The area of Stillwater he is in is most definitely NOT high income. Low to moderate would be a more accurate assessment. The homes are very old and probably selling at a premium (I digress -- our economy will correct and when it does, we will see that we entered a resession last November) -- so the copper is old and there is not a lot of cash in the neighborhoods. I don't know if the theory of DSL where the Money is applies. Incidentally, DSL in Maple Grove is nearly non-existant. Again -- a blow to that theory. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn" <fertch at mninter.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DSL woes > Phil Mendelsohn wrote: > > Hang on -- be careful about distorting geography. The difference between > > the eastern and western 'burbs is that it's fifteen miles from downtown > > St. Paul to the WI border, whereas that same 15 miles west puts you in > > Plymouth or Eden Prairie (more or less.) Different pattern of development > > too -- the cornfields in Woodbury were a lot closer to 3M world HQ than > > the cornfields in the west/SW 'burbs... > > > > > Part of the issue is that given development and expansion, they (meaning > telco's and such) will go to where money is. Meaning that the SW 'burbs > will get things more than nearly any other areas first. Why? Because > the business revenue, coupled with the fact that many of the residents > of those areas are of a higher income. Hence, the reason why Stillwater > and IGH has high speed connectivity (residential income). Someone was > right in saying that there's a price to pay for living in the outer > cities, but then again there's a price to pay anywhere. > > While I may gripe about having to pay the price I do for ISDN, I'm glad > that I am able to pay that price (meaning I have a job). But in the > meantime, I'm going to keep hounding Qwest to put DSL (of some type) in > as well as hound AT&T to buy out the stinking little cable company in > our town (Citation Cable owned by US Cable). > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >