Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
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Re: Better Understanding...
said by LinuxJunkie  :They are in the process of providing bigger pipes: there was an article here on BBR only a day or two ago about how AT&T was quadrupling its backbone capacity to 40 Gbps at OC768 levels. That's NOT cheap. And these various speed-increase articles have been pushed to us for how long now, and America still hasn't seen much of a speed increase outside these spotty test sites? Hell, the last bandwidth "leap" I was avaliable to was several years ago from dial-up to broadband. I still await any kind of significant performance leap since then. |
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LinuxJunkie
join:2005-01-19
Cyberspace | reply to Thaler
They are in the process of providing bigger pipes: there was an article here on BBR only a day or two ago about how AT&T was quadrupling its backbone capacity to 40 Gbps at OC768 levels. That's NOT cheap. |
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Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
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said by TKJunkMail :Your rates were going up no matter how this law came out. Higher bandwidth apps were going to increase rates. The only question is who is going to get more of your money - the isp's or the content providers. You're of course, under the assumption that telcos will actually provide bigger pipes. Since they run the show now, they have really no insentive to fund for better anything, but now can sell you back the internet you were used to at a premium rate.
Fuggin' awesome. |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | reply to anonpronman
Customers and businesses are going to be screwed from this. The only winner is the ISP, whom is now free to resume doing nothing. |
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anonpronman
@optonline.net | reply to tsu9
tsu, To bad only some of us are educated enough to understand "To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"
In short the customer is going to get shafted on this one. |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
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Both consumers and companies (particularly small businesses) will both be hit with additional fees (and penalties if they don't pay up). Customers will pay more for access to websites, and those websites will forward that on to the ISPs, with ISPs dictating which sites can and cannot be reached properly.
It's comforting to know that small business sites can be destroyed by ISPs, should they not pay their protection monies. |
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TKJunkMail
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Your rates were going up no matter how this law came out. Higher bandwidth apps were going to increase rates. The only question is who is going to get more of your money - the isp's or the content providers.
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