SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
1 edit | So What
1. This is pathetic. Check with other countries such as Korea, where the average is 100 mbps.
2. I'll believe it when I see it. All else is just smoke being blown up everyone's collective broadband butt. |
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dlewis23
join:2005-04-18
Boca Raton, FL
| said by SilverSurfer  :1. This is pathetic. Check with other countries such as Korea, where the average is 100 mbps. 2. I'll believe it when I see it. All else is just smoke being blown up everyone's collective broadband butt. Yes but how many servers can push content too you at a 100mbps?
Most websites are only connected with 10mbps. So you get a 100mbps but you can almost never use it fully. |
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| said by dlewis23 :Yes but how many servers can push content too you at a 100mbps? Most websites are only connected with 10mbps. So you get a 100mbps but you can almost never use it fully. Strictly your opinion based on your own (apparently minor) broadband need. I wasn't speaking exclusively about downloading web content, either. Speed isn't just about checking email on your AOL account.
Additionally, there are vehicles sold in the U.S. that can reach speeds up to 120-160 mph. A sane person wouldn't try to max out the speedometer, yet those particular models with the capabilities are still sold. Why? Because that's what consumers want. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Oh stop comparing apples to oranges. You are talking about 98 Thousand square miles vs. 9.1 Million Square miles. There you have 1,288 people per square mile vs 84 people per square mile.
These companies have to actually make some money back on this stuff. It's not realistic to think that every ISP has the same type of budget that Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon have to deploy FTTH.
So if everyone started to deploy these networks everyone will cheer and then when they go bankrupt they will talk about how bad the idea was for them to spend the money on FTTH. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | How about we concentrate on the 80% of the US population that lives near the urban centers in equivalent density; instead of blaming Montana and Idaho for why Boston, and NYC have DSL and 6mb cable. |
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