http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668626 en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:06:23 EDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:06:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23694956 said by Z80A:

dslreports.com/archive doesn't lie. People buy what they buy. If they want faster speeds they can easily get them for only a few dollars more than the tiers they're on.

Unless you can prove otherwise.
We have 50Mbps Fios and 15Mbps cable available.

A survey of 23 neighbors reveals that most choose to buy 768K (now 1M) DSL or 1.5Mbps cable modems. Two have 10M Fios. We have 768K cable, chosen to save money ($27/mo).

DSLR forum members are mostly power users, not exactly representative of the average American demographic. Most households are NOT purchasing the maximum speed available.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23694956 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:58:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23678469 said by beaups:

EXACTLY! With the economy where it's at, I'm sure more than a few of us scaled back from a 7Mb plan to a 2Mb plan? Most people could care less if DOCSIS 12 shows up. I am surprised the source doesn't cite decreased consumer spending as a contributing factor.
I have the option of scaling back to 1mb but i'll stay at 20mb for 70 a month. 1mb is 30 a month. so 40 buck saving will lose me 19mb, no thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23678469 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:02:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23677856 said by Z80A:

dslreports.com/archive doesn't lie. People buy what they buy. If they want faster speeds they can easily get them for only a few dollars more than the tiers they're on.

Unless you can prove otherwise.
So you make bold claims, which I dispute, and you tell me to go find my own answers. Typical. And again, you sure seem to think, you know what everyone on earth is doing and thinking.

You are even changing your statement, as you said "I mean that people are quite content with bottom tier offerings because there are so many other sources of information and entertainment in the States." Which doesn't really tie in with the new statement you made.

It seems to me, even you don't know what you mean, or are talking about, or have the ability to express one idea, and stick to it.

So yeah, sure. People having poor internet speeds, is all about them not wanting more speed, and has nothing to do with price. Or wait, no, they don't need higher speeds, because they have other sources of information and entertainment.. Yeah, that must be it too...
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»/testhistory/661871/4f240]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23677856 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:02:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23675380
Relying on one companies benchmarks, no matter how big the company is in the internet world is a big mistake.
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These are speed measures dependent on who hits the closest akamai server. And it averages out how much data a particular region uses on average. This measures how much data leaves each server and is averaged out based on each pop in the region where the servers lay.

I worked there and worked with the data. I may have phrased it to simplistic for your mind ?
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Most here in my neighborhood are only provisioning at 3MB, but at half the price of cable it's worth it to them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23673815 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:11:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23672546
Unless you can prove otherwise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23672546 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:19:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671192 said by BosstonesOwn:

Don't know if you understand how the akamai network works , but these are measures to an akamai pop. So if they have gig fiber or 100 mbit links it doesn't matter if the pop or links to the akamai pop are congested enough to only allow so much data flow.

Knowing akamai as well as I do, I understand the spin they throw out there a bit better. We often took this with a grain of salt , akamai does not have a pop in every country and can only measure the hits on their equipment.
You don't sound like you know much at all about how Akamai works with when you dumb things like "but these are measures to an akamai pop." Nope, that's not how Akamai works. Anyway there is no better way or any other company in the world better positioned for this type of data.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671192 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:49:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671013
Knowing akamai as well as I do, I understand the spin they throw out there a bit better. We often took this with a grain of salt , akamai does not have a pop in every country and can only measure the hits on their equipment.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671013 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:36:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671008 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23671008 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:32:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23670185 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23670185 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:40:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669963 said by Z80A:

No it's not. I mean that people are quite content with bottom tier offerings because there are so many other sources of information and entertainment in the States.
Wow, you speak for us all, do you? Reminds me of someone else on this site.

So, back up your bold claims.
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»/testhistory/661871/4f240]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669963 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:00:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669573 said by N3OGH:

Delaware the fastest state?

I thought Delaware was part of New Jersey ;)
I thought it was just a toll booth when traveling along North East Coast. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669573 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:40:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669015 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23669015 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:55:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668833 said by Z80A:

It only reflects what people choose to buy.
So then, what you really mean to say, is price v speed, is still way out of wack, and we are still getting ripped off, be the connection slow or fast.

I was pretty sure that's what you meant..
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»/testhistory/661871/4f240]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668833 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:21:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668801 said by Z80A:

It only reflects what people choose to buy.
Yes. What happened to all the gigabit speeds in Korea we always hear about? Are they real? Are they generally available? Or are they so costly, nobody wants to pay for them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668801 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:17:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668663
I thought Delaware was part of New Jersey ;)
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It only reflects what people choose to buy.
If 50mb/50mb fiber was available to everyone for the same price they where paying now i would bet they would have that instead.

My point being whats available does have an affect on what people purchase.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-That-isnt-what-is-available-23668636 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:50:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/That-isnt-what-is-available-23668626 choose to buy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/That-isnt-what-is-available-23668626 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:48:35 EDT