Owen, I noticed on the drive in this morning that Qwest has a billboard on Gibson touting a fiber loop and suggesting a visit to their office/booth in Coronado Mall for more information. I'm sure that loop is only in ABQ and, probably, only in the downtown/university/airport/uptown areas.
Owen Densmore wrote: > I was probing around for internet tv services (I'm considering > dropping cable/sat/.. and moving to AppleTV + "home theater" or > similar .. i.e. "internet tv") and happened across a NFL football site > that offers HD service through something called FiOS .. which I hadn't > seen before. > > Apparently there's a very nifty broadband service evolving: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fios > Here's an older survey on it: > http://tinyurl.com/8m4mgx > One interesting statement they make is: The results are clear. If > speed is what you're after, go with FiOS first, cable second and DSL > last. (I'd be suspicious of the DSL/Cable difference, given the > shared nature of cable.) > > Has anyone tried FiOS? Unfortunately it is not available in Santa > Fe .. we're a bit third world, alas. But maybe it'll get here some > time and I'd like to know if your experiences are good. > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Ray Parks rcpa...@sandia.gov Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
