I'm on SuddenLink cable modem just north of The Woodlands. Pings show it to be at about 981 KBS. Not T1, but I'll take it. We oughta do a meet and greet sometime.
Well it turns out Comcast does not serve the Woodlands area. Time Warner has a monopoly. No wonder their prices are sky high.
Actually Time Warner will be leaving Houston and Comcast will be coming in to take over their 'monopoly'. Not sure of the date, still up in the air. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4423119
In CNNMoney's latest Best Places to Live, Texas rates the most cities - 10 - in the top 100 U.S. finalists: Austin 690,300 Carrollton 124,700 Denton 104,200 League City 61,500 North Richland Hills 61,100 Plano 250,100 Richardson 99,200 Round Rock 86,300 Sugar Land 75,800 The Woodlands 67,600 Houston-adjacent Sugar Land rated 3rd-best U.S. city, Plano 11th, Dallas-adjacents Richardson 15th, and Carrollton 19th, Austin-adjacent Round Rock 48th, Denton 58th, Dallas-adjacent North Richland Hills 62nd, The Woodlands 73rd. Surprising that The Woodlands only placed 73rd; guess the average commute time hurt them. Austin rated 2nd in the 10 Best Big U.S. Cities - no surprise here. Many more stats to see if you agree regarding your area: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/index.html
I trade for myself. Looked to open up a Firm with Terra Nova, but we decided that San Antonio still lacks many important key "Individuals" that would grasp the concept. Kershner Trading in Austin, Chop shop, still using "Soes" bandit methods. But hey, they just moved to a new shiny building with more Space. So, the chop shop/day trading firms might catch on. Texas has more "Desk" jobs in the "Trading world" than individual traders. It is a small group in Texas but from the one's I have met, they are pretty sharp. There are a few Key Funds (hedge and money Mg. teams in the SA/ATX area. But very little "Locals" , to use the Chicago Terminology.