Submission + - Is New York city the world's largest hick town?
Savior_on_a_Stick writes: "I've been wrestling with putting new office and work spaces online in that city, and I swear it is the most backward assed place on the planet.
You would think a property manager in NYC would be able to tell prospective business tenants what broadband connection options are available.
Most cannot respond with anything beyond dumb looks.
Those that respond at all just tell you, "oh, everyone uses Time Warner."
And in a huge number of buildings, that really IS the only option.
Because they've entered into monopolistic deals that bundle all data entries through a mux, tenants can't get dsl.
The only option is a T1, and in NYC, even that takes a month.
No one in NYC seems to have any freaking clue that a world even exists outside their little 12 square block rat warren, and has no interest anyway.
I am firmly convinced now that the only vitality and innovation and life in NYC is from out of towners attracted by money.
The locals seem just a bit slow and thick.
I tried to line up some standby IT services — people to do things requiring a physical presence since I'm not based in NYC, but every company I contacted sounded like they had the village idiot answering the phone.
I concluded I'd be better off using my own people, even with no technical background, they are head and shoulders above these dim bulbs.
WTF happened to New York?
Have the maggots finally consumed the whole thing?"
You would think a property manager in NYC would be able to tell prospective business tenants what broadband connection options are available.
Most cannot respond with anything beyond dumb looks.
Those that respond at all just tell you, "oh, everyone uses Time Warner."
And in a huge number of buildings, that really IS the only option.
Because they've entered into monopolistic deals that bundle all data entries through a mux, tenants can't get dsl.
The only option is a T1, and in NYC, even that takes a month.
No one in NYC seems to have any freaking clue that a world even exists outside their little 12 square block rat warren, and has no interest anyway.
I am firmly convinced now that the only vitality and innovation and life in NYC is from out of towners attracted by money.
The locals seem just a bit slow and thick.
I tried to line up some standby IT services — people to do things requiring a physical presence since I'm not based in NYC, but every company I contacted sounded like they had the village idiot answering the phone.
I concluded I'd be better off using my own people, even with no technical background, they are head and shoulders above these dim bulbs.
WTF happened to New York?
Have the maggots finally consumed the whole thing?"
