 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DIRECTV
| reply to Dogfather
Re: Overkill and overpriced In Japan, China (Hong Kong), Singapore and Korea they have been offering 100 Mbps for years now.
In Europe, 24 Mbps cable and DSL2 connections are very common, and they too are now deploying both fiber and DOCSIS 3.0 to the masses, with 100 Mbps or almost similar speeds.
We all know that the U.S. is majorly lagging behind on providing speedy internet at a good price to it's citizens, but I would not really call it "far future".
Hell, I made remarks 5 years ago that we wouldn't see 10 Mbps connections going into houses before 2010. With my 15/2 connection now, uVerse going with 12 and 18 Mbps, I am happy to admit I was dead wrong.
We'll see 100 Mbps going into houses sooner then you think. And in many cities. I would actually be willing to make another prediction that says that 100 Mbps will be available in some sort to all major metroplitan areas by 2012, which from my perspective being 34 is not the FAR future....  |
 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Doesn't matter what they offer. I'm just saying I had 50Mb and I'm a download WHORE and couldn't find much use for it outside giganews. The problem isn't Verizon, it's servers. There just aren't than many content providers serving up goodies to individuals at 50+Mb. |
