Archive for April, 2009

Great post about how well municipal fiber can work

There is a great post on CIS 471 comparing high speed internet service cost around the world. The breakdown is:

Where?
Monthly
cost
Uplink
(Mbps)
Downlink
(Mbps)

Stockholm
$11
100
100

Seoul
$24
100
100

Hong Kong
$35
100
100

Tokyo
$61
100
100

Amsterdam
$127
100
100

Lafayette, LA, Municipal
$58
50
50

Lafayette, LA, Cox Cable
$140
5
50

US, where available, Verizon
$145
20
50

The post has some great insight into the differences and their causes. Check it out.

 
 

Connecticut residents are increasingly fed up with Chris Dodd

A new Quinnipiac University poll places Dodd well behind his 2010 challenger Rob Simmons. The poll was released today and shows Dodd trailing Simmons,  50-34 percent among Connecticut voters.  Dodd’s approval rating has also dropped to its lowest point ever, with 58% of residents disapproving of the job he is doing as the senior senator [...]