 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to Cabal
Re: They aren't incorrect. 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. You have to distinguish between instant speed needs and sustained speed needs. A faster instant speed gets you on and off so others can use the network while you do stuff that does not need access to the net. Once you have downloaded a page, you can sit there looking at it. Getting the page in 5 seconds as opposed to 50 seconds (for example on a Dial-Up line) makes you more productive.
Sustained speeds are those that you have a need for to get the data as you use it (Streaming Video, VoIP, etc.). P2P is a middle ground in that getting the data gets you off the network but in most cases how long you take to get you file is of lesser importance so long as the total time needed is not that speed sensitive.
The ISPs are talking Sustained Speed needs while giving the impression they are talking about Instant Speed needs. |
