 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
1 edit | Faster Speeds! Hell Ya! I'm glad that there's going to be a baseline to what Broadband stands for. My opinion, 256kbps is NOT broadband. Not even close. I think 5/1mbps should be the minimum.
It would force local companies (ahem.. MidRivers) to not charge a rather ridiculous amount for "Broadband" and to set a minimal standard. Not to mention they'd have to actually upgrade their old as hell network.
Hell, if White Space Broadband ever becomes a reality, it'll still be 3x faster than what my parents have, which is BS.
Now.. Hopefully our ISP will beef up their service accordingly.. Which would be awesome.. *drool*
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Bresnan 15M/1M|Mine[P4HT 3.2GHz,2GB RAM,2x1TB HDDs,WinXP]|Wife's[P4 2.4GHz,1GB RAM,60GB HDD,WinXP]|Router[2xP3@1GHz,640MB RAM,18GB HDD,Allied Telesyn AT-2560FX,Kingston KNE100TX,2xDigital DE504,Compaq NC3131,iPro/1000DP,Blitz BWI715,Gentoo] |
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 IowaManPremium
join:2008-08-21
Grinnell, IA
 ·Iowa Telecom
 ·Mediacom
| I like the idea of 5 Mbps Minimum Broadband speed.
It is especially valuable in rural Iowa which has a choice of 3 Mbps Cable or 384k-1.5 Mb broadband (more if you want to pay the phone company $100 a month for FTTN 10 Mb)
Yes I know Mediacom has 8Mb but $45 a month in this economy is too much for me I'm quite happy with 3 Mb but 5Mb Minimum bring it on! |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Simba7
said by Simba7:I'm glad that there's going to be a baseline to what Broadband stands for. My opinion, 256kbps is NOT broadband. Not even close. I think 5/1mbps should be the minimum. Don't you realize 256k is 2 ISDN circuits for 1/4 the cost? Its so much cheaper than $260 a mo ($130*2)! Its a great deal. |
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Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | Not really true.. At least with ISDN you can use data compression to help with transfer rates.
..you can also use the lines for other things besides broadband. You can't even use Vonage (or VoIP) with 256k internet. |
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