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The new National Broadband Map is pretty neat...when you can get it to work. All it does is display a blank screen for me in IE, Chrome and Firefox. I did manage to snag a quick screenshot before it went down though.
 
Not working at all on Chrome.
I put in my Zip, got a blank page.

Government run web page is kind of like government run healthcare.
PISS POOR
 
Eh? Chrome worked for me but very slowly. The search results didn't make any sense... They didn't show any providers that currently provide my work with broadband or my home broadband company.
 
Map is not very accurate, but pretty to look at I guess? I currently have FIOS and am eligible for DOCIS 3 but the map shows neither anywhere near me :(
 
Um, I'm pretty sure Indiana isn't the broadband capital of the United States, like that map suggests.
 
Zarathustra[H];1036862223 said:
I thought CA would have better broadband coverage than that...
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Yeah, where I live in a "major metropolitan city" it says I have 2 choices... AT&T DSL (below 3Mbps... and Comcast Corporate which get this.... 100Mbps to 1Gbps

Needless to say whenever I see any mention of "needing" broadband rolled out to rural areas I have to snicker.
 
Opera FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, wtf is Time Warner advertising 100mbs to 1gbps?!?!?!? Fuckers have 15MBps MAX on down and 1Mbps up cap.... Buncha lies!!!!!!!!!!
 
Works fine on firefox but it put my zip way up in the mountains no where near where I live.
 
whrswoldo said:
Map is not very accurate, but pretty to look at I guess? I currently have FIOS and am eligible for DOCIS 3 but the map shows neither anywhere near me :(
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There data isn't fully correct. It is using some old data for some stuff and no data for others.

EODetroit said:
Um, I'm pretty sure Indiana isn't the broadband capital of the United States, like that map suggests.
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Imitation said:
Yeah, wtf is up with that? I live here and its definitely not that way.
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Depends on where you live. I live in NW Indiana and work for a small telco, want to say our last numbers were 90% coverage area for DSL, we are hoping to have that be 100% active fiber to the home withing the next few years. Of those that currently have DSL most can get 4Mbps down, 1Mbps up, those at the very edge are set to about 2Mbps only. By this summer most people directly out of one of our central offices in all cities we cover will be able to get vDSL, think the plan is 30Mbps down.

We have a map at work of what areas are covered by what phone company for the state. A lot of indiana is actually covered by smaller ISPs instead of the large ones. Most of them would be able to give better coverage to their customers than the larger ones would. Verizon doesn't care about that small city out in the middle of nowhere as that is only 3k people for them, but when you run a small ISP where your cities are only 3 - 5K in size as is, you are going to try ot get coverage to as many as possible to make the most money possible as you need every person you can get. that is one good thing about having the smaller ISPs instead of the larger ones, that smaller ones are going to try their hardest to make sure that they can provide to as many as possible as they need that money. $15K a month extra to them means a lot more than it does to AT&T, CenturyLink, Verizon or the other big guys
 
whrswoldo said:
Map is not very accurate, but pretty to look at I guess? I currently have FIOS and am eligible for DOCIS 3 but the map shows neither anywhere near me :(
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Yeah, exact opposite here. The map shows Fairpoint with 6-10mbps DSL in my area, people around here are lucky to hit 1.4mpbs.

Cable is all over the place around here. They recently split a loop, now I get 20+mbps during off hours on my 8mbps connection, and 14+mbps during the busy times.
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah, where I live in a "major metropolitan city" it says I have 2 choices... AT&T DSL (below 3Mbps... and Comcast Corporate which get this.... 100Mbps to 1Gbps

Needless to say whenever I see any mention of "needing" broadband rolled out to rural areas I have to snicker.
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In Frisco judging by your user name? Sunset or there about i'm guessing cause that the two options i see also. Sadly, broadband options here are indeed limited.
 
Pretty spot on for my area. But I didnt know both my city govt and Cox were offereing 100 up/down. I thought Cox was only offering 50 down here.
 
i dont really know what docsis 3 is, but i know i have it. and the map says i have it. and im in west virginia. with 15mbit down. i do have 20mbit available though.
 
I'm guessing this is more a matter of the states turning in figures for their broadband coverage. Some could very easily be outdated. This may explain why Indiana seems to be doing so well on coverage. Only explanation I can think of for why any border town wouldn't be providing coverage in a neighboring state.
 
that map is full of lies it shows Fiber to the home in Springfield MO
UVERS IS NOT FTTH
 
Zarathustra[H];1036864554 said:
IMHO the method of delivery doesn't matter, provided the performance (both latency and bandwidth) is there.
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to bad its not UVers is just bonded DSL
 
Zarathustra[H];1036862223 said:
I thought CA would have better broadband coverage than that...
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Remember, there is a LOT of open and empty space out west, something that the dummies in DC forget.

"Let's saturate the nations in wireless and broadband!"

Why, NOBODY LIVES THERE!
 
Wow, go Indiana! Chicago too! We're covered completely. I have all of the top rows selected - DSL, copper, cable others, cable docsys 3.0, and fiber to end user.
 
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