http://schrier.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/us-third-world-broadband/ Bill Schrier, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:59:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://schrier.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/us-third-world-broadband/#comment-711 - Gray, not Green, Technology « the Chief Seattle Geek blog Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:43:12 +0000 http://schrier.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-711 [...] Perhaps a future generation of workers who grew up tech savvy can easily and productively have meetings via webinar and telephone conference call. More likely, we’ll eventually (despite the recent atrocious criteria issued by NTIA for the Broadband stimulus projects) get really high speed fiber networks, two-way HDTV, and true telework and video telepresence. [...] [...] Perhaps a future generation of workers who grew up tech savvy can easily and productively have meetings via webinar and telephone conference call. More likely, we’ll eventually (despite the recent atrocious criteria issued by NTIA for the Broadband stimulus projects) get really high speed fiber networks, two-way HDTV, and true telework and video telepresence. [...]

]]> http://schrier.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/us-third-world-broadband/#comment-358 Fiberless In Seattle Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:21 +0000 http://schrier.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-358 Agreed. I'm a Seattle resident and I have had it with Comcast. I want to switch to a provider but there is no alternative. Clearwire and DSL does not count. I mean real broadband, capable of 1080p HD and not the slightly better than DVD compressed video that Comcast claims as HD. How is it that we don't have Verizon serving the city of Seattle. Where's the competition? Agreed. I’m a Seattle resident and I have had it with Comcast. I want to switch to a provider but there is no alternative. Clearwire and DSL does not count. I mean real broadband, capable of 1080p HD and not the slightly better than DVD compressed video that Comcast claims as HD. How is it that we don’t have Verizon serving the city of Seattle. Where’s the competition?

]]> http://schrier.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/us-third-world-broadband/#comment-318 FIberRules Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:18:54 +0000 http://schrier.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-318 You are right, the U.S. needs to get on the bandwidth bandwagon. You mentioned a number of cities in the U.S. that are deploying fiber. You should look in your own backyard as well. Here in Wa. state there are a number of communties that are now being served by fiber, and its does not come from Comcast or Qwest. There are a number of Public Utlities in Wa. that have deployed and are deploying fiber to customers. www.pud3telecom.com is one close utlity that has a very nice fiber optic network. You are right, the U.S. needs to get on the bandwidth bandwagon. You mentioned a number of cities in the U.S. that are deploying fiber. You should look in your own backyard as well. Here in Wa. state there are a number of communties that are now being served by fiber, and its does not come from Comcast or Qwest. There are a number of Public Utlities in Wa. that have deployed and are deploying fiber to customers. http://www.pud3telecom.com is one close utlity that has a very nice fiber optic network.

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