| Defining 'Broadband' 'Broadband' has been watered down as a term in the last 15 years. At a minimum, I recommend anything that exceeds 100K up/down (pathetic, I know), no latency requirement (sorry), but that is ALWAYS ON (well ... perhaps 99.9% reliable, given histerical - err historical - data). I wish that Broadband could be much more than this criteria, but it's been so diluted by the incumbents that it is really only something better than dialup in terms of speed, yet still always on. |
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trish2
join:2008-03-24
Laurens, SC | Broadband should be defined as the following:
Two gigabits in both directions over fiber for everyone without limits, caps, or other restrictions. |
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chimera
join:2009-06-09
Washington, DC | Yes, and then all of the stimulus money given for promoting broadband can go to a single small town with a population of under 1,000. Cost matters and running OC48 connections from a person's house to a data center isn't cost effective. |
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