 joebarnhartPaxio evangelist
join:2005-12-15
Santa Clara, CA | Do we "NEED" 100M? YES -- for the future No, I can't say anyone needs it now. But if we HAVE a truly broadband connection like this, new applications and services will come available to use that bandwidth. What applications?
-- IPTV (No more rain blackouts from cable or satellite)
-- Home security (companies who can monitor cameras for better home security -- even monitor your own home while away)
-- Remote backup (yes, it exists now, but it's painful to use at molasses speeds)
-- Stuff we can't even imagine now! That's the best part. Open the taps and see what creative people can do with it.
I'm glad I can have a Paxio connection (»www.paxio.com) because I've had 100M/100M for a long time now. The best part is, I just don't have to think about speed anymore. If I want a new Linux distro, just click a link and watch the installation DVD fly into my computer. If I want to help a project, I just seed their torrent and everybody can benefit from my bandwidth.
You need to start demanding more bandwidth NOW from your providers. Only when this kind of speed becomes ubiquitous will the applications start to grow. |
2 edits | The amazing thing is, and I'm assuming Paxio is a relatively small company, that gigantic companies like Verizon and AT&T have enormous economies of scale to draw from. Heck, those two alone control the special access lines, essentially giving them infinitely cheaper prices than end user businesses who must rent access from them
And yet services like FIOS and U-verse don't even come CLOSE to competing with Paxio's offerings.
In a true free market profits tend towards zero. Just how fast and cheap would internet services in the US be in a truly competitive market with the economies of scale and ownership of backbone these massive incumbents enjoy?
I'm thinking at least Japanese level pricing for urban areas.
For me, then, the national broadband plan is an incredibly exciting proposition. I'm hoping that the FCC just blows our minds out of the water with their aspirations. Blair Levin, after all, watched his original plan 13 years ago gutted and defamed by the incumbents. I'm sure he wants to make amends and demonstrate a generational leap in internet-related technological progress.
If sparsely populated Australia with its relatively puny economy can undertake a project to build a national fiber network guaranteeing a *minimum* of 12 mbps, just imagine what Blair Levin and the FCC, with the incredible power and affluence of the US government, can accomplish. |
