T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
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Re: In this day and age...
said by Eat Me  :I agree. As long as I get a connection to the internet of reasonable speed I couldn't care less. That's like making the statement in 1910, "I don't care about the model T, its just as fast as my horse."
Now today can you imagine if we were all still riding horses?
The problem is that by not building the fiber infastructure we are stunting progress. There are applications *not* being developed right now becuase there isn't enough bandwidth to get it to the consumer.
And the real problem is that in 1996, we gave the telcos billions in tax payer dollars to build the network for us. If memory serves, the telcos agreed to build out to 80% of the homes by 2004. So it's 2009 and we are at 4%. But the telcos have the billions and have invested that money in restoring their monopoly and selling us that copper is all we need.
Imagine if the US government gave Henry Ford a billion dollars in 1910 and the exclusive right to produce the automobile in America and he invested in horse breeding? |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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1 edit | Actually your comparison isn't quite accurate.
Instead of a Model T, how about a honda civic versus a Cadillac Escalade.
Both can get me from point A to point B.
I have 30Mbps down/2Mbps up. I would like more upload but it works fine for me, for now. When there is a justification to do a full FTTH deployment, the cable companies are 3/4 of the way there, so they can just extend the fiber from the node to your house.
Verizon's FiOS product today isn't much different from cable at all. The speeds they are offering are well within what cable can offer and what is being offered in many markets.
Let me ask YOU the question - what do YOU need a fiber optic connection for? It's nice to have, but what do you need it for? |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
·Time Warner Cable
| What do I need it for? Things that I haven't even imagined yet.
The point I'm trying to make is that companies are restricted in what they develop becuase it has to be compressed to fit down a 500 kbps connection.
If 80% of the homes in America had 80 Mbps connections can you imageine some of the apps that might be out there? Here's some ideas:
1. Multiple applications - today we use the internet for one thing at a time. Why not have it do 10 things?
2. The power company pings your house and knows immediately when your power is out.
2. Video chat instead of phone calls.
3. Virtually walk through a home on a real estate website.
4. Cyber malls.
Limitless possibilities. Things we don't even know to think about.
When the first computer was created in the 1950's I believe it was the magazine Popular Science said something to the affect of, "there will probably only be demand to build at most 4 computers in the world." |
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