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Where Is The Broadband?

Posted by timothy on from the mostly-in-south-korea dept.

gouldtj writes "First Monday is running an article in its current issue entitled: The many paradoxes of broadband. It discusses some of the issues and ideas behind broadband, but seems to focus on: Where is it? There is also a really nice discussion on the telecom industry in general, along with the .com boom."

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  1. .com boom? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    or .com *boom!*?

    1. Re:.com boom? by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 3, Funny


      I thought it was explosions that made a "boom"; what sound does an implosion make?
      *moob!*

  2. I don't know about you.... by TimeForGuinness · · Score: 4, Funny

    but my 14.4 modem is working fine...

    1. Re:I don't know about you.... by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 2, Funny

      -----but my 14.4 modem is working fine...

      you lucky bastard... my 300 baud double-wide 8-bit ISA hayes just doesnt download the pr0n fast enough...

    2. Re:I don't know about you.... by JasontheMason · · Score: 2, Funny

      14.4? Geez, what do you need all that bandwidth for? 9600 oughta be enough for anybody. Gosh, when I was a kid, we sent our telnet requests with the postman...oh wait, I'm still a kid. Never mind.

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    3. Re:I don't know about you.... by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 3, Funny

      christ 300 baud isnt even good enough fo ASCII porn.

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  3. I've got it by Kallahar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've got broadband, my brother has it, my parents have it, my grandparents have it, my coworkers have it. Heck, everyone I know except those in rural places have broadband. The only people who don't, apparently, are the people hosting the article.

    1. Re:I've got it by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
      Heck, I can't even get digital cable...

      Even if you could, would you want to pay $70+ per month just to get Groundhog Day on six different Showtime channels at the same time?

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    2. Re:I've got it by jafac · · Score: 2, Funny

      The thing about broadband, is that when you look at the service in the US, and Australia, and then compare it to what's available in Japan, Korea, Canada, you see a marked difference in availability and price. In the US and Australia there's telecom monopolies which are killing competition, keeping prices high and availability low.

      Should the government pay for everyone to have broadband?

      NO.

      Should the government send jack-booted thugs around to the telecom monoplies, and skin these fuckers alive as an example to evil monopolists everywhere?
      I'm for that.

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  4. You'll have to be more specific by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny
    By "broad band" did you mean:
    • Four Non-Blondes
    • The Go-Go's
    • The Supremes
    • The Donnas
    • Creed
    ?
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  5. Time for a /. poll by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Where is the Broad?
    1. At home, cooking dinner
    1. Working
    2. Not working
    3. Reloading Slashdot
    4. I don't know a broad, you insensitive clod!
    5. Making out with CowBoyNeal

    ooh...broadBand....
    never mind.

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  6. Do I sense some hypocrisy? by wirelessbuzzers · · Score: 2, Funny

    It poses no greater good, so I don't want my tax money going to pay for people to download porn and MP3's. No fucking way.
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    Heh.

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  7. Re:How many of us take it for granted? by WTFmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude, lay off the line breaks. You
    are
    not
    a
    poet.

  8. Re: posted from 28.8 dialup by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 2, Funny
    Me: "My friends 15 minutes away can get 3M/640K broadband and I'm stuck on dialup."

    You: "I only keep my ADSL line because that ISP provides a static IP, but with a measy 2.5Mbit bandwidth and 768Kbit upload. My real pipe is a 10BaseT socket, connected to a switch in the basement, and fiber optics from there."

    Me: I will dance on your grave after I kill you.