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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | reply to mod_wastrel
Re: "The need for speed is insatiable..." You originally stated that 50/20 was not useful because of congestion and bandwidth limiting. Having had such a connection, I merely pointed out that this was not the case, and even provided an example off the top of my head.
I think that was the meat of the follow ups, but things got a bit clouded and off the beaten path.
The fact that the US ISPs seem to be competing in services, rather than prices, is something I completely agree with you on. There really aren't too many options for affordable plans that are "good enough" for 95% of the people. It's overpriced and overkill, or back to dialup, it seems. | |
| said by jmn1207:You originally stated that 50/20 was not useful because of congestion and bandwidth limiting. That's not actually what I said. I said it doesn't have a lot of usefulness (as in, not as useful as you'd think by just looking at the number: 50mbps) when (as in, if) there's congestion and bandwidth limiting--which can be rather frequently... or not, depending on where you're going (as in, the sites you visit). Your statement implies that I think that's always the case, when I was only being "conditional". As far as the "family of 10 or 20" goes, I was being more facetious than not:  . And compared to my 30/5 for $55, their price for this offering is pretty good (presuming they deliver speeds approaching what they're selling). My only real contention with them is their statement about the "need for speed" being "insatiable"... that's just marketing hype... get people "hooked"... then jump on the UBB bandwagon which more and more ISPs are clamoring for (which is, yes, a presumption... but a rational and reasonable one given the statements made over the past year or so by all of those "poor" little CEOs in "need" of more money). | | |
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