We have higher, but the fiber bundle that tunnels under my driveway and
has a up/down link between drive ways won't be connecting to our house.
That large bundle (big enough for most small towns) is for the school
ONLY. And the limited use they use it for. Outrageous waste of
bandwidth. We also pay for 6MBPS and get 5.5 at the very best.
They bandwidth limit our accounts and use the level we pay at as the
clamp high end and the low end at 5.5. They use 10% of my bandwidth
to keep me from exceeding the pay level I pay for.

It is about time for class action suits to force them to use their side
and give us 6.5 for a while and then 6.0 as we have paid for for years.

Martin

On 1/2/2016 3:02 AM, Steve W. wrote:
Ed Huntress wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:20:05 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:08:24 -0500
Ed Huntress wrote:

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No, it's not. Ookla reports that the average download speed in the US
has jumped by 10 Mbps in just the last year. California is at 40.8
Mbps, the fourth-highest in the country:
Fastest available in my neighborhood is ADSL 1.5Mbps. No
cable service available. To the west a couple miles they can't even get
that the last I knew. Have to use dial-up, over-the-air service/modem
or get something through the cell providers.

I'm not exactly what you would call "out in the boonies" either...

Is there something wrong with one of these?

http://broadbandnow.com/Michigan/Grand-Rapids



I just went there and punched in my zip. They show "providers" who don't
even serve the area! They also show speeds that are NOT possible due to
the current infrastructure.

The stat of - 74% of New Yorkers "have access to" 100mbps or faster is
BS marketing.
Having "access to" is MUCH different than actually having that speed.
From my place I can go less than a mile and find people who can't get
anything over 3mbps and more that are on dial-up. Even the folks right
in town and next to the main feed only get about 12mbps. The
infrastructure can't support faster than that.

It's people who use the data from sites like that who seem to think
"everyone" has high speed.