Comments on: Forget Oil Prices, America Spending Fortunes on Data http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/07/13332/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:14:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mike http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/07/13332/comment-page-1/#comment-531360 Mike Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:54:22 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13332#comment-531360 Yes, if you compare the prices we pay for our bandwidth to smaller countries, we pay considerably more. But how many countries are the same landmass? How many more miles of fiber do we have to lay in the States vs smaller countres. Take South Korea for example. Their internet iis way cheaper, but the country is the size of Indiana. Wiring a country like that is relatively simple compared to he daunting task of wiring the U.S. Unless people want to pay more taxes and have the government subsidize the cost of laying fiber, the "internet" companies have to recoup their losses incurred from somewhere. I think that eventually prices will drop, but we're still a few years out from this happening. Yes, if you compare the prices we pay for our bandwidth to smaller countries, we pay considerably more. But how many countries are the same landmass? How many more miles of fiber do we have to lay in the States vs smaller countres. Take South Korea for example. Their internet iis way cheaper, but the country is the size of Indiana. Wiring a country like that is relatively simple compared to he daunting task of wiring the U.S. Unless people want to pay more taxes and have the government subsidize the cost of laying fiber, the “internet” companies have to recoup their losses incurred from somewhere. I think that eventually prices will drop, but we’re still a few years out from this happening.

]]> By: g. H. I. S. C. O. T. T. http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2008/07/13332/comment-page-1/#comment-529062 g. H. I. S. C. O. T. T. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:34:21 +0000 http://uneasysilence.com/?p=13332#comment-529062 This is an amazing notion. Think about how many of us are at work most of the time so those cable lines, phone lines and DSL lines are sitting unused while we are not there. Sure, you might record a show while you are away from home but how many hours out of each day does that happen? On the other hand, can you imagine going back to dial-up ? What about accessing bank and utility records online ? Remember the days when you had to talk to a customer service rep. to do anything? This is an amazing notion. Think about how many of us are at work most of the time so those cable lines, phone lines and DSL lines are sitting unused while we are not there. Sure, you might record a show while you are away from home but how many hours out of each day does that happen?

On the other hand, can you imagine going back to dial-up ? What about accessing bank and utility records online ? Remember the days when you had to talk to a customer service rep. to do anything?

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