way pipe, not as a two-way pipe for geeks and gamers, and I find that very frustrating. As obnoxious as Comcast can be, their pipe isn’t quite as asynchronous, and in my experience, they’ve only blocked outbound SMTP.

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