broadband census

[Modelworks]

The sites that are returned when you enter your zip code are ones that other people have already entered for your zip.
The site is just collecting data to show how far off the FCC data is.

So if you put in your zip and it doesn't show what you currently use, then submit what you use and add it to the list.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: spidey07


The broadbandcensus.com is just a trial site with extremely inaccurate data. Apparently put out by a kid that has no idea what he is talking about. But of course if you read it on the internet it must be true.

Exactly what does he talk about that is not true ?

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Kaervak

The government says you have a total of 14 broadband services

The broadband census has found 2 broadband service(s)

Wow 14 broadband services where I live according to the government. That's amazing considering out of the two that are listed by the census, one doesn't even exist here and they're missing AT&T DSL on the list. Not that it really matters considering AT&T doesn't even recognize our phone number as being an AT&T number, like it's been for the past 20+ years. Good job with the accuracy FCC.

The broadbandcensus.com is just a trial site with extremely inaccurate data. Apparently put out by a kid that has no idea what he is talking about. But of course if you read it on the internet it must be true.

Yeah I kinda figured it was horribly inaccurate with them listing a broadband provider that doesn't exist in this zip code. However the FCC isn't all that impressive with the accuracy either, http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/89007

 

[erikistired]

i know people who don't live in the sticks and can't even get broadband yet.

 

[Jawo]

It reports I have 15 options....I know of two....Cox and VZ's FiOS.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
FCC says I have 6 options

Reality says there is 1.

Ultra-reality is that they're both wrong. The one they say I can get isn't available, but AT&T does service the area albeit only with their low-mid grade speed (1.5 down). They don't mention having AT&T, only Cox, which doesn't service this area..

Broadband means you have broadband service. It doesn't mean you have multi-megabit service.

Where the FCC classifies broadband as 256kbps or higher (which really, is pretty damn slow these days). I suspect they're counting 3G cellular networks and satellite service too, which really throws things off.

But those are indeed broadband services. I think people need to actually understand what broadband means. It doesn't mean multimegabit services. It is a modulation technology over many frequencies vs. baseband which has a single base carrier/frequency.

To call the wireless services(3G, Sat, Wifi) is foolish. They feature extremely low transfer caps, are already heavily overloaded, suffer from poor ping times, and can be very unreliable. Never mind that they offer very little bandwidth in the first place.

The same goes for the slower wired and fixed-point wireless services, 256kbps is tiny, minuscule, and most certainly not broadband. What it is is faster dial up, what it's not is fast enough to do multimedia or the multitude of other things people think of when they're talking about broadband. If we're going to define broadband as 256kbps on a flaky 3G network, we may as well consider dial up broadband too and call it a day. If it's not at least a megabit with generous transfer caps and reliable performance, you don't have enough of a network to do anything "broadband" with it.

 

[SuperSix]

You would be amazed how many analog modems we still sell.

 

[mugs]

Says 11 for me.

Website lists one cable company (TWC) which as far as I know doesn't even provide service in my ZIP code...

The other 11 are probably a couple of satellite companies, Embarq, and a bunch of companies that are willing to provide DSL service from Embarq's CO.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

FCC says I have 5. In reality I have 0. It's the FCC, what do you expect?

 

[kedlav]

FCC says I have 15. In reality, there are three options, only one of which may squeak by as something resembling broadbang. There's TWC (Turbo at 15/2, what I have, isn't half bad), ATT U-Verse (shit), and ATT naked DSL (even stinkier shit), both of which cap at 6/.5. Not really that great. I live in a giant apartment complex, in a fairly dense urban area (read: Greater Cleveland, decent density suburb), but I'm fucked because VzB decided they would divide the country instead of genuinely competing against ATT's steaming pile that is U-verse.

 

[olds]

It says I have 13.
All I have is 256k satellite with a FAP for $49 a month.
Besides dial up which isn't broadband.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
FCC says I have 6 options

Reality says there is 1.

Ultra-reality is that they're both wrong. The one they say I can get isn't available, but AT&T does service the area albeit only with their low-mid grade speed (1.5 down). They don't mention having AT&T, only Cox, which doesn't service this area..

Broadband means you have broadband service. It doesn't mean you have multi-megabit service.

Where the FCC classifies broadband as 256kbps or higher (which really, is pretty damn slow these days). I suspect they're counting 3G cellular networks and satellite service too, which really throws things off.

But those are indeed broadband services. I think people need to actually understand what broadband means. It doesn't mean multimegabit services. It is a modulation technology over many frequencies vs. baseband which has a single base carrier/frequency.

But what's that have to do with the fact that the only one available IS AT&T? The other options are all dialup.. I think you misunderstood..

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
FCC says I have 5. In reality I have 0. It's the FCC, what do you expect?

This is exactly what I expect after 8 years of anti-government pro-corporate BS.

 

[rh71]

I think they're off by 10 here.

 

[Anubis]

lol says i have 5. we have 2, Time warner and Frontier DSL, and i live less then a 1/4 mile from the Frontier building in my town i can actually see the thing if i stand out front and i cant get DSL because the lines need to be upgraded LOLOLOLOL

i wouldent get it anyway because TWC is 4x as fast for the same price

 

[sswingle]

43050
FCC says 8, the site says 2.
The site says Time Warner and Cox. The closest Cox is in a city 2 hours away. In reality, we have Time Warner and Sprint, and whatever wireless services you would like to count.

 

[SunnyD]

*cough*bullshit*cough*

 

[alkemyst]

99% of the people that matter have broadband