said by Corydon:said by Cabal:Current speeds ARE more than adequate for the vast majority of users. Remember, hobbyists reading BBR are far from a majority of users, or even common at that. We are a very small, overly vocal, minority.
Ten years ago, 56k was more than adequate for the vast majority of users.
Moving to higher tiers of speed is a little bit of a chicken-and-egg problem at first, but if the barriers to adoption are low enough, applications that take advantage of the higher speeds will quickly appear. The more applications that appear that require a faster connection, the more people will upgrade.
It eventually becomes a virtuous circle, with the companies that fail to jump on the bandwagon (glaring example is AOL) getting left in the dust.
Actually, 10 years ago 56k wasn't adequate at all. Which is why companies like @Home were expanding fast. Consumers were just starting to get used to the idea of a always on broadband connection back then. Back in 1996-1997, people were questioning the need. But I digress....
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