MiloMindbend
join:2001-01-18
Jeannette, PA
| So what?
Did anyone bother to ask a significant number of people if their HSI is "fast enough"?
All I can get (besides dial-up) where I live is cable. I don't _want_ to be paying what I'm paying for 6 or 8Mbps down. I'd be happy with a cheap 768k or 1.5M symmetrical DSL if I could get it. >:-P
Not everyone on the planet _needs_ massive speed from the outside world. Some of us are happy enough with "reasonably quick and always-on". Heck, some people are still happy enough with dial-up. 'Tis not a crime... |
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HarryH3
join:2005-02-21
Georgetown, TX
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Indeed. I've been using 768/128 for several years now and it suits me just fine. For reading email, web sites, etc. it works great. Sure, I can't torrent the latest movies in 30 minutes, but like for the majority of interweb users, it just doesn't matter. 
Both of my sisters were paying the local cable co. $50 per month for their high speed internet. I convinced them to switch to 768/128 DSL a couple of years ago and bet them that they would NOT see any difference in "speed". Why? Because they just use email and surf the web. They were both amazed that they didn't perceive ANY difference in speed, even though they now had that "slow" DSL service. They were really happy to be saving $30 per month also. 
Other than heavy Bit Torrent use, or streaming HDTV, what do you do with 5mbs or faster connections? Perhaps if you're a video editor that needs to send files to and from clients, then a high speed pipe is required. But for the average user??? Other than the occasional big file download, I find the slower speed works just fine. Even then, I just let the big files download in the background or while I'm away from the computer.
What do the folks that have uber-pipes do with them? Heavy online gaming? Other things? I'm certainly curious! |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| said by HarryH3  :What do the folks that have uber-pipes do with them? Heavy online gaming? Other things? I'm certainly curious! Online gaming takes up very little bandwidth, you can easily do it on a 128k connection (its the latency that matters). While there certainly are some legitimate uses for high bandwidth connections, the majority of people on this website use them to steal copyrighted content.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
·Embarq
| reply to HarryH3
You've forgotten streaming porn, and you can't leave that out of the equation; it's why the Internet was created ... 
You think the 'golden goo' in Comcast's ads aren't subliminally tailored to that audience? Why do you think they call it "Blast!" ?
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IM1811
join:2001-08-20
Haverstraw, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to wifi4milez
said by wifi4milez :said by HarryH3 :What do the folks that have uber-pipes do with them? Heavy online gaming? Other things? I'm certainly curious! Online gaming takes up very little bandwidth, you can easily do it on a 128k connection (its the latency that matters). While there certainly are some legitimate uses for high bandwidth connections, the majority of people on this website use them to steal copyrighted content. How exactly did you determine that "the majority of people on this website use them to steal copyrighted content"?
Did you do a survey or talk to all 1,087,145 current login accounts here at DSLReports?
I think your characterization of the users here is a bit out of touch. I would also venture to say that over the course of the last year, OVERALL P2P usage in the Country has declined as a direct result of legitimate streaming becoming more available.
Read This:
»AT&T Backbone Sees 20% P2P Drop
or
»gigaom.com/2008/08/02/warning-si···-hassle/
I would venture to say that a majority of DSLReports 1,087,145 users don't engage in illegal file sharing. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
·BroadVoice
| said by IM1811 :How exactly did you determine that "the majority of people on this website use them to steal copyrighted content"? Come on, dont try to fool yourself. |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
·Embarq
| reply to IM1811
said by IM1811 :How exactly did you determine that "the majority of people on this website use them to steal copyrighted content"? Come on. Talking about the legal uses of P2P here is like preaching about the virtues of virginity at a brothel.
Sure, there are legal uses out there, however, nobody is foolish enough to suggest the majority of the uses are completely legal. |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
·Embarq
| reply to Titus Pullo
said by Titus Pullo :You've forgotten streaming porn, and you can't leave that out of the equation; it's why the Internet was created ... Sure, that accounts for some of it.. but what about the other 23 hours and 57 minutes in the day?  |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
·Embarq
| Beat me by six minutes
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