| Why define it? It doesn't matter what it is defined to. The ISPs will just rebrand the name of the service and offer what ever speed they want.
ISPs don't understand speed anyway. I remember the commercials would say 100 times faster then dial up. And the 56k modem was the dial up most used. Three megabit isn't 100 times faster then 56k. They finally stopped saying 100 times faster.
ISPs control the internet speed not a definition. |
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| said by XknightHawkX:It doesn't matter what it is defined to. The ISPs will just rebrand the name of the service and offer what ever speed they want. ISPs control the internet speed not a definition. The main reason for defining "broadband" is so that all the players can line up at the public trough and compete for moneys stolen from the taxpayer. |
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said by XknightHawkX:It doesn't matter what it is defined to. The ISPs will just rebrand the name of the service and offer what ever speed they want. Update: Comcast has provided us with their full statement to the FCC (pdf). While Comcast does declare that the "basic" broadband speed be considered to be 200 kbps, the company also wants to define "current" broadband as 600 kbps down and 500 kbps up, while "next generation" service is defined as 12 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.
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Not highspeed connection. Oh look they are already rebranding to avoid the whole thing. |
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