cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
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I think this is a good idea, but I see the benchmarks as being the difficulty in enforcement.
Where will your official speed tests be done to? 3rd parties could be used as an element of trust, who would have to set up test nodes at peering points, etc. It isn't like comm. companies would have a hard time monitoring bandwidth to different locations themselves to keep on top of it, either.
It is frustrating that the "up to" claims really have no bearing on what you could actually experience. If you think about it, comm. companies (especially those in areas with little competition) have no reason to keep your speeds up to snuff. There is currently too much subjectivity involved in it, same with transfer limits. The industry definitely needs to start providing clearly elaborated service levels for your monthly fee.
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"No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can't increase the speed of light."
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