There are two things at play here when discussing the state of Internet service here in the States. First, to have a reliable connection which meets the standards of a specific set of "9s", costs money. There is no way around this. When I have designed, deployed, and maintained networks for various clients, we always have a discussion around how much up time is required as this dictates the equipment, network design, and staffing required to maintain this level of service. The following is link discusses this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability .
The other issue with the state of Internet service is the grip the Telecom companies have on the infrastructure here. There isn't enough competition or state/Federal sponsorship to drive prices lower and to expand coverage. We're talking about 100 Mb service like it's the latest where as it's becoming more and more common place to have Gigabit service in countries like Japan to the household.
I know how frustrating it can be to lose Internet service especially when my office is based out of my home. I temper this with multiple back up methods which is two cellular broadband services. One provided by my employer and the other being a personal account.
Life isn't fair and you just have to deal with the cards you have been dealt.
The other issue with the state of Internet service is the grip the Telecom companies have on the infrastructure here. There isn't enough competition or state/Federal sponsorship to drive prices lower and to expand coverage. We're talking about 100 Mb service like it's the latest where as it's becoming more and more common place to have Gigabit service in countries like Japan to the household.
I know how frustrating it can be to lose Internet service especially when my office is based out of my home. I temper this with multiple back up methods which is two cellular broadband services. One provided by my employer and the other being a personal account.
Life isn't fair and you just have to deal with the cards you have been dealt.