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broadband census

Modelworks

Modelworks

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I'm sure the FCC has done very throrough studies.

http://www.dslreports.com/show...-Broadband-It-Is-91641

The FCC of course insists that all is well when it comes to broadband penetration. "Our analysis indicates that more than 99% of the country's population lives in the more than 99% of Zip Codes where a provider reports having at least one high-speed service subscriber," recently claimed the FCC. The agency has long determined that just one broadband customer in a zip code means that zip code is wired for service.
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Don't know if it will help , but enter your info at http://www.broadbandcensus.com/
According to the FCC I have 11 broadband options !
Reality there is 1.

The census site only reports what users have entered for the list of available service.


But considering what they think is broadband, love the 'in atleast one direction part.'
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) generally defines broadband service as data transmission speeds exceeding 200 kilobits per second (Kbps), or 200,000 bits per second, in at least one direction: downstream (from the Internet to your computer) or upstream (from your computer to the Internet).
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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Ha, FCC says I have 9 broadband options.
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And you probably do.

I put my zip in and it said I have only one. I personally know of 10. Call shens on that site. Shenanigans.

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After digging around a little more about that "blogger" he has no idea what he is talking about, complete shenanigans. Classic case of "because you read it on the intarweb it must be true."
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Ha, FCC says I have 9 broadband options.
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And you probably do.

I put my zip in and it said I have only one. I personally know of 10. Call shens on that site. Shenanigans.
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Yeah, I have the option of going to Roadrunner or one of the eight other circles of Hell.
 
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..
 
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..
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Broadband means you have broadband service. It doesn't mean you have multi-megabit service.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Ha, FCC says I have 9 broadband options.
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And you probably do.

I put my zip in and it said I have only one. I personally know of 10. Call shens on that site. Shenanigans.

-edit-
After digging around a little more about that "blogger" he has no idea what he is talking about, complete shenanigans. Classic case of "because you read it on the intarweb it must be true."
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Still doesn't change the fact that the fcc reports broadband where it is not available.
 
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..
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Broadband means you have broadband service. It doesn't mean you have multi-megabit service.
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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.
 
The government says you have a total of 10 broadband services

The broadband census has found 0 broadband service(s)

The Broadband Census has not found any providers in 27709 in , . But because the Federal Communications Commission has found multiple providers, broadband is almost certainly available in 27709.

Time Warner, a DSL and I take it 8 satellites/Wi-Fi if I go by their numbers
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Ha, FCC says I have 9 broadband options.
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And you probably do.

I put my zip in and it said I have only one. I personally know of 10. Call shens on that site. Shenanigans.

-edit-
After digging around a little more about that "blogger" he has no idea what he is talking about, complete shenanigans. Classic case of "because you read it on the intarweb it must be true."
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Still doesn't change the fact that the fcc reports broadband where it is not available.
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You can get broadband services just about anywhere in the US. You can get baseband services anywhere in the US. ANYWHERE.

 
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..
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Broadband means you have broadband service. It doesn't mean you have multi-megabit service.
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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.
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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.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07


You can get broadband services just about anywhere in the US. You can get baseband services anywhere in the US. ANYWHERE.
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I'm sure you can.
But some of use don't have 50,000.00 to pay for the fiber to our homes.

Don't even mention satellite.
Hues and wildblue both are so oversold they can't handle the current customers.

3G ? half the cell towers around here don't support it .
 
zip code said I could get time warner cable.

I check time warner cable and they don't even offer it in my state.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
The government says you have a total of 10 broadband services

The broadband census has found 0 broadband service(s)

The Broadband Census has not found any providers in 27709 in , . But because the Federal Communications Commission has found multiple providers, broadband is almost certainly available in 27709.

Time Warner, a DSL and I take it 8 satellites/Wi-Fi if I go by their numbers
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It's actually probably the DSL providers. AT&T sells part of their lines to other companies who then sell DSL. I know speakeasy, yahoo and all those others were actually using BellSouth (now AT&T) lines for their service. So it's not just 1 "DSL" provider, it's like 4-10. They count each one of those as a different provider.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07

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.
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The fcc is not using the term to describe how the technology works.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/broadband.html
 
They probably count satellite internet as the option that covers most of the USA.

Of course, they don't mention that it's expensive, slow, and has poor upload speeds.
 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
They probably count satellite internet as the option that covers most of the USA.

Of course, they don't mention that it's expensive, slow, and has poor upload speeds.
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I also think it has a lot to do with how they decide who has broadband.
Like where my brother lives.
The town has broadband, 10mbit through charter cable.
But anyone from 2 miles outside city limits , to where my brother lives 6 miles out, cannot get anything but dialup, and thats about 26k and often disconnects.

But because the main heart of the city can get it, the fcc decides that everyone in the zip code can.
 
The government says you have a total of 14 broadband services

The broadband census has found 2 broadband service(s)
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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. At least they were accurate with the Time Warner listing. Can't bitch about them too much as I actually get 6mbps down reliably. Should be interesting to see what happens if they fully switch over to their pay per GB setup.
 
Originally posted by: Kaervak
The government says you have a total of 14 broadband services

The broadband census has found 2 broadband service(s)
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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.
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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.
 
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)
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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.
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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.
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Well, we're reading your posts on the Internet.

😉
 
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