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ripcord

(5,547 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:17 PM Jan 2020

I want to thank President Obama

His push to bring high speed internet to rural communities has made a big difference in our town, now I can complain that while the internet is slow here in the middle of nowhere we are still faster than almost all of the Los Angeles area.

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I want to thank President Obama (Original Post) ripcord Jan 2020 OP

Damn you! 😃 Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #1

Sorry, don't know how to post the photo. SamKnause Jan 2020 #2

:cry: whttevrr Jan 2020 #3

Are you sure you want to know? ripcord Jan 2020 #4

I might move there for those speeds whttevrr Jan 2020 #5

what? are you on some kind of fiber? RussBLib Jan 2020 #6

Yes it is fiber optic thoughout town ripcord Jan 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author ripcord Jan 2020 #7

I want to thank him for that and... Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #9

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

1. Damn you! 😃

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:22 PM

Jan 2020

...middle of Bumfuck, NY.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)

2. Sorry, don't know how to post the photo.

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:38 PM

Jan 2020

Speed Test

Ping 52

Download 1.38

Upload 0.37

Lousy speed, frequent and hours long outages.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)

3. :cry:

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:01 PM

Jan 2020

How much is that per month?
Where?

ripcord

(5,547 posts)

4. Are you sure you want to know?

Reply to whttevrr (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:05 PM

Jan 2020

It is $60 a month in Phelan, Ca.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)

5. I might move there for those speeds

Reply to ripcord (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:08 PM

Jan 2020

I pay 9 bucks more for

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RussBLib

(9,043 posts)

6. what? are you on some kind of fiber?

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:11 PM

Jan 2020

It kills me that AT&T caps their speed on South Padre Island at 18Mbps. With Spectrum, we would clock around 50Mbps, but the service would blink in, and out, and in, and out, and in, and out, etc, all fucking day long. At least AT&T does not drop out.

ripcord

(5,547 posts)

8. Yes it is fiber optic thoughout town

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:21 PM

Jan 2020

They are even running it to areas we think are in the middle of nowhere.

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Pacifist Patriot

(24,654 posts)

9. I want to thank him for that and...

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:52 PM

Jan 2020

eight years of not tuning in to the news every day in abject horror. Hell, eight years of not having to pay all that close attention to the news if I didn't feel like it for awhile.

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