Re: One of our own in the Guardian.

[Mark Seiden <mis () seiden com>]

and here i am in the icann-selected hotel for the icann conference, and they gave us a total of 500MB of metered usage. 
 for our entire stay, not per day.
(should be better on the conference net).

maybe i should just check out and check in every day.


On Jul 14, 2013, at 6:44 AM, Alex Rubenstein <alex () corp nac net> wrote:

> Yet, here, where I live, only 47 road miles from New York City, I have a cable company who sells me metered (yes, 
> METERED) DOCSIS, for nearly $100/month, 35/3. The limitation is like 100 GB/month or something (the equivalent of the 
> amount of Netflix or AppleTV my kids watch in a weekend) No alternatives, no FiOS, no nothing. Well, I can get 3/.768 
> DSL if I please.
>
> Someone, please help me.
>
> Please.
>
>
>
>
> > Jima said: Really, who has 100/100 at home?
> >
> > Oddly, those living in Grand Coulee, WA.
> >
> > I went there once to setup corporate connectivity for a regional tire store.
> > They ordered the minimal drop, 50/50Mbs. One of the tire changers there
> > told me that he had 100/100 at home for $50/month.
> >
> > This was a town without T-Mobile service. I had to haul out the butt set and
> > clip on to the business POTS lines to turn up the VPN.
> >
> > Most of rural Central Washington has very good fiber connectivity. Forward
> > looking Public Utility Districts FTW!
> >
> > --
> > Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474