EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | The problem is simple. If a company offers 20mbps, but the majority of people buy the 768kbps tier to save money, can you really take that as proof that we need better broadband infrastructure? Or should we eliminate the cheaper tiers, which would force people to get higher speed tiers, and therefore "improve" the average speed? | |
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 | | Re: The problem is simple. But, I do pay for "Elite" speeds. I just don't get them... | |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | The problem is that the VAST majority of areas do not have the option of higher speeds. Add to that the fact that the other countries have the higher data rates at much lower prices than our slower data rates. For instance; in Japan a 20/20 connection is $45 a month(available in virtually any city in Japan). My 10/1 connection in St Louis is $60 a month. Now St. Louis is not exactly out in the boonies. The fastest connection I can get here at the house is 16/2. | |
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 | EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: The problem is simple. Which is significantly faster than the average given by the CWA, isn't it? | |
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| Excuse me who died and made you king.
If the majority deices that cheaper 768k is enough that who in the hell are to force higher speeds on them. What most likely happen is people will go back to dial-up or are going to advocate a law banning dial-up. | |
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| EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: The problem is simple. Of course we should ban dial-up. Those dial-up users are almost certainly throwing off the average, so if you banned dial-up and forced those users to get broadband, then our speedtest results would improve- and that's really what matters, isn't it? | |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Wow, force price increases for the sake of padding irrelevant stats. Price is still king. A vast majority of consumers don't care if they have 20 Mbps access so long as they can surf the web and check e-mail for as little $$ as possible. Cost is the key, not the throughput. | |
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