tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post4700464673442661840..comments2024-03-12T14:31:50.264-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: America's dreadful InternetHarry Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088418333536732728noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-9562602000366602402016-11-29T08:21:47.844-08:002016-11-29T08:21:47.844-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-63454881710483775782013-02-12T23:04:43.461-08:002013-02-12T23:04:43.461-08:00Thanks for sharing a nice blog.Thanks for sharing a nice blog.Best Cable Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094047382745181598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-17826181564858955362013-01-31T06:30:28.059-08:002013-01-31T06:30:28.059-08:00A couple more passages to go with these comments.
...A couple more passages to go with these comments.<br /><br />Joshua Edwards made multiple visits to the same McDonald's to work on papers this school year. His mother, Linda Edwards, says she already pays a large portion of her monthly budget for telecommunications: more than $150 for cellphones for herself and an older son, and $55 for satellite television, out of a $1,200 Social Security check. She said she couldn't afford the $250 deposit she would need to get satellite Internet for her trailer home off a dirt road about 15 minutes outside Citronelle.<br /><br />…<br /><br /><br />Jennifer LaBrenz, a single mom who has take-home income of roughly $2,000 a month, a year ago was paying close to $300 a month for home phone and Internet, satellite television and smartphones for herself and her oldest daughter.<br /><br />To cut costs, she canceled home phone and Internet service. That is why she parked her Suzuki outside Mr. Lezotte's restaurant one evening this fall. While her daughter Olivia was balancing her computer on her lap in the passenger seat, Ms. LaBrenz tapped out a Facebook post on her phone: "Sitting McDonald's parking lot so Olivia can use Wi-Fi to do homework and email her teacher. I love the poor life."<br />Harry Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088418333536732728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-18687796941392647562013-01-31T01:39:52.649-08:002013-01-31T01:39:52.649-08:00I'm always amazed that in US the cost for inte...I'm always amazed that in US the cost for internet is so high. I live in Romania and my home internet connection is 100Mb/s via fiber optics and costs about 7$. On mobile I have 21Mb/s connection for 6$. Another-D-Mentionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957980320644237928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116442395849122822.post-13874427892415127462013-01-30T18:12:13.380-08:002013-01-30T18:12:13.380-08:00The differences really are pretty stunning. I spe...The differences really are pretty stunning. I spent a year in Berlin, where I had 10MB internet service to go along with my phone service -- which included free calling to the US -- all for 20 euros a month (about US $26). There were plenty of services competing for business.<br /><br />On the other hand, it did take them three weeks from the time I signed up until the service was active. David Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132891935409304585noreply@blogger.com