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Big companies like all of the current big ISP carriers are not the answer to pushing high-speed internet(see any story about Time Warner, At&t and so on). What would they prefer us to have? Take where I live for instance there is a lot of people who do not have access to true high-speed internet. I helped start a ISP where I lived and we had a lot of customers (many of which worked for At&t and the local Cable company because they wanted our speeds) but the problem we ran into was big companies...cough At&t cough.... not wanting to be competed against. Where I live there is a ton of dark fiber and to gain access to it isn't that hard. In fact the US has a ton of dark fiber that was laid many years ago. What is hard is gaining funding to push the technology out. The sad thing was the cost for us to build out internet was a fraction of the method At&t was going to use. When Obama first announced BTOP funding which was a broadband initiative we jumped at the chance to get some of the funding. We were constantly told there was no money and then we find out a few months later a subsidiary of At&t received 24 million dollars in grants and low interest loans. So the question is what did they do with 24 million dollars? Well first they took over two years before putting a single customer on. And then there was the speeds and data usage. They are providing close to 8Mbps and you can choose how much data you want every month. Can you guess how much they are giving you? 5GB, 10GB, 15GB, and 20GB. Here is the better question, how much are they charging for this data? They come out to $50, $80, $100, and $150 a month. Are you kidding me!!!! they are expecting people to operate their home internet off of mobile data limits. The problem the United States faces is big companies like At&t, Comcast, Time Warner and so on who stagnate growth and don't allow for true progress to be made. If anybody is curious about any of the specifics I can tell them. I helped build the network so I would be curious to find out if anyone else had a similar experience and if they were able to overcome it.

I agree that we need a lot of small start ups to push internet where it needs to be. Take where I live for instance there is a lot of people who do not have access to true high-speed internet. I helped start a ISP where i lived and we had several customers but the problem we ran into was big companies...cough At&t cough.... not wanting to be competed against. Where I live there is a ton of dark fiber and to gain access to it isn't that hard. What is hard is gaining funding to push the technology out. The sad thing was the cost for us to build out internet was a fraction of the method At&t was going to use. When Obama first announced BTOP funding which was a broadband initiative we jumped at the chance to get some of the funding. We were constantly told there was no money and then we find out a few months later a subsidiary of At&t received 24 million dollars in grants and low interest loans. So the question is what did they do with 24 million dollars? Well first they took over two years before putting a single customer on. And then there was the speeds and data usage. They are providing close to 8Mbps and you can choose how much data you want every month. Can you guess how much they are giving you? 5GB, 10GB, 15GB, and 20GB. Here is the better question, how much are they charging for this data? They come out to $50, $80, $100, and $150 a month. Are you kidding me!!!! they are expecting people to operate their home internet off of mobile data limits. The problem the United States faces is big companies like At&t, Comcast, Time Warner and so on who stagnate growth and don't allow for true progress to be made. If anybody is curious about any of the specifics I can tell them. I helped build the network so I would be curious to find out if anyone else had a similar experience and if they were able to overcome it. I cant create a topic yet so that is why I posted it on this thread, maybe someone will see it.

if the rumors are true I will be excited for the extra VRAM

really cool upgrade, they are coming down in price too

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