<div dir="ltr">I absolutely could do this. I don't have time to. If someone can do this at a reasonable price point (even if initial infrastructure costs are amortized over a few years) I'm happy to pay them money for that.<div><br></div><div>I'd much rather not have to deal with details myself as this a) doesn't make me passionate and b) I've learned that my family has a limited tolerance for things I hack together that they interact with.</div><div><br></div><div>If I were young, poor and/or interested in "fighting the man" I might get on board. But I'm not young anymore, have made enough to pay people for services and am interested in helping my kids become successful in school and life.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Michael Trausch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us" target="_blank">mike@trausch.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This group surprises me.<br>
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It shouldn't be hard to build an Internet where we little peoples peer with each other. Maybe not able to preserve 1 GBPS everywhere, but I know this: I will find a way out of the Comcast network. GF won't hit my area. That's OK, though.<br>
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We can build the User Controlled Network.<br>
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After all it is the only answer to the question and problem of network neutrality: prohibit The Man from controlling the network!<br>
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> On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:04 AM, DJ-Pfulio <<a href="mailto:djpfulio@jdpfu.com">djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 01/30/2015 08:41 AM, Dylan Northrup wrote:<br>
>> Only for customers for whom Google is an option. . . for me in Marietta,<br>
>> Comcast and AT&T are my only options (and DSL isn't really an option). Google<br>
>> Fiber won't be an option for quite a while, if ever. I can only hope when<br>
>> Comcast modifies their plans to respond to Google Fiber in the areas it's<br>
>> available those modifications will be effective across all municipalities in<br>
>> the Atlanta area.<br>
><br>
> Let's be serious. Google Fibre won't be an option for most of the people in the<br>
> metro area for years. Remember how long ago they announced for Austin? They<br>
> just started taking real signups last Oct. If enough of a neighborhood doesn't<br>
> sign up, they don't get it. Google is cherry picking neighborhoods. I think<br>
> this is more about embarrassing other providers into providing higher speed than<br>
> anything else - well - besides having router access to tracking data.<br>
><br>
> AT&T, Comcast and Cox have 18 months to upgrade the areas where GF will be<br>
> installed to prevent subscriber losses. And that is exactly what they've done in<br>
> Austin. Places on the list for GF magically got<br>
> <a href="http://kxan.com/2014/11/24/google-fiber-plans-moving-forward/" target="_blank">http://kxan.com/2014/11/24/google-fiber-plans-moving-forward/</a> higher speeds from<br>
> 3 providers and reduced prices. None of my friends in Austin can get GF and<br>
> they aren't in areas likely to see it for yrs though they do live inside the<br>
> city limits. No TWC bandwidth change for them, at least not yet.<br>
><br>
> In short, hope for the best, but don't hold your breath. ;(<br>
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