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This morning, I found myself steaming - LOUDLY - about how slow my Internet connections were taking to complete. Like many Americans, I use my cable company's Internet Service, because they bundle the Internet costs with my cable and phone services, and because contractually I get 5 megabit download speeds. Unlike many American's, I am chief technology officer for an internet circuits company (http://justcircuits.com) and I hold a significant interest in a telecommunications company (http://freedomstarr.net), so I have some really good tools to know when I am not receiving my full speed as contracted.
But I am a reasonable person, so I tried to determine why I was suffering a problem. Indications are that there are a number of major outages in the Internet infrastructure, notably in Texas and a few other central node locations, but fail-over should have those back up in a hurry. More of note, my local company advertises a huge recent investment in fibre optics, but I can't help but notice that while the cables between distribution points have improved, the drop into my home has not - in fact, I am still sharing the drop) with the people upstairs - that's 7 televisions and 3 computers all sharing one connection. I wonder why my connection is slow
John Johansen is CTO for Just Circuits, Inc (justcircuits.com) and has been woring with FreedomStarr Communications (freedomstarr.net) on family and business telecommunications solutions for the past five years. He has also been a computer consultant for more than 25 years.
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