Daily Archives: July 19, 2004

A Real Home Internet Service?

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One may be just around the corner for some of you. Verizon will be offering a new internet service in a few geographic areas beginning later this summer:

A 2mbps to 5mbps Fios connection will cost $35 a month if purchased along with Verizon’s local and long-distance telephone service. The service will cost $40 if purchased alone. A connection of up to 15mbps is available for $45 a month if purchased as part of the same telephone service bundle, or $50 alone. The company did not reveal pricing for the 30mbps plans.
Heck, I pay nearly $50/month now for Comcast 3 Mbps service. It will be great if Verizon is able to agressively roll this out in many markets as it will put price/performance pressure on the cable companies and help drive skinny band DSL to it demise.

Suspension

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Suspension seemed like such an innocent word. I usually think of an automobile’s suspension system, particles floating in a fluid, or somebody getting a 5 day suspension from school.
Now suspension will always conjure up images like this (warning: disturbing!).
Apparently suspension is a fairly common activity in the body modification subcultures. There is even a FAQ.
But to show that there may not be much new under the sun in the realm of human wierdness they also have some background material.
Via Obsidian Wings.

Highway Stuff

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How many times have you been driving down a highway and suddenly wondered, gosh, what does the end of this highway look like? Maybe never, right? But if you have then Froggie just might have a picture to answer your question (especially if you live in Minnesota).
Perhaps you’d rather see the exit signs for a highway. Well, he has a bunch of those as well. And there is more…..
Like he says: everyone’s gotta have a hobby (some are just a little cleaner than others).
Via Incoming Signals.