[BC] Wideband in DC

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> I live 15 miles from that big White House in DC.
>
> Verizon's web site tells me that they can't supply me with ADSL.  It
> would be close to $40 a month if they could.  They don't offer
> service in much of Potomac, an upscale region near me. Potomac is
> upscale, but the part I'm talking about has small lots.
>
> Comcast can give me high speed computer access via their TV cable,
> but it's $60 per month - same price with or without Basic Cable TV
> service. About $45 if I already had TV cable - which I don't.
>
> The weird thing is that I actually do have ADSL from Verizon and
> usualy get 1.4 megabits per second.  They get overloaded some
> evenings and then surfing is SLOW, slower than my old dialup service
> which I have kept.
>
> bob c.

This always amazes me about the "big city" internet connections. It seems
that everywhere I've looked,
the internet access in large metro areas is 1) expensive, and 2) slow as
compared to what I have
up here in the great white north. I can have about 8Mb down and 256Kb up for
about $30/month.
Currently I'm sitting at 5Mb down because I didn't see the need to spend the
$35 for the 8Mb cable
adapter. 5 is fine. I can't type that fast anyway....

Dave Dunsmoor