rodrod5
join:2001-02-28
Houston, TX
| a waste
Nearly 50 Percent of Americans Have Little Use for Internet and Cell Phones, Survey Finds
»www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270392,00.html
this is a stupid idea and a waste... |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | I submitted that item a few days ago to Karl. Never got FP. |
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gravesg
join:2006-12-21
Norfolk, VA
| reply to rodrod5
^^ you apparently don't respect the internet.
as for 100mbps in every home ... it can't happen. not even in the next 10 years.
well actually it could happen but their would be people running servers left and right putting data centers out of biz .
why pay 100$ a month for a 20mbit line to the net for my server when i can get my neighbor to do it for like 20$ lol
personally i'd run maybe 10,20 game servers at 40$ a month on symmetrical 100mbps, and have my main pc as a WAREZ HOT BOX lol. |
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Tzale
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| said by gravesg  :^^ you apparently don't respect the internet. as for 100mbps in every home ... it can't happen. not even in the next 10 years. well actually it could happen but their would be people running servers left and right putting data centers out of biz . why pay 100$ a month for a 20mbit line to the net for my server when i can get my neighbor to do it for like 20$ lol personally i'd run maybe 10,20 game servers at 40$ a month on symmetrical 100mbps, and have my main pc as a WAREZ HOT BOX lol. Ever think that in the future data centers will be offering gigabit connections and not megabit connections as the norm for most servers? Or perhaps we will reach a point where bandwidth usage will reach a near maximum in terms of usage? Don't forget data centers offer 99.99999% reliability, NO ISP can offer that.
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Tzale
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| reply to rodrod5
No it isn't... As we move through the years, the Internet is becoming more and more a dominant force in our lives... It is only a matter of time before everything is connected to the internet.
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ColorBASIC
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Corona, CA
2 edits | It's not a dominant force in our lives. You live in a DSLR tech bubble. According to Pew, the majority of Americans, while having internet service, aren't obsessed with it. And even if people suddenly became obsessed, 100Mb symmetrical is overkill and unrealistic.
Dominant is a vague term. Electricity is dominant. Water is dominant. A 100Mb internet ain't. |
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gravesg
join:2006-12-21
Norfolk, VA
| reply to Tzale
now you know how reluctant data centers are on upgrading their network. although you do raise a point.
how many of us would really need our server on 1Gbit ???
well i can think of a few things but thats me.
game servers only require about 5Mbit's of dedicated bandwidth both ways.
as for other applications, you idea is proly the best i've seen at dslr. man when 1Gbit is standard for data centers that will be a marvelous time.
i really hope cable tries to push ftth insted of docsis 3.0
just seems like fiber is the better choice here  |
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Tzale
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| reply to ColorBASIC
said by ColorBASIC :It's not a dominant force in our lives. You live in a DSLR tech bubble. According to Pew, the majority of Americans, while having internet service, aren't obsessed with it. And even if people suddenly became obsessed, 100Mb symmetrical is overkill and unrealistic. Dominant is a vague term. Electricity is dominant. Water is dominant. A 100Mb internet ain't. Yes, of course 100mbit isn't really needed by the average person TODAY... But there is no telling what the average person will be needing in 2015. Look at how many average people use YouTube, P2P, etc nowadays... A lot of this stuff was unheard of on dialup since it took hours to do what we can do in seconds or minutes on broadband... It is slowly, but surely taking a dominant role. The internet is the backbone of this country. Sheer massive quantities of bandwidth might not be required right now, but most people aren't comfortable with dialup any longer... I think the sweet spot is 1-5mbit, which is broadband. Don't forget that the majority of internet users are now on broadband.
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bi0tech
join:2003-06-19
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Maybe it's just me but whenever I see 'Foxnews' as any kind of reference for information I can't take it seriously.
'The Pew study found 15 percent of all Americans have neither a cell phone nor an Internet connection. Another 15 percent use some technology and are satisfied with what it currently does for them, while 11 percent use it intermittently and find connectivity annoying.'
'The telephone study of 4,001 U.S. adults, including 2,822 Internet users, was conducted Feb. 15 to April 6, 2006, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.'
Why is it I fail to see this as accurate? Even my 80 yr old grandparents have cell phones and use the Internet. I can't say I know a single person personally who does not use either on a regular basis, whether by choice or necessity. |
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rodrod5
join:2001-02-28
Houston, TX
| reply to Tzale
I can tell you what the average pieces of crap across the street from me will be doing in 2015
they will be doing time in jail.....they will be dead.....or they will be doing just what they do every day.....sitting on their ass on the old couch on the porch while their 18-23 yo kids have a jammy jam in the front yard and bootleg and deal and watch their fatherless kids/cousins/borthers/sisters play on the toys they borrowed from the neighbors yard
unless the internet offers them a faster way to alert their "clients" than text messaging that it is time to swing by and leave a few peeps in the hooptie with the thumps on while one runs in for a 40 or something they can clinch in their fist....my neighbors will never need 100mb.....no matter how big a part of the hood they work |
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KrK
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| reply to rodrod5
The headline is actually very misleading (Surprise!).
If you actually read the article, the Study ACTUALLY says:
The Pew study found 15 percent of all Americans have neither a cell phone nor an Internet connection. Another 15 percent use some technology and are satisfied with what it currently does for them, while 11 percent use it intermittently and find connectivity annoying. In reality, the headline should be "15%" or if you really stretch you could include the "11% who use it intermittently and find connectivity annoying." which would mean 26%.. Tops.
I don't see HOW you can include the 15% who say they use some cell phones and internet and are satisfied as is. Hell, even if you add all that together you still get only 41% so really it sounds like FoxNews just made that headline up to attract attention (sensationalize) it. (Who wouldda thunk it!)
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Tzale
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| reply to rodrod5
said by rodrod5 :I can tell you what the average pieces of crap across the street from me will be doing in 2015 they will be doing time in jail.....they will be dead.....or they will be doing just what they do every day.....sitting on their ass on the old couch on the porch while their 18-23 yo kids have a jammy jam in the front yard and bootleg and deal and watch their fatherless kids/cousins/borthers/sisters play on the toys they borrowed from the neighbors yard unless the internet offers them a faster way to alert their "clients" than text messaging that it is time to swing by and leave a few peeps in the hooptie with the thumps on while one runs in for a 40 or something they can clinch in their fist....my neighbors will never need 100mb.....no matter how big a part of the hood they work OK, well if you don't believe there is any hope for them, there is still millions of people like myself who WILL be riding the wave of the future.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to rodrod5
OK first of all FAUX News is the big clue here. Anything from them is pure shit. |
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jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL | Yeah, we know it by heart now, Fox news sucks, Bush is an idiot, Algore won, the world hates us.
Do you drones promise to come up with a new mantra after the 2008 elections? I sure as christ hope so. |
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kd6cae
P2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Lancaster, CA
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| reply to gravesg
said by gravesg :now you know how reluctant data centers are on upgrading their network. although you do raise a point. how many of us would really need our server on 1Gbit ??? If you do alot of streaming audio at high quality bit rates, and you want to support lots of listeners, having a 1 gigabit per second connection would be useful. Also if you do lots of file transfer it'd be handy to have. A few data centers now offer 1GBPS, and though it won't be used much, for those that can use it, it will be handy for sure. A friend of mine has several internet radio stations and combined stream over 140mbps daily out his servers. What we really need is more upload at home, heck we've got plenty of download, now give us at least a solid 3mbps upstream! |
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rodrod5
join:2001-02-28
Houston, TX | reply to BF69
they only reported OTHERS findings moron
from PEW that even your fool networks report from |
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pnh102
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said by bi0tech :Maybe it's just me but whenever I see 'Foxnews' as any kind of reference for information I can't take it seriously. Fear not! There are many people who feel the same way about SeeBS News, ABC, [MS|C]NBC, the New York Times, the Washington Compost, NPR and the like.
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La Luna
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| reply to bi0tech
said by bi0tech :Maybe it's just me but whenever I see 'Foxnews' as any kind of reference for information I can't take it seriously.... Yes, especially since it's an Associated Press article. 
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La Luna
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said by BF69 :OK first of all FAUX News is the big clue here. Anything from them is pure shit. Yet another flash of brilliance from another one that doesn't have a clue what Associated Press means.
The comments on these FP articles often make these threads not even worthy of bothering with.
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Freezone
join:2000-09-29
Southfield, MI
| reply to rodrod5
You will never have too much memory(ram).
You will never have too much storage.
you will never have too much cpu speed.
You will never have too much bandwidth.
All of the above have had so called experts say that no one would ever need more than X of Y. And every time they are proven wrong.
With the speed the apps will come. Have a little imagination. I still remember 300 baud modems on bbs using my commodore 64. That was 22 years ago. can't wait to see the next 22 years. (Provided we figure out the bee issue) |
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