[LINK] America's Internet Disconnect

[Adrian Chadd]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006, Pilcher, Fred wrote:

> I don't buy the "it's good for business" argument, I just want the kind of connectivity that my friends in the US have. I don't expect to get it at their prices; they have economies of scale that we never will, they're on the same landmass as most of the servers that we get most of our stuff from, and peering arrangements will always disadvantage us. I don't mind paying what I pay now, but it burns me to know that they're getting the same sort of performance from their dialup modems that I get over my fttn connection. Maybe I'm just being greedy, but so be it.

If you're willing to pay what its worth then someone's willing to sell it to you.

I know there are providers in Western Australia who are selling business-grade
FTTN at guaranteed-bandwidth prices (bright come to mind; I know Amcom do something
similar and Westnet are now doing it) but its -expensive-. Its far out of the
range of home users but its there for the businesses that do want it.
And as one of those dirty network consultants who work for a large number of companies
I can say that the uptake -is- there.

I also think there's a bit of exagguration going on wrt modem vs fttn stuff. 
If you've obtained a fiber connection and you're getting < 64kbps then you should
change carrier.



Adrian