More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to kill net neutrality

Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by narrowrail on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:25AM (#14219597)

I've lived in 500 person towns, and currently live in a county with less than 60K, but I have always had DSL available. It is not great for bandwidth, but it is sufficient. I've read that ~80% of the US has access to DOCSIS and DSL, so usually it's a duopoly.

Edit: I guess I'm a bit surprised you have cable lines running into your place but not phone lines.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by Retric on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:53AM (#14219826)

DSL is kind of a wide range, I know people that cap out at 256kbps which is not broadband. Sure, if you can get 6-12MB/s download that's not bad, but most people are lucky to hit 1.5Mps/ download and 1/3 of that upload which is not really competitive.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by thomastjeffery on Friday April 28, 2017 @09:44PM (#14224542)

My experience with DSL is that providers use a "burst" to give you ~15-20mbit (whatever you pay for) for a few seconds, and then quickly slow down to ~1mbit.

Cable companies tend to act the same way, but much less consistently.

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