| reply to binded2
Re: without the flaming What I would like to see is a 90/90/90 rule.
Basically my idea is that an ISP should be required to provide 90% of their advertized speed to 90% of their subscribers, 90% of the time.
So for example, let's say your ISP advertizes 20mb download and 5mb upload and has 1000 subscribers. They should be required to provide a minimum of 18mb download and 4.5mb upload to a minimum of 900 subscribers for a minimum of 21.6 hours a day.
That means there would be no peak slowdowns lasting more than 2 hours and 24 minutes which I think is reasonable because inevitably there will be some unforeseen problems that may be beyond the carrier's reasonable control. Of course the rule would only apply to the connection between the ISP and subscriber as traffic on the internet itself is beyond the carrier's control.
This model would mean cable companies cannot oversell nodes, and telcos will have to provide more reliable dsl service or hasten their upgrade to FTTH. Or the other option would be the isps would have to actually advertize what they are able to provide. The only problem is that advertized speeds would dramatically decrease, and I think most users would still rather get 20mbps some of the time hit or miss rather than get let's say 1.5mbps all of the time.
The only service imo capable of living up to the 90/90/90 rule is probably Verizon's FiOS, as I've actually seen 105% of my advertized speed 100% of the time. |
