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1 edit | reply to Richard B
Re: Tell me it isn't so
I was with you until you got to the "most are happy with dial up" part. I agree that most are happy with "slow" broadband (say a solid, reliable 768k/128k connection) but definitely not dialup.
I do a lot of side "IT" work, and the most common things I get are complaints about speed. They usually don't even know how to quantify what's slow, they're just impatient in general. On the network side, if you have a good low-latency 768k connection, the web generally performs well. Most web sites don't take advantage of faster connections. Not even "bandwidth intensive" sites like YouTube.
I really enjoy speed but I'd rather keep my unmetered 10/1 connection over a 50/50 metered to less than 150G/month. There aren't a ton of sites and applications that can utilize a pipe over 10mbps, and I prefer the convenience of not worrying about my data consumption. |
