Comments on: France Connects! http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/ Where Friendly Porcupines Abound in the Great State of Maine Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:01:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Convertisseur http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/#comment-5523 Convertisseur Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:08:29 +0000 http://mcseavey.org/blog/index.php/france-connects/207/#comment-5523 Hello, being myself French, I would agree with Barbara. Things are getting fast today, and coverage is really improving day by day. There is an interesting map related to the major french ISP DSL coverage. Check here: http://www.dslvalley.com/adsl/deploiement.php Regards Hello,

being myself French, I would agree with Barbara. Things are getting fast today, and coverage is really improving day by day. There is an interesting map related to the major french ISP DSL coverage.
Check here:
http://www.dslvalley.com/adsl/deploiement.php

Regards

]]> By: Mardé http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/#comment-4372 Mardé Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:17:52 +0000 http://mcseavey.org/blog/index.php/france-connects/207/#comment-4372 Hi Barbara, Thanks for that realistic appraisal of the "French Connections" from someone -- yourself! -- who actually is in France! Yes, no system is perfect, and it appears from what you say that France has connection problems in rural areas too, just like in the USA, and one must beware about getting conned into "cheap" service for a cheap price. Thanks and take care, Mardé. Hi Barbara, Thanks for that realistic appraisal of the “French Connections” from someone — yourself! — who actually is in France! Yes, no system is perfect, and it appears from what you say that France has connection problems in rural areas too, just like in the USA, and one must beware about getting conned into “cheap” service for a cheap price. Thanks and take care, Mardé.

]]> By: barbara http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/#comment-4366 barbara Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:54:06 +0000 http://mcseavey.org/blog/index.php/france-connects/207/#comment-4366 Hi Mard, Interesting article :) We have been on high speed since a few years, through one of those boxes, the Livebox of France Telecom. Not the cheapest, but rather reliable. Yes, the TV through the net and internet telephone are popular. We don't have either; just the net connection. But as for that Livebox, we are pretty satisfied.Not the cheapest, but fairly reliable. Theres a lot of competition through other companies. A friend of our's took one with the works with a cheaper price. She ended up with bad telephone service and TV programs that would just "cut". It took her a long time before being able to cancel her contract. Although it seems to me that most of the larger French cities and their burbs are well covered by high speed connections. Yet, some small villages or country areas might not have it yet. You take care and see you soon. Hi Mard,
Interesting article :)
We have been on high speed since a few years, through one of those boxes, the Livebox of France Telecom. Not the cheapest, but rather reliable.
Yes, the TV through the net and internet telephone are popular. We don’t have either; just the net connection.
But as for that Livebox, we are pretty satisfied.Not the cheapest, but fairly reliable. Theres a lot of competition through other companies.

A friend of our’s took one with the works with a cheaper price. She ended up with bad telephone service and TV programs that would just “cut”. It took her a long time before being able to cancel her contract.

Although it seems to me that most of the larger French cities and their burbs are well covered by high speed connections. Yet, some small villages or country areas might not have it yet.

You take care and see you soon.

]]> By: Mardé http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/#comment-4359 Mardé Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:57:54 +0000 http://mcseavey.org/blog/index.php/france-connects/207/#comment-4359 Thanks for your comment, Áine. I think you're right. Corporations here in the US, many of them, look at their short-term bottom line for what they think are competitive reasons, but in fact they're hurting themselves, and us too, in the long run. I looked up area code 906 and see that it's way up there, in northern Michigan squeezed between two of the great lakes. Well, I'm lucky here in Western Maine. Even though it's pretty rural, we have Fairpoint Communications that has a niche in DSL for rural regions. Maybe Fairpoint will expand out your way. They're in rural areas in Illinois and Ohio. It's interesting that Africa has more connectivity than you do. Hopefully things will improve for you. Thanks again for your comment and the best of luck. Thanks for your comment, Áine. I think you’re right. Corporations here in the US, many of them, look at their short-term bottom line for what they think are competitive reasons, but in fact they’re hurting themselves, and us too, in the long run.

I looked up area code 906 and see that it’s way up there, in northern Michigan squeezed between two of the great lakes. Well, I’m lucky here in Western Maine. Even though it’s pretty rural, we have Fairpoint Communications that has a niche in DSL for rural regions. Maybe Fairpoint will expand out your way. They’re in rural areas in Illinois and Ohio.

It’s interesting that Africa has more connectivity than you do. Hopefully things will improve for you. Thanks again for your comment and the best of luck.

]]> By: Áine http://mcseavey.org/blog/http:/mcseavey.org/blog/internet/france-connects/#comment-4358 Áine Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:27:21 +0000 http://mcseavey.org/blog/index.php/france-connects/207/#comment-4358 I also think that one of the main problems to rolling out high speed internet access to all in the US is the fact that corporations look at their short-term bottom line, rather than the long term stability of their businesses. Where I live (Area Code 906), I'm lucky to have 3Mbps cable, but a short distance away, my sister only has 26K dial-up access. Her speed is so slow due to very old phone lines and a lack of _any_ broadband provider in her area. The excuse we always hear is that due to our rural location, it wouldn't be "cost-effective" to provide better access here. The same is true for mobile/cellphone services where we live. Africa has more connectivity than we do! I also think that one of the main problems to rolling out high speed internet access to all in the US is the fact that corporations look at their short-term bottom line, rather than the long term stability of their businesses. Where I live (Area Code 906), I’m lucky to have 3Mbps cable, but a short distance away, my sister only has 26K dial-up access. Her speed is so slow due to very old phone lines and a lack of _any_ broadband provider in her area. The excuse we always hear is that due to our rural location, it wouldn’t be “cost-effective” to provide better access here.

The same is true for mobile/cellphone services where we live. Africa has more connectivity than we do!

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