slow down

[a2j]

You Don't Want Super-High-Speed Internet, Says Time Warner Cable | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
How AT&T Is Planning to Rob Americans of an Open Public Telco Network | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

this does not look good

[Maximal]

I do think GB internet is a little over-kill to be honest. Something around LTE speeds in cable form so you always have a signal would be ideal...I don't really know what you'd need to stream that requires anything more than 20-30mb/s

[IPD]

the key is...first you have to provide ALL americans an acceptable high-speed internet offering. i consider 30Mbps fair, and 100Mbps ample. the problem is, the higher quality you stream, the more bandwidth it's going to take--and media only keeps improving.

[Snook]

i can barely get internet at home...

[1990AWD]

the key is...first you have to provide ALL americans an acceptable high-speed internet offering. i consider 30Mbps fair, and 100Mbps ample. the problem is, the higher quality you stream, the more bandwidth it's going to take--and media only keeps improving.

Well you must be glad you don't live in rural Saskatchewan - the fastest Internet we can get is 2Mbps. I usually use my phone and even that's rarely over 5Mbps.

[FeaRpb]

Gig speeds would be amazing

[IPD]

Well you must be glad you don't live in rural Saskatchewan - the fastest Internet we can get is 2Mbps. I usually use my phone and even that's rarely over 5Mbps.

that's my point. first we talk about broader coverage--and ESPECIALLY eliminating monopolies--and then we'll talk about "how much is enough".

goddamn telecoms are fucking greedy as hell in the USA.

[Alex3000gt]

I do think GB internet is a little over-kill to be honest. Something around LTE speeds in cable form so you always have a signal would be ideal...I don't really know what you'd need to stream that requires anything more than 20-30mb/s

"CDs? I don't really see the point in needing more than a 3 1/2" floppy drive. I mean, who is going to need more than 1.44 megabytes of storage?" - You in 1988.

[IPD]

let's not forget that time-warner is also a CONTENT OWNER. which means that pushing for throttled internet is a backhanded method of theirs serving twofold purpose:

1. it means they have to spend less infrastructure & can spend more on corporate bonuses, etc. legal monopolies give them relative immunity from price-fixing & shitty service.

2. throttled internet--at least in the minds of these numbnuts--means that people will have a more difficult time pirating, and/or will be caught easier.

nevermind the fact that to LEGALLY access their media--i have to use a VPN service, because of the vice they have netflix's balls in.

[IPD]

let's not forget that time-warner is also a CONTENT OWNER. which means that pushing for throttled internet is a backhanded method of theirs serving twofold purpose:

1. it means they have to spend less infrastructure & can spend more on corporate bonuses, etc. legal monopolies give them relative immunity from price-fixing & shitty service.

2. throttled internet--at least in the minds of these numbnuts--means that people will have a more difficult time pirating, and/or will be caught easier.

nevermind the fact that to LEGALLY access their media--i have to use a VPN service, because of the vice they have netflix's balls in.