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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      3Mb/s. For a remote island village, it's good enough πŸ™‚

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        Also we are in a rental. If we were buying our own that was always on, it would be totally different. This is a service that gets turned on only when needed.

        In Rome, it was 300Mb/s I think for $35

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        • coliverC
          coliver @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

          @coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

          @Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

          I have no clue what that state of the economy of Italy is, but I do recall hearing about how poor the internet infrastructure is there.

          Not that I (as a US citizen) can say much.. in non cities, it's pretty horrible too.

          In cities for the most part it is also pretty terrible.

          So far the Internet is working fine here. And we are insanely remote.

          I meant cities in the US as per @Dashrender's post.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @coliver
            last edited by

            @coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

            @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

            @coliver said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

            @Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

            I have no clue what that state of the economy of Italy is, but I do recall hearing about how poor the internet infrastructure is there.

            Not that I (as a US citizen) can say much.. in non cities, it's pretty horrible too.

            In cities for the most part it is also pretty terrible.

            So far the Internet is working fine here. And we are insanely remote.

            I meant cities in the US as per @Dashrender's post.

            oh

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
              last edited by

              @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

              @Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

              I have no clue what that state of the economy of Italy is, but I do recall hearing about how poor the internet infrastructure is there.

              Not that I (as a US citizen) can say much.. in non cities, it's pretty horrible too.

              In the little cities of Sicily is not that good (7-20Mbit ADSL), but we're going to get FTTC (50Mbit and up) this year in almost every city with >10k peoples. The big cities (>200k) are all already covered with FTTC, an the biggest one are already on full FTTH with connectivity up to 1Gbps.

              It's comea long way quickly. Italy was terrible a few years ago.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
                last edited by

                @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                (sarcasm boys)

                That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

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                • Mike DavisM
                  Mike Davis
                  last edited by

                  "new and improved" is an American cultural value. Products like "Coke Classic" being perceived as being good by most American consumers is the exception to the norm.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Mike Davis
                    last edited by

                    @Mike-Davis said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                    "new and improved" is an American cultural value. Products like "Coke Classic" being perceived as being good by most American consumers is the exception to the norm.

                    Only because it was actually new. It's not the old recipe.

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                      Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                      @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                      @Dashrender said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                      I have no clue what that state of the economy of Italy is, but I do recall hearing about how poor the internet infrastructure is there.

                      Not that I (as a US citizen) can say much.. in non cities, it's pretty horrible too.

                      In the little cities of Sicily is not that good (7-20Mbit ADSL), but we're going to get FTTC (50Mbit and up) this year in almost every city with >10k peoples. The big cities (>200k) are all already covered with FTTC, an the biggest one are already on full FTTH with connectivity up to 1Gbps.

                      It's comea long way quickly. Italy was terrible a few years ago.

                      Maybe it was just… not cheap. You can have HDSL 8/8Mbit everywhere in Italy from ~2006. As of today, you can pay the telco to do an FTTH link to any site in the whole country, up to at least 10Mbit. 100Mbit for the 99% of the country, I think. 80% can get 1Gbit, for sure. Price are very high, but of course is technically possible. I'm following a project of connectivity upgrade to a custom 10Mbit FTTH. Of course band is totally guaranteed, so is packet loss (< 10^-4), latency (<30ms), jitter (<40ms). Real value are something like 4ms of latency at max.

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                        Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                        @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                        @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                        @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                        (sarcasm boys)

                        That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                        What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                        You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                        New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                        You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                        Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
                          last edited by

                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                          @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                          @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                          (sarcasm boys)

                          That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                          What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                          You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                          New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                          You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                          Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                          Mosh?

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                            Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by Francesco Provino

                            @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                            @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                            @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                            @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                            @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                            (sarcasm boys)

                            That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                            What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                            You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                            New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                            You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                            Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                            Mosh?
                            EDIT

                            This one.

                            Best thing since sliced bread!

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @Francesco Provino
                              last edited by

                              @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                              @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                              @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                              (sarcasm boys)

                              That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                              What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                              You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                              New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                              You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                              Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                              Mosh?

                              This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                              I take offense to that statement....

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                                Francesco Provino @DustinB3403
                                last edited by Francesco Provino

                                @DustinB3403 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                                @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                                (sarcasm boys)

                                That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                                What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                                You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                                New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                                You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                                Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                                Mosh?

                                This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                                I take offense to that statement....

                                EDIT

                                Ok, maybe I was rough, sorry.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
                                  last edited by

                                  @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                                  @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                                  (sarcasm boys)

                                  That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                                  What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                                  You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                                  New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                                  You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                                  Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                                  Mosh?

                                  This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                                  Ah ha. I've not used that, I need to play around with it.

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                                    Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                                    @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                                    (sarcasm boys)

                                    That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                                    What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                                    You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                                    New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                                    You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                                    Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                                    Mosh?

                                    This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                                    Ah ha. I've not used that, I need to play around with it.

                                    It can keep you ssh connection indefinitely open, under any connection failure condition, for any amount of time. It also do local caching of input in a very smart way. It's also included in every common distro, so no reason to avoid it.

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                                      Francesco Provino
                                      last edited by

                                      I've edited my precedent comments, I apologize for any eventual offense.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @Francesco Provino
                                        last edited by

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                                        @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                                        (sarcasm boys)

                                        That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                                        What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                                        You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                                        New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                                        You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                                        Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                                        Mosh?

                                        This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                                        I take offense to that statement....

                                        EDIT

                                        Ok, maybe I was rough, sorry.

                                        You weren't. that IS an american saying. don't censor yourself because of some one else's insecurities.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @JaredBusch said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in old MSP wants to know what they did wrong:

                                          @Mike-Davis and what exactly is wrong with WEP?!

                                          (sarcasm boys)

                                          That's all that they have here on Sicily where we are 😞

                                          What? Over 95% of WLAN in Sicily is WPA2, from my experience.
                                          You must have met some of the 5% outdated/misconfigured stuff.
                                          New provider's WLAN setup for consumer are ALL WPA2 and they have been WPA2 for years. Every public structure have WPA2 for sure. Every public university in Italy is part of EduRoam, so is WPA2 enterprise with RADIUS.

                                          You don't deal with the tourism rental business much, I would guess.

                                          Of course, they are fully on-the-cheap regarding IT :). Mosh is your friend!

                                          Mosh?

                                          This one. Best thing since sliced bread, as you Americans usually say!

                                          I take offense to that statement....

                                          EDIT

                                          Ok, maybe I was rough, sorry.

                                          You weren't. that IS an american saying. don't censor yourself because of some one else's insecurities.

                                          god knows JB doesn't πŸ˜‰

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller @Francesco Provino
                                            last edited by

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in Buying vs Saving Economic Theory:

                                            I've edited my precedent comments, I apologize for any eventual offense.

                                            Offend away, it's insults we won't like

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