On Jun 10, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > Jay Ashworth wrote: >> Even Cracked realizes this: >> http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-internet-access-in-america-disaster >> That can't be good. > > <ignorant?> > > "up to 10 percent of the country can't even get basic broadband" > > I think I saw much larger numbers a few years ago when I read some hype > stories about how broadband access in the USA sucks. I am positively > surprised the gap has narrowed that much. > > I wonder, what's wrong with dialup through ISDN? You get speed that is about > the same as low end broadband I'd say. And I think it'd be available at these > locations where DSL is not. > > To quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access#ISDN > > "A basic rate ISDN line (known as ISDN-BRI) is an ISDN line with 2 data > "bearer" channels (DS0 - 64 kbit/s each). Using ISDN terminal adapters > (erroneously called modems), it is possible to bond together 2 or more > separate ISDN-BRI lines to reach bandwidths of 256 kbit/s or more. The ISDN > channel bonding technology has been used for video conference applications > and broadband data transmission." > > My low end home DSL connection has similar bandwidth. > With regards to the writer's main gripe, if your telecommute work typically > consists of ssh sessions and email then even y'olde dialup will do just fine. > > </ignorant?>
Try ordering one. If I wanted one here I couldn't order one today. Years ago I had a bonded BRI serving my first server and and it took 3 months to get it working. I am not sure central offices have that capability any more. There was also a distance constraint from the CO (kinda like the distance issue from the DSLAM demark) I have a fishing cabin out in the middle of nowhere and I get broadband via a small ISP that serves via Canopy coresiding on 300 ft cell towers. This provides 1-20Mbps service even when the cell towers only provide Edge Tom
