| I don't get it What can you do with 100Mbps that you can't do with 3-5Mb as the US providers now seem to be moving to? Some say streaming HDTV, but of course few actually have the HDTV sets themselves and new compression techniques have brought HDTV quality pictures to under 10Mb and DVD is already at 5-9Mb. Speed is nice 'n' all, but it comes down to spending BILLIONS to get 100Mbps deployed when there aren't saleable applications for it.
It's one thing when you're in a very dense city...like I can see a Cogent type operation going into bldg after bldg offering fiber and people getting high speeds for fairly cheap money...but that's one city. Perhaps Chicago is another. You certainly can't do that in L.A. You certainly won't be able to do that anywhere else.
Would I like multi-megabit speeds? Sure. But I ask myself after downloading a s-load of warez and illegal movies, what the hell am I going to do with 100Mbps that I can't do with the 4Mb I have now. As I see it, damn little. I would rather have $20 for 4Mb than $40 for 100Mb. |
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| This is very similar to what people said when 10mb hard drives were first introduced...
1. Videoconferencing (replace simple voice communication)
2. Multi-user environments (some people have more than one computer in their house)
3. HDTV Streams  (you can also forget having to rent dvds anymore)
Clearly 100mbps is not a necessity yet, but to meet the criteria above your gonna need more than a shoddy 3000/256 connection. |
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 lxAstrosxlPremium
join:2000-10-13
Carol Stream, IL
kudos:1 | reply to Count Hogula3
said by Count Hogula3:
What can you do with 100Mbps that you can't do with 3-5Mb as the US providers now seem to be moving to? Some say streaming HDTV, but of course few actually have the HDTV sets themselves and new compression techniques have brought HDTV quality pictures to under 10Mb and DVD is already at 5-9Mb. Speed is nice 'n' all, but it comes down to spending BILLIONS to get 100Mbps deployed when there aren't saleable applications for it.
It's one thing when you're in a very dense city...like I can see a Cogent type operation going into bldg after bldg offering fiber and people getting high speeds for fairly cheap money...but that's one city. Perhaps Chicago is another. You certainly can't do that in L.A. You certainly won't be able to do that anywhere else.
Would I like multi-megabit speeds? Sure. But I ask myself after downloading a s-load of warez and illegal movies, what the hell am I going to do with 100Mbps that I can't do with the 4Mb I have now. As I see it, damn little. I would rather have $20 for 4Mb than $40 for 100Mb.
the point your missing is, not everyone can even get broadband nor get 3-5mb speeds.....some people are still at 768/1.5mbps ........we'd love to get those kinda speeds.....and we'd stop whining. =P |
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 yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | reply to Count Hogula3
said by Count Hogula3:
What can you do with 100Mbps that you can't do with 3-5Mb...
I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate this argument. How many quotes can we all come up with that sound silly today regarding the usage of tech products. Bill Gates and his comment about "32 kilobytes of RAM" comes to mind immediately.
Don't stop innovation and advancement just because you can't see how one would ever use it. There WILL be ways. |
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said by Count Hogula3:
But I ask myself after downloading a s-load of warez and illegal movies, what the hell am I going to do with 100Mbps that I can't do with the 4Mb I have now. As I see it, damn little. I would rather have $20 for 4Mb than $40 for 100Mb.
"No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer." and "640kb ought to be enough for anybody."
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kudos:3 | Well, my number was off. Still, good to see someone else thinking along the same lines. |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | reply to Count Hogula3
said by Count Hogula3:
What can you do with 100Mbps that you can't do with 3-5Mb
That's like saying what can you do with 56k that you couldnt do with a 28.8 modem. Or what can you do with a broadband connection that you cant do on dialup.
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said by yock:
Bill Gates and his comment about "32 kilobytes of RAM" comes to mind immediately.
Actually, it was "640K should be enough for anyone." |
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join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | said by Jason Levine:
said by yock:
Bill Gates and his comment about "32 kilobytes of RAM" comes to mind immediately.
Actually, it was "640K should be enough for anyone."
I acknowledged that after Gbcue  quoted the same. Still, the point was clear. |
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2 edits | You're all missing my point. What's the point of crying for 100Mb, when deployment of "conventional" 3-5Mb service is sorely lacking and for the forseeable future serves it's purpose just fine.
If billions are going to be spent I say use it to get everyone on (or at least make it available) broadband first...worry about Star Trek speeds later.
As for Gate$ claims...this isn't the same. It's like big business crying for 20GHz PC's and the money being spend on that development when the regular Joe can't afford one. In this example I say spend the billions making the regular service available to EVERYONE at a good PRICE...then advance.
Otherwise some people will NEVER see service. |
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