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anon @ 12th Jan 04:31PM:
Highest Paid
ya and top of the list for highest paid with the lowest speed download compare to other cities. Here ATT 3MB for $37 and other ATT regions are somewhere around $29 for 3Mb or $37 for 6MB. Verizon, AWESOME $42 15MB or 20MB
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supergirl @ 12th Jan 05:49PM:
Re: Highest Paid
I'd probably say its the filthiest city in America too. I like NY, Chi-town, Los Angeles, and even Memphis before Hellanta.
Cities I hate going to:
Atlanta (filthy, planes NEVER ontime)
Miami (Gun Required, Real Nice on the rich side)
New Orleans (nice before Katrina)
Detroit (okay)
Cities I love the most:
NYC (The world in one city)
Memphis (slow paced)
Seattle
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Fran
San Diego
Minneapolis
London
Phoenix
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markwp2001 @ 12th Jan 06:20PM:
doubt it
97% on high speed connection; doubt that.
edit - ok, the author actually says 97% of internet users are on high speed.
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Cod @ 12th Jan 06:23PM:
Re: doubt it
I like how the author states its home to a company (BellSouth) that hasn't existed in almost a year.
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Claybraker @ 12th Jan 07:09PM:
Re: Highest Paid
said by supergirl :
Cities I love the most:
Cordoba, Argentina. Best wing shooting on the planet.
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Cuchulainn @ 12th Jan 07:13PM:
Re: Highest Paid
I'd take London over New York any day.
How could you think any place is filthier than NYC? Calcutta or Madras is cleaner than that place.
And I defintely don't buy that "NYC is the center of the universe" nonsense. Give me London, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Geneva, Sydney or Moscow any day over NYC. Only people that think NYC is the center of the universe are people who have never been anywhere else.
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bogey780 @ 12th Jan 07:24PM:
Re: doubt it
It's home to AT&T's regional headquarters and BellSouth. C'mon...dontcha know that. Heh.
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googoodan @ 12th Jan 08:01PM:
Re: Highest Paid
London is probably the dirtiest city in Europe. I haven't been to NYC in years, but I can't imagine its fallen THAT far.
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TheToro @ 12th Jan 09:39PM:
Cool!
From A to L to the L
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NbWY1 @ 12th Jan 09:57PM:
Baltimore
Baltimore made top five, wow. Now I really like where I live..
Maybe I should have guessed though.. with my 15/15 FiOS, and the best offerings Comcast has at my doorstep ;)
Sorry if that sounds like bragging.. we lived too far out in the country to get anything over 144/144 IDSL just a year ago.
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majortom1029 @ 12th Jan 10:49PM:
Re: Baltimore
:P i have fios's highest internet package available and cablevisions 38/5 with servers allowed package :)
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pnh102 @ 12th Jan 11:10PM:
Re: Baltimore
said by NbWY1 :
Baltimore made top five, wow. Now I really like where I live..
I love how Baltimore vows to be more wired. Maybe they need to focus on making the buses more safe first.
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anon @ 12th Jan 11:37PM:
BellSouth
BellSouth does not exist. Has not existed for almost 2 years
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swiffatek @ 13th Jan 12:01AM:
Re: Baltimore
Would be nice if i could get fios too.
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eakenn @ 13th Jan 12:04AM:
Re: Highest Paid
The "new" AT&T is going to milk us people in the legacy BellSouth region of US when it comes to DSL pricing as long as possible. According to the DSL billing dept. I was told that in about 6 mos the legacy BellSouth region should be on the current pricing that AT&T offers in the legacy SBC, PacBell, Ameritech, etc regions. I'll believe it when I see it.
I have Charter HSI as my primary connection and then DSL for a backup.
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eakenn @ 13th Jan 12:14AM:
Re: Highest Paid
Atlanta is interesting city. I've lived here for a few yrs now (originally from Orlando) and I've had to get used to it. I'm still trying to get used to it actually.
I don't think its too dirty, but the air most definitely is come summer time.
I'm still trying to get used to the quirks people have in the ATL area:
1: Everyone takes their sweet time at pretty much anything
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par.
4: When driving onto an on-ramp to the freeway people treat it as a regular city road doing about 20 ~ 30MPH, last time I checked an on-ramp is there to speed up and merge in with the traffic flow. They try doing that in FL, they'd get run over and/or cut off and cursed at. ;-)
And finally (I have more, but this list will be brief):
5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn!
As for your list, I have to concur on most of the cities on your list. NYC is most definitely not the center of the universe, but its reasonably clean.
My favorites are London & Berlin (Germany)
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sanfranson @ 13th Jan 12:16AM:
San Francisco
Where is the list of the "most strangely wired" cities in the country? I live about 1/3 of a mile from my CO here as the crow flies; about 3/4 of a mile by street; but over two miles according to my DSL provider.
Of course, this is San Francisco, (otherwise known as San Patronage). I suppose some mayor's buddy was paid by the foot to string telephone lines.
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Racy @ 13th Jan 02:09AM:
ATL
hell yea reppin the ATL over here.... and I to the guy who said Atlanta is a filthy city, I dont think its very fair to judge a city by its airport.
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anon @ 13th Jan 02:54AM:
Re: Baltimore
Just don't take the buses 8)
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Cjaiceman @ 13th Jan 02:51AM:
Re: Baltimore
I agree, the best I can get is the 8Mbps from Comcast, Qwest is a joke with their "7Mbps" which with ppp overhead is closer to 6Mbps.
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BLUNTED 1 @ 13th Jan 02:52AM:
Re: Baltimore
OOL Doesn't have 38/5 its 30/5 and even with the uncapped download of the node people don't get over 34 mb and some people are not lucky and don't even get 15 mb to 20 mb of the 30 mb and nobody even get 5 mb upload with OOL.
OOL
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BTW schenkman is beta testing the 50/50 ultra package so he is not on boost and there has only been 2 people to even post having it for about $200 a month.
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BosstonesOwn @ 13th Jan 03:01AM:
Re: Highest Paid
Since we are already off topic , Rome is pretty much the worst I have seen in sometime.
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Claybraker @ 13th Jan 07:14AM:
Re: Highest Paid
said by eakenn :
5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn!
I've never understood the folks that slow down to like 5mph, and turn on their flashers.
My favorite is when we get snow. Happens every couple of years. That's when the rednecks in lifted 4WD Pick-em-ups try to show off. They'll pass me on 400 about Bald Ridge exit doing 60 mph and by the time I get to Haynes Bridge, they've reached their final destination- greasy side up in the median near McFarland.
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ztmike @ 13th Jan 07:28AM:
Chicago? lol
I find Chicago making the "top 10" unbelievable, If you count no REAL competition in the city..ok otherwise, it should be more like in the top 100.
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vic102482 @ 13th Jan 08:23AM:
Re: Highest Paid
said by Cuchulainn :
How could you think any place is filthier than NYC?
Concurred. I was genuinly wondering the same thing.
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satellite68 @ 13th Jan 10:53AM:
Re: Highest Paid
Um, you live in Pensacola and are making light of Atlanta?
Puh-lease. Yeah, you're real qualified to make such statements, what with hailing from Floribama's finest tourist trap. Tell me, do all those redneck parking beaches have a Hooter's on them, or is it just me?
(rolls eyes)
And, you offer the highly academic observation that the "planes are NEVER on time" and this suits fine as a general characterization of the city of Atlanta. Wow, way to go out on a limb. I'm sure most cities could "boast" that attribute.
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Daddy @ 13th Jan 11:04AM:
Re: Baltimore
Yea OOl speed do suck, I'm ofc subscribed to Boost ( 30/5 ). I do get close to said Upload...but my Download is only about half. Max I've even seen was 16Mbps, Even though I'm paying for 30Mbps >_>, I would gladdy pay 200 Bucks or 50/50 imo, So worth it.
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BLUNTED 1 @ 13th Jan 11:11AM:
Re: Baltimore
Where in the bronx are you ? Some people can get Fios and for $90 a month you can get 50/20 and YOU WILL get all of it.
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JokerCPoC @ 13th Jan 11:21AM:
Re: Highest Paid
You guys are way off, From what I've seen and read from the News Beijing Chinas Air and Water is the most polluted of all, It makes Los Angeles from the 60's look pretty clean by comparison. Of course to help make the place look cleaner for the Olympics the government there is going to extremes like moving or shutting down factories(But no new pollution controls mandated), Keeping cars off the roads, etc. The Summer Olympics may not happen there if the pollution is still really really bad there. :p Of course Beijing has nothing on Yermo CA, Our Air is spectacular! :D
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technick @ 13th Jan 03:27PM:
Atlanta, Wired..Yes... Average Service...Yes
I've been living in the metro Atlanta are for going on 8 years now. Forbes is really off on the facts here.
The True Facts
•Earthlink doesn't count in the race as it only resells DSL service on AT&T Lines
•Bellsouth hasn't been around for awhile now, evidently Forbes missed the memo on the AT&T buy out.
•Cox? As far as I know Cox doesn't service any of the Metro Atlanta area.
•Verizon? Again, show me where Verizon has FIOS or any other broadband (Cellular Broadband Does Not Count)options in the Metro Atlanta area.
•Comcast and AT&T are the only real large providers in the area. Charter still has a few regions around the Metro Atlanta area.
I do agree Atlanta does have a high ratio of broadband penetration (DSL & Cable). Wireless service is a joke though, the only hotspots around are tmobile and waypoint access points.
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Cuchulainn @ 13th Jan 09:11PM:
Re: Highest Paid
Merely said in my humble experience NYC was the dirtiest place I've ever been.
I've never been to Bejing so it may well be dirtier - I don't know.
Also, can't stand that "Fockin Noo Yawk is the fockin center of the fockin' woild" attitude" generally espoused by people from Suburban NJ who've never been anywhere else because their IROC won't make it that far. London is 100x more cosmpolitan than NY and no crappy attitude to boot.
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eakenn @ 13th Jan 11:24PM:
Re: Highest Paid
said by satellite68 :
Um, you live in Pensacola and are making light of Atlanta?
Puh-lease. Yeah, you're real qualified to make such statements, what with hailing from Floribama's finest tourist trap. Tell me, do all those redneck parking beaches have a Hooter's on them, or is it just me?
(rolls eyes)
A couple of co-workers of mine call Pensacola the "Redneck Riviera" :p
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CableConvert @ 14th Jan 04:17PM:
Re: Highest Paid
LOL...
1: Everyone takes their sweet time at pretty much anything
You dont drive on 285 much do you
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths
Oh, they have the sensors...they just are not synchronized.
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par
Does not seem to be a problem this year
4: When driving onto an on-ramp to the freeway people treat it as a regular city road doing about 20 ~ 30MPH, last time I checked an on-ramp is there to speed up and merge in with the traffic flow. They try doing that in FL, they'd get run over and/or cut off and cursed at.
See answer to #1
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jtackett @ 15th Jan 10:00AM:
Re: Highest Paid
Lived in ATl for 20 years, and here are my comments in regards to traffic and such..
2: The traffic lights take forever and a day and they are allergic to putting sensors in the roads for the traffic ligths - Sensors are in place, but everytime they tear up the roads, the paving company screws them up and they are not held responsible for fixing them.
3: I've never experienced an interstate flooding when it rains - I75 will flood in some areas if it rains pretty hard for a long enough time - the drainage in Atlanta isn't up to par. - Have to agree with that one. In fact there are no storm drains on my street at all., so the water runs down the street to a low spot a couple of blocks (and streets) away.
5: God forbid if its raining, even a mere drizzle! People on the roads will slow down to a crawl because its as if they never experienced rain before. Its great to be cautious, but damn! - And heaven forbid the "S" word is spoken by the local weather folks (SNOW!) - Everyone has to rush to the stores to stock up on milk and bread, for an event that usually last 24 hours, if that.
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