Actually no you are wrong.
Even the original copper system in the states was built for expansion when they laid it down.
In the late 1990s to early 2000s during the dot com heyday many companies in anticpation of future traffic, laid down loads of dark fiber all across the country. Expecting bandwidth usage to go through the roof and that they could charge out the ass for it. The planning and laying down of the fiber was carefully done.
The price fell out of the bandwidth market, companies went out of business, and the fiber stayed. Or they just didnt want to sell access to it. There was a huge glut of fiber laid.
It has all been there, for the last 10 years dormant, just waiting to be lit. There were hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber put down, it is still there.
Please tell me how long and where you have lived in Colombia. 99.9% of the people here loathe the drug business.
All of those people in the states you see wearing Pablo shirts, are usually Puerto Rican, Mexican, or Cuban.
Bill Gates and Pablo Escobar are a pretty poor comparison. Gates never put bounties on the heads of policeman as far as I can recall. And running a software company is not the same as slinging dope. Your comparison is just absurd.
Pablo was adored by the poor of Medellin because he actually did something for community that the government would not. His legacy lived on because he was actually behind Alvaro Uribe(funded the majority of public works in Medellin that the former president got credit for and which later enabled him to become president). He also offered to quit the business and pay the national debt of the country for amnesty.
He was a murderer but he did care about his home town. However, I do not recall much adoration for him throughout the country during his reign, except in the super poor barrios of Medallo. And I was living here during those dark days.
Our civil was with Farc and other paramilitary groups has always been facilitated by the United Fruit Company(Chiquita) to keep Colombians down on the farm. All for fucking bananas.
The Cali cartel(Guiterrez brothers) took over and were much more ruthless, and that is why Cali today is one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America. Medellin, on the other hand has become absolutely amazing. Textile factories, tourism, an average temp around 70 year around, not to mention prettier girls than most places in the world.
No one here really admires any drug lord. However, when you are living hard scrabble poverty, and your only way out to a decent life is to get into the business, You do what you have to do.
I agree wholeheartedly with you.
I think another large part of the equation which our fellow IT workers fail to admit is that our ilk are incredibly stubborn about replacing and fixing things. IT workers are notorious for telling management that they can make things work with a hodge podge of coathangers and toenails, not because it is the best solution, but because they can.
The problem lies on both sides of the coin. Management not wanting to spend money and IT workers not setting a realistic expectation.
I live and work in Latin America. My residence is in Colombia, but for work I am in most LATAM countries, trust me, the US has wonderful infrastructure compared to us. And any latin country i have been in.
I have a Nokia E63, which is considered a smart phone. I didnt want gps(it sucks power) and I can go 5 days on a charge. I only use wifi and bluetooth when I need them.
It was 1998. Which two years in "internet" time is eons.
Webobjects from Next technology, was used by Dell and a few other companies for their online presences before Apple bought them to save Jobs ass.
Samsung makes a DLNA TV, they have sold it for almost 2 years now. In the states, and the one I bought here in Colombia, South America, plus it connects to my network via ethernet and plays every format on my video server, which most go back until 2002.
Sony does not.
I think you probably have the same tastes as I do. Here is what I reccomend
1. Total Recall 2070 - series more true to book than the original movie
2. Max Headroom - brilliant, well written.
3. Hyperdrive - great bbc space comedy.
4. Space Above and Beyond - great military space series
We must have seen different blade runners. Because other than the flying cars and replicants it was a pretty grimy, gritty, future.
Max Headroom is perhaps the best Sci Fi about a not too distant future, and holds up well today.
The United Fruit Company(now Chiquita) has killed in millions either via bullet, poverty, starvation, crippled infrastructure, and reduced education efforts in entirecountries. They are still operating.
ATT has always unlocked your phone unless it was the Iphone, and it was until after your contract expired. You could get it done after three months of service. From 2002 on with gsm phones.
The old copper lines were trivially easy to maintain and keep operating, even with power outages. Traditional telcos simply have more experience than "internet" companies in running large communication networks.
What?
I am 41 years old.
My computer science classes taught me how to solder, map out circuts on breadboards, and assigned us in teams to build Heathkit stuff.
I was taught basic, pascal, flowcharting, and had to turn in programs that had specified inputs and outcomes.
I do not remember anyone teaching me how to use Apple works or EZ writer, or Lotus.
Actually, I see nothing in his statement other than a bit of humor with referring to himself as a United Statian.
However, I do see someone who is riding the typical Canadian high horse "I am Canadian and not American but I am North American." for absolutely no reason.
Canadians and "Americans" are different sides to the same coin. You need to get over being Canadian.
Except in Mexico and Brasil they would say Estados Unidos. And in most Latin American countries they will actually say "los United States" in poorly pronounced English to refer to the USA.
English is the language used for global commerce, and has been for quite some time.
I live in South America and work with companies from all over the world, and I do not recall anyone every asking if I could speak French.
Really?
Though I do not doubt many cops are "crooked" in the US I have really never had a problem with them. Of course I have always yes sir, no sirred them and not run my mouth.(over the course of 27 years of driving). And I am brown and grew up in the south.
However, I work in Colombia, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Panama, and Mexico, and would love a good ol redneck police force in these countries. If you think US cops are corrupt, you have not lived, travelled in Latin America.
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Actually no you are wrong. Even the original copper system in the states was built for expansion when they laid it down. In the late 1990s to early 2000s during the dot com heyday many companies in anticpation of future traffic, laid down loads of dark fiber all across the country. Expecting bandwidth usage to go through the roof and that they could charge out the ass for it. The planning and laying down of the fiber was carefully done. The price fell out of the bandwidth market, companies went out of business, and the fiber stayed. Or they just didnt want to sell access to it. There was a huge glut of fiber laid. It has all been there, for the last 10 years dormant, just waiting to be lit. There were hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber put down, it is still there.
Please tell me how long and where you have lived in Colombia. 99.9% of the people here loathe the drug business. All of those people in the states you see wearing Pablo shirts, are usually Puerto Rican, Mexican, or Cuban.
Bill Gates and Pablo Escobar are a pretty poor comparison. Gates never put bounties on the heads of policeman as far as I can recall. And running a software company is not the same as slinging dope. Your comparison is just absurd. Pablo was adored by the poor of Medellin because he actually did something for community that the government would not. His legacy lived on because he was actually behind Alvaro Uribe(funded the majority of public works in Medellin that the former president got credit for and which later enabled him to become president). He also offered to quit the business and pay the national debt of the country for amnesty. He was a murderer but he did care about his home town. However, I do not recall much adoration for him throughout the country during his reign, except in the super poor barrios of Medallo. And I was living here during those dark days. Our civil was with Farc and other paramilitary groups has always been facilitated by the United Fruit Company(Chiquita) to keep Colombians down on the farm. All for fucking bananas. The Cali cartel(Guiterrez brothers) took over and were much more ruthless, and that is why Cali today is one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America. Medellin, on the other hand has become absolutely amazing. Textile factories, tourism, an average temp around 70 year around, not to mention prettier girls than most places in the world. No one here really admires any drug lord. However, when you are living hard scrabble poverty, and your only way out to a decent life is to get into the business, You do what you have to do.
Miami-Dade has been a scuzzy place ever since I can remember. They put a pretty facade on it.
And oddly enough the black sheriff from Blazing Saddles, played a gay man servant.
I agree wholeheartedly with you. I think another large part of the equation which our fellow IT workers fail to admit is that our ilk are incredibly stubborn about replacing and fixing things. IT workers are notorious for telling management that they can make things work with a hodge podge of coathangers and toenails, not because it is the best solution, but because they can. The problem lies on both sides of the coin. Management not wanting to spend money and IT workers not setting a realistic expectation.
I live and work in Latin America. My residence is in Colombia, but for work I am in most LATAM countries, trust me, the US has wonderful infrastructure compared to us. And any latin country i have been in.
I have a Nokia E63, which is considered a smart phone. I didnt want gps(it sucks power) and I can go 5 days on a charge. I only use wifi and bluetooth when I need them.
It was 1998. Which two years in "internet" time is eons. Webobjects from Next technology, was used by Dell and a few other companies for their online presences before Apple bought them to save Jobs ass.
My Samsung TV plays natively vob, mkv, mp4, wma, asf, avi, and 3ggp, out of the box. NOW.
Samsung makes a DLNA TV, they have sold it for almost 2 years now. In the states, and the one I bought here in Colombia, South America, plus it connects to my network via ethernet and plays every format on my video server, which most go back until 2002. Sony does not.
I think you probably have the same tastes as I do. Here is what I reccomend 1. Total Recall 2070 - series more true to book than the original movie 2. Max Headroom - brilliant, well written. 3. Hyperdrive - great bbc space comedy. 4. Space Above and Beyond - great military space series
We must have seen different blade runners. Because other than the flying cars and replicants it was a pretty grimy, gritty, future. Max Headroom is perhaps the best Sci Fi about a not too distant future, and holds up well today.
The United Fruit Company(now Chiquita) has killed in millions either via bullet, poverty, starvation, crippled infrastructure, and reduced education efforts in entirecountries. They are still operating.
Other than those two, and a few other mishaps, the US has been putting people in space and bringing them back safely for over 40 years.
ATT has always unlocked your phone unless it was the Iphone, and it was until after your contract expired. You could get it done after three months of service. From 2002 on with gsm phones.
The old copper lines were trivially easy to maintain and keep operating, even with power outages. Traditional telcos simply have more experience than "internet" companies in running large communication networks.
Melanie Griffith was in something wild, not meg ryan.
What? I am 41 years old. My computer science classes taught me how to solder, map out circuts on breadboards, and assigned us in teams to build Heathkit stuff. I was taught basic, pascal, flowcharting, and had to turn in programs that had specified inputs and outcomes. I do not remember anyone teaching me how to use Apple works or EZ writer, or Lotus.
Actually, I see nothing in his statement other than a bit of humor with referring to himself as a United Statian. However, I do see someone who is riding the typical Canadian high horse "I am Canadian and not American but I am North American." for absolutely no reason. Canadians and "Americans" are different sides to the same coin. You need to get over being Canadian.
Except in Mexico and Brasil they would say Estados Unidos. And in most Latin American countries they will actually say "los United States" in poorly pronounced English to refer to the USA.
English is the language used for global commerce, and has been for quite some time. I live in South America and work with companies from all over the world, and I do not recall anyone every asking if I could speak French.
A person from Violet is a "fromdowndaroadian". A gues a person from Chalmette called also be called a "parishian".
Yes, because the Greeks are sooooooooooo calm. They set their own ministry of finance on fire today.
Really? Though I do not doubt many cops are "crooked" in the US I have really never had a problem with them. Of course I have always yes sir, no sirred them and not run my mouth.(over the course of 27 years of driving). And I am brown and grew up in the south. However, I work in Colombia, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Panama, and Mexico, and would love a good ol redneck police force in these countries. If you think US cops are corrupt, you have not lived, travelled in Latin America.