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    Broadband Is So Slow Amazon's Import/Export Service Sends Data Using the Post Office

    Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon

    Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes

    Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites

    Suck It, Fiber: America's Fastest Internet 101Mbps Delivered by Cablevision

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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    05/22/09

    In reply to Broadband Is So Slow Amazon's Import/Export Service Sends Data Using the Post Office
    I LONG for a connection as fast as 10Mbps.....


    /sobs quietly

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    Image of The-Joker The-Joker
    05/21/09

    In reply to Broadband Is So Slow Amazon's Import/Export Service Sends Data Using the Post Office
    But transferring a 20mb file to Amazon would take far less time than using Fedex, gotta look at the glass half full.


    Anyway, 100mbps fiber is just the beginning, this is only happening because companies are able to get away with this stuff in America, but in the future, (3-5 years max) we'll all be getting at least 1GBPS connections, especially when everyone would be hooked up to fiber.


    gotta love obama and friends!

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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    05/21/09

    @The-Joker: WOW @ ~ the optimism ~
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/21/09

    In reply to Broadband Is So Slow Amazon's Import/Export Service Sends Data Using the Post Office
    So for a terrabyte of data, fedex overnight would be 11GB/s.
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    05/21/09

    @ripfire: Now that's hard to argue with :|
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/21/09

    In reply to Broadband Is So Slow Amazon's Import/Export Service Sends Data Using the Post Office
    Well, it may work for Amazon, but it sure doesn't work for YOU dips**ts. I was so tired of piss-poor, snail-slow DSL service, I took the time to send you guys hundreds of neatly-typed comments in a nice, medium-sized cardboard box--even paid extra sending it Fedex Overnight. That was WEEKS ago, guys, and you STILL have not posted any of those bon mots. Tracking says you got it, signed for by some B. Lam--what, does "B" stand for "Bored and can't be Bothered with shit"?


    C'mon, guys, get your act together. Seriously.

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    Image of Bustout Bustout
    05/22/09

    @bosskev: Maybe they actually read them. :-P
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/22/09

    @Bustout: Well, that's a snarky comment. I approve!


    * heart click *

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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    05/18/09

    In reply to Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon
    So what does this say about Verizon's margings? Pretty scary, eh?
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    Image of snitch snitch
    05/18/09

    In reply to Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon
    $100 for 50Mbps are they nuts? Cablevision has a plan in my area called Optimum Ultra that gives you 101Mbps for just $105.
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    Image of Ssscorpion Ssscorpion
    05/18/09

    @snitch: Cablevision is my ISP. I pay $44.95 a month for downloads of up to 15mbps. Note the "up to" part. What I actually get is downloads of about 20-30 kbps. I tried to watch a YouTube video yesterday: the vid was 54 seconds long and Cablevision stopped to buffer 19 times in those 54 seconds.


    Hulu? Forgetaboutit! You get 1-2 seconds of video then the image freezes for 5-20 seconds while it buffers.


    FiOS can't get to my neighborhood fast enough. I'd sell my left spleen to get away from Cablevision.

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    Image of snitch snitch
    05/18/09

    @Ssscorpion: Trust me you don't want fios, it's $59.99 for about a similar plan of what you're already getting and that's not including a $10 extra they charge you just for tax. They run the fiber optics to a box outside your house and then run a coaxial cable just like Cablevision does to a modem, i gave them a try for 30 days and them ask them to come and pick up all their crap.
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    05/18/09

    @snitch: I was ready to switch from Cable to FiOs in North Jersey. I am paying 100/month for 7 Mbs down and about 5 Mbs upload which includes my voice and TV ("triple play.") Yes, it fluctuates during the day, but usually not by much. FiOs was basically going to match the price and beat the speed, but year 2 was going to be $170/month. Too much so I am staying with cable. Also, FiOs said they supply the modem/router and it does not have DMZ capabilities, which I need.
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    Image of Reuben Kyd Johnson Reuben Kyd Johnson
    05/18/09

    In reply to Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon
    Seems like Verizon is getting paid regardless since DSLExtreme has to pay verizon to lease the Fiber lines anyway so Verizon could prolly give a shit.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    05/18/09

    @Reuben Kyd Johnson: Unless it is costing Verizon more than what they are getting in return for it.
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    Image of Mosaick Mosaick
    05/18/09

    In reply to Second-Tier FiOS Providers Undercut Verizon, Are Verizon
    The lack of overhead and responsibility permits Verizon to lease their lines out at a reduced cost...
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    05/18/09

    @Mosaick: It's also a possibility that they are selling below cost to this other company as part of some kind of anti monopoly ruling.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/30/09

    In reply to Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes
    I'm just going to create my own ISP. I will call it Kickass Interwebs.
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    Image of jonhapimp jonhapimp
    04/30/09

    In reply to Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes
    it probably would be expensive as hell though to install
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/30/09

    @jonhapimp: People always whine about the one time setup costs...


    If it means that I would have the option to choose from 5+ ISPs (rather than 1, or 2 if I'm lucky) then I wouldn't care how much it cost. Its a goddamn infrastructure upgrade, it'll pay for itself unless you're planning on moving soon...

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    Image of Epoch Epoch
    04/30/09

    In reply to Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes
    speaking of did anybody what??

    i'm eagerly awaiting the end of that sentence.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/30/09

    In reply to Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites
    How will it fare against knife attacks?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/30/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Oh, dear. Your entry is presented all squished and plain. Have you been doing bad deeds? Like maybe denying a certain person his rightful heritage to claim the title of "The Antichrist Who Frequents the Site OMG! Ponies! Frequents"?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/30/09

    @bosskev: I'm trying to get to the point where Gizmodo starts doling out usernames like the Stone Cutters, based on the order in which they threw me a follow.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/30/09

    @bosskev: Now pipe down, 667.
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    Image of laylaholic laylaholic
    04/30/09

    In reply to Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites
    Maybe a stupid question, but what's so ugly about carbon fibre at the moment? Works for the Voodoo Envy...
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/30/09

    @laylaholic: What's so ugly is its odd texture. Visually it calls to mind an unholy union between corrugated cardboard and burlap.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/30/09

    In reply to Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites
    It may save weight, but what about heat? Would/will carbon fiber help cute Lego-luvin people from being "punished" by their S&M laptops?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/30/09

    @Wants A CU Labcoat_GitEmSteveDave: And just where is LindsayJoy these days?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/30/09

    @bosskev: Firing people at Motorola? It's an all day job if she wants to fire them all by friday. :)
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/30/09

    @Wants A CU Labcoat_GitEmSteveDave: Wait. WAIT. I thought my 12:30 appointment with her was a LUNCH date.


    * slams office door *

    * barricades with desk *

    * sits very, very quietly *

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/30/09

    In reply to Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites

    "...partially visible therethrough...article formed therefrom..."
    Good gravy, when was this filing written--1742?

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