NYCPHP Meetup

[Chris Snyder]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Was getting a ride from a guy who owned a communications services
> company, and we discussed megabit services in Brooklyn. He mentioned
> that Brooklyn was notorious for having totally substandard wiring
> running down poles between all the houses and buildings, and that it
> was a logistics nightmare for Verizon to manage making upgrades nearly
> impossible - and the result is that pretty much nobody in the city can
> get more than typical 1.5MBps DSL. Better chances for faster service
> in Cambodia.

Main reason? Corruption built on a political machine that is still
alive (if not as well as it used to be).

Kings (Brooklyn) was last county in the US to get cable television, in
like the late 80s. You have to hire the right people if you want to
tear up the streets, you know what I mean?

>From 1987: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/22/nyregion/koch-clears-cable-tv-work-for-brooklyn-and-the-bronx.html?scp=1&sq=brooklyn%20cable%20television&st=cse