[RP TownTalk] fiber optic service is coming

[Roland Walker]

>  There is no reason to call people names Roland.

On the contrary Louis!  I can think of dozens of reasons to call you
names like "cranky old coot" or "eccentric geezer" -- but I would
never do so, because those names would violate the posting guidelines!

But, since certain names can apparently get past the moderators, let
me list some reasons I might call you a Nerd

   * You personally own a four-character dictionary-word dotcom domain name (!)

   * You are dually credentialed with Nerd degrees in both computer and audio

   * You have an entire business devoted to your nerdy audio hobby

   * During the last town election, you tested each candidate's
website against the
     W3C markup validator at http://validator.w3.org

Ride shotgun with me next weekend, Louis.  I'm going to cruise College
Park to check their fiber-optic lines.  We can break for lunch at
College Perk Coffeehouse, where we can update our livejournals over
the WiFi.  Do you think they have support for 802.11n?

R

On 8/13/07, Lou King <lking at knob.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear Hopeless Nerd,
>
>  I sure hope verizon will provide better service here than my daughter
> received in VA. (Yes, nerdeness tech savvy is hereditary) To shorten the
> long saga, installation did not go well (4 days off work), she gave up on
> the internet connection after 3 months and now is shopping for cable. Tech
> support is dismal/nonexistent. On the other hand the phone does work.  Of
> course, being a workaholic she's never at home to answer it. Most of her
> friends gave up during installation.
>
>  I understand the internet was like the girl with the curl in the middle of
> her forehead - "When she was good she was vary vary good, But when she was
> bad she was horrid! My daughter got tired of paying for what she wasn't
> getting and verizon agreed they couldn't provide reliable service. Really
> sad.
>
>  On the other hand I get DSL from my ISP. I let them deal with verizon (who
> of course owns all the wires). The difference is that their verizon bill is
> MUCH bigger than mine; When they speak someone listens. They can also test
> the connection towards me and tell verizon where the signal stops.
>
>  There is no reason to call people names Roland. They will turn the monitor
> button on if you can't be nice!
>
>  another HN
>
>  Roland Walker wrote:
>
> Last year, the town granted a cable television franchise to Verizon,
> in anticipation of Verizon bringing their FIOS fiber-optic service to
> our area. FIOS can carry internet, voice, and video. See
>
>  http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS
>
> I drove throughout town today, checking for where the fiber optic
> lines were installed (a neighbor showed me how to identify them).
> Definitely more than half of the streets have been cabled -- probably
> up to 75%.
>
> I believe there are some other hopeless nerds in town who, like me,
> think that this is momentous news.
>
> Note to the nerds: sending this to the list allows us all to pretend
> that I don't already know *exactly* who you are.
>
> R
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