[1st-mile-nm] Wealthy suburbs get best broadband deals; D.C., rural areas lag behind | Investigative Reporting Workshop

[Steve Ross]

The study is worthless. There's a lot more to service than Mbps download
speed, and Verizon would not break out DSL vs FiOS customers. DSL is,
however, more common in densely populated areas -- which means low income
around DC -- and Verizon has committed to bringing FiOS to DC so the problem
is self-correcting..

Bottom line: what they THINK they are measuring is a secondary effect. I
have a choice between Comcast and Verizon DSL. Verizon DSL is a third the
price and much more reliable. And upload speed (very important to me) is
faster with Verizon. But Comcast download speed is 3 times greater (actual,
not promised). So I go with Verizon. AU says I'm being overcharged.....



On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

> This is probably no surprise, but ....
>
>
> http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/connected/story/washington-dc-broadband-speed/
>
> I wonder about those Congressmen sleeping in their offices?  Think they can
> download movies?
>
> -tj
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