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Re: Wow...
said by pspcrazy  :I hate when people use analogies for these things. There is no such as appetite in downloading. When I buy 50/10 I want to USE MORE, or else I'd stick with the slower 22/5. Most server don't even go that fast, so I'd expect no cap for that high cost top because that's the cost of business class imo. Your analogy is equally as flawed. I (and most people) would purchase it to get the same amount of work done, but faster. And servers most definitely WILL go that fast, it's all about what you're doing. I can pull data from our rack to another server we have several states away at 70Mbps+, the limit of the drives in the destination server.
50Mbps isn't about using more, it's about getting your work done faster. Once people understand that, all this ruckus will die down.
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|  said by Matt :50Mbps isn't about using more, it's about getting your work done faster. Once people understand that, all this ruckus will die down. I'm not so sure about that. I read an article the other day about Japan having a lot of very fast optical pipes but still being very congested. The conclusion was that speed doesn't solve the problem of congestion. More speed, results in greater use.
If this is true for other countries, I'd assume it is true for the united states. Utilization will increase with capacity. Comcast by providing greater capacity will generate greater utilization.
As a suggestion, take a look here - »www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Int···861.html
"[The congestion problems] wouldn't be solved by building a bigger pipe," Douglas said. "In Japan, where they have all-fiber networks and 100 megabits per second speeds, they are still experiencing heavy congestion. You can't build your way out of it."
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| As the article stated, there are going to be points of congestion where you have users who think their internet connection is all you can eat, or users who simply don't know any better.
On the whole, people just want things done faster.
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said by Matt :As the article stated, there are going to be points of congestion where you have users who think their internet connection is all you can eat, or users who simply don't know any better. On the whole, people just want things done faster. The point of the article is faster pipes result in more traffic.
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| said by pandora :said by Matt :As the article stated, there are going to be points of congestion where you have users who think their internet connection is all you can eat, or users who simply don't know any better. On the whole, people just want things done faster. The point of the article is faster pipes result in more traffic. I didn't interpret it that way. But I guess you could if that's the point you're looking to make.
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| said by Matt :I didn't interpret it that way. But I guess you could if that's the point you're looking to make. Or you could just take the fact directly from the article without any need for interpretation. 
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Ashburn, VA | any ETA on the "free" upgrade?
I'm thinking of switching to FIOS; perhaps, I can wait |
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said by pandora :said by Matt :I didn't interpret it that way. But I guess you could if that's the point you're looking to make. Or you could just take the fact directly from the article without any need for interpretation. I'd hardly call the opinion of a corporate spinster who starts every conversation with "Around 5% ..." as fact. Not even taking into account it is in their best interest to spread the idea that upgrading capacity won't solve any problems. That costs them money.
That's the first article I've ever seen that even remotely mentions that upgrading capacity won't solve congestion. And considering who is being interviewed in that article, I'm not surprised.
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