http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19237614 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:36 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19240987
I forgot that the minimum wage increased from $5.15/hr.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19240987 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:52:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19240981 said by benc:

I suggest a minimum speed of 768kbps, and a maximum monthly cost of say, 15 x Min. Wage. That figure would currently come out to $77.25/mo.
Redo your math, 15 X $5.85 is $87.75]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19240981 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:45:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19239057
Some one that works "at" my office works from her home in Montana, she can get a 10Mbps cable connection for under $49/mo while I can't even get cable TV service at the office in one of the "technology capital" of Orange county, go figure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19239057 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:49:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19238396 said by Uncle Paul:

So what exactly is the definition of broadband then?
I don't know, and that's what's bothersome.

There not only has to be a minimum transfer rate requirement, but there needs to be a price requirement as well.

I suggest a minimum speed of 768kbps, and a maximum monthly cost of say, 15 x Min. Wage. That figure would currently come out to $77.25/mo. There also needs to be a latency requirement, and a requirement of the minimum percentage of street addresses that have access.

Why all these requirements?

SPEED:
384kbps DSL currently fits the guidelines, but it's hardly what I consider broadband. 768k is barely there, and even that will seem slow.

PRICE:
Suppose I live in Dinkyville, WY or SmallTown, MT. No offense to Wyoming or Montana residents of course. Then suppose I was loaded with money and financed the build-out of an OC3 line out to my house. Then, according to the present guidelines, I would be the one house with a connection faster than 200kbps, and then the zip code will "have broadband." Thing is, an OC3 costs far more than $100/mo.

LATENCY:
Without a latency requirement, anywhere with EDGE access counts since it's *theoretically* faster than 200kbps. Again, no latency requirement means the ability to use satellite Internet counts as broadband. Satellite Internet also sometimes fails the price requirement.

MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF STREET ADDRESSES:
I think this speaks for itself. Going back to my previous example of the OC3, it would mean that the zip code is "broadband ready," even if a next door neighbor can't pay for the connection. How "broadband ready" does the zip code look to average people in that zip code?

Of course, I don't really have an OC3, though I wish I did. I've always considered small-town living as very expensive since A) you have to drive long distances to do anything (time, maybe gas), and B) needing a T1 since DSL and Cable probably won't be available. Locally available goods will also be expensive due to transportation costs.

Thankfully, where I live can't be considered really rural, although it's the most rural area I've ever lived in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19238396 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:59:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19238273
Although you can acceptable bandwidth on Satellite, the high ping times defeat many applications suited for Broadband such as gaming, voip, vpn, etc.

High latency shouldn't be considered broadband. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19238273 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:41:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19237928

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Guess I have to go read this thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19237928 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:46:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Great-sorta-19237694 said by Uncle Paul:

So what exactly is the definition of broadband then?
The original draft was a MINIMUM 2/1 mbps. The marked up final committee draft removed any mention of broadband speeds.
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