wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| Its just as I have been saying all along.....
8.5 out of 10 people in the US are happy with their broadband speed. Thats not to say that we couldnt use more, but the simple fact remains that virtually nobody in this country is "demanding" 20+Mbps connections as many of the fanboys in this site proclaim in earnest every day. This is also another clear indication of why ATT's u-verse was deployed the way it was. Hopefully (but not likely) this will at least give us a few weeks reprieve from the overbearing lunatics on this site proclaiming that "America Sucks", and "Everyone needs 100Mbps connections for $10 per month"......
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anonimousy
@rr.com | duh!
ofcourse we payin more for less,
thats it for you having a shitty government bribe/ahem.."LOBBIED" by big businesses, and allowing these businesses to conglomerate into monopolies that can thus control prices. |
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Anonymous_
Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
clubs:
1 edit | no
no
we want more speed
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techperson
@lylix.net
| 85 percent satifaction (I DON'T THINK SO)
I cant beleive that theres 85 percent happiness here in the us.What segment did they survey.The highest speed i can get is up to 1.5.I have never been able to obtain any faster service.
I would be much happier with 3.0 and up.But for the price and not bundled(dry loop) its not to bad at 23.99 a month lol |
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chakey
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to wifi4milez
Re: Its just as I have been saying all along.....
I have a 20/20 symmetrical Fios Connection. Do I NEED it? Of course not. Would it make a difference to me if I were a normal consumer whether I had a 5/1 connection or a 20/20 connection? No--I can name the number of websites capable of serving/receiving information that fast using the fingers on one hand.
However, power users exist. And until that changes, there will always be a need for more. It's a good thing. People wanting more creates the desire and the competition necessary to take technology to the next level. Otherwise, we'd all still have our 786 dsl connections from 1998. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
·BroadVoice
| said by chakey  :I have a 20/20 symmetrical Fios Connection. Do I NEED it? Of course not. Would it make a difference to me if I were a normal consumer whether I had a 5/1 connection or a 20/20 connection? No--I can name the number of websites capable of serving/receiving information that fast using the fingers on one hand. You are in the minority. I too would love a 20/20 connection (I cant get it however), and I too am in the minority. My point was that so many people get their panties bunched up insisting that everyone in this country is demanding 20/20, or even higher. This clearly isnt the case, and I am honestly shocked that DSLR printed something as subjective as that!
said by chakey :However, power users exist. And until that changes, there will always be a need for more. It's a good thing. People wanting more creates the desire and the competition necessary to take technology to the next level. Otherwise, we'd all still have our 786 dsl connections from 1998. You are correct that "power users" exist, however its more of an opportunity driven thing than anything else. If you or I lived in an area that only had ISDN, I can guarantee that we would have it. The other thing is that you mention 768k DSL as "1998". In reality (as I have also stated before), the 768k/128k DSL tiers (and now cable "lite" tiers) are the fastest growing on the market today. The reason is that for every "power user" such as yourself there are probably a few thousand (if not more) "regular" users who would rather pay less money to access the 'net.
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
| reply to wifi4milez
In order to compete in the "World Economy" which is being preached to us by these very corporations providing our services, we need to be faster than everyone else.
Your ""Everyone needs 100Mbps connections for $10 per month"......"
Doesnt cut it.
""Broadband penetration" is now treated as a key economic indicator."
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_···t_access
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‘Do ye, quieting in your bosoms your strong hearts,
Who of many good things have had your fill even to surfeit,
With what is moderate nourish your mighty desire; for neither will
We yield, nor shall you have all else as you wish.’
Solon |
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chakey
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Gladstone, NJ
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to wifi4milez
You are correct--most people would be happy with a dial-up for $4.99/mo. I'm just glad there are people out there who like to scream for more. It means eventually higher speeds will trickle down to the rest of us.  |
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SkyBlue
join:2007-03-31
| reply to wifi4milez
said by wifi4milez :8.5 out of 10 people in the US are happy with their broadband speed. Thats not to say that we couldnt use more, but the simple fact remains that virtually nobody in this country is "demanding" 20+Mbps connections as many of the fanboys in this site proclaim in earnest every day. I am demanding lower triple play prices. The idea is to save money. This is all wrong. The math does not add up buy more and save. This is not the case.
RIP OFF!!! |
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mglunt
join:2001-09-10
Fredericksburg, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to wifi4milez
What we really need is for Big Government to subsidize the broadband in this country. You see, that way, what it is actually costing people is hidden. Then you get the added benefit of forcing all the evil people making more money than you to help pay for your Internet! Its almost as beautiful as the Social Security tax... when you only see 7.5% taken from your check, but really it is costing you 15%.
We need more free stuff! Free broadband, free healthcare... it will be great! |
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caveman000
join:2007-11-14
Peoria, AZ
| people dont know what they are missing
that's just because people dont know how much better the Internet would be if they had much faster connections you don't have to be a p2p user to want higher upload speeds it shouldn't take hours to upload a memory card worth of photos or a video file |
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nostrum09
join:2007-12-05
Scotch Plains, NJ
| reply to techperson
Re: 85 percent satifaction (I DON'T THINK SO)
I could see 85% of people being happy with their broadband speed, for the simple fact of its always on and shareable nature.
When I lived at my parent's house and they still had dial up, the biggest two complaints were that only one person could be online at a time, and that it would take time to dial in and actually start doing something. When we got cable, both of those issues went away, and we were happy. Of course, the speed increase also made us happier, but no subsequent speed increases (I now am on my own and have 20/5 Fios) have made NEARLY as big an impact as the intial move from dial-up to broadband.
For most people, being able to have the whole family on at once, wireless even, and being able to play games, read email, browse and download songs now and again is enough. Whether a page loads in 5 seconds or 3, or whether a song downloads in 1 minute or 2, I doubt most people are unhappy, |
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bjbrock
join:2002-10-28
Mcalester, OK | The FCC is directly to blame...
for the lack of broadband penetration in this country.
The FCC needs to be totally revamped starting with ousting Martin. |
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cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
| reply to gaforces
Re: Its just as I have been saying all along.....
i don't consider wikipedia a reliable source. the cites for that quote are also weak. all those 'cites' just compare broadband penetration and prices, barely (well, i didn't spot anything in a quick read) anything on how it (broadband penetration) correlates to economic standing of a country. all it is, is just another statistic that can be used to compare countries, just like anything else. |
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thevorpal
join:2007-11-16
Alexandria, VA | reply to nostrum09
Re: 85 percent satifaction (I DON'T THINK SO)
Imagine if the ISPs actually enforced their TOS. I would imagine happiness would plummet. |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
1 edit | reply to cornelius785
Re: Its just as I have been saying all along.....
Consider that they can get things done faster than us, and cheaper.
In the 80's I worked for a company that sold PC computer systems to automotive companys to run thier business. A lot of companys still used old outdated, paper.
The companys that we installed systems were able to save 50% of labor cost of doing it the old way.
Just the Okidata printers alone ...  |
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ReVeLaTeD
Premium
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| Japan dissatisfied...
That's the "lavish" effect.
When dialup was all we had, 2400 baud, I didn't complain, because that's all we had.
When 14.4 came out, and we upgraded to that, we didn't complain, because that's all we had.
When 33.6 came out....
When 56k came out...
Now, if someone is used to 20/20 speeds, and all of a sudden due to a network issue it drops to 10/10, yeah they'd complain...even though that's clearly superior to what the greater majority of US broadband subs have. And that's sad, if you really think about it.
It'd be like not having enough money to buy a 2008 Lamb, but you can buy a 2007 yet complain about it. |
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gatorkram
Spelling and Grammer impared
Premium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
clubs:
 ·Embarq
 ·linode
| Asking the wrong people
My guess would be, they are asking the wrong people these questions.
If you asked a bunch of non-golf playing people if they thought we had enough places to play golf, you might be surprised when they tell you we already have to many, and that golf is a total waste of good land..
Much like if you asked a bunch of people if they thought their PCs were fast enough, you might get different answers depending on what those people do with their PCs. Ask any gamer, and you will get different answers than MR and MS email checker..
My point is, sure maybe a lot of people out there are happy with their speeds, but if you could get them to see what they are missing, or what we all might be able to have if we all had more, you surely would get more people wanting more.
If you took that same poll right now on this site, are people happy with their current speeds, I will tell you right now, it won't be %85 being happy.
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bored_in_nh
join:2003-01-04
Stamping Ground, KY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to gaforces
Re: Its just as I have been saying all along.....
If I have a 20MB FIOS connection, I'm only going to download the latest security update from Apple/Microsoft/Sun/HP/RedHat as fast as their servers can dish it out. What kind of "power user" has this magic wand that can clear data storms and packet loss, traffic shaping and node congestion to get their data delivered faster than I can on my 6mbps line? |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to wifi4milez
Don;t forget the TRILLIONS the US economy is missing out on due to 'slow' speeds and no research is being done on any high speed internet in the US as well... ') |
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