[141685] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Fri Jun 10 10:22:10 2011
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimQ9khE0UzJHtWaj7kmAZi4XsKNig@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:22:04 -0400
To: Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Scott Brim wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:47, Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> I'd go so far as to say "user failure". If I wanted cable TV
>> (especially if I needed it at home as part of my job), I wouldn't
>> buy/rent/lease/whatever a home without checking that cable TV is
>> available at that location.
>=20
> Yeah, he messed up, but the social problem is still real. The
> Internet is now more important than electricity or water -- you can go
> off the grid or dig your own well, but more and more you can't get a
> job or talk to the government without web access and email.
>=20
I have an off-the-grid location I can go to. I can get internet access =
there with a VZ MIFI at speeds of 1Mb/s. What I can't get is a software =
update over that service to keep my devices secure. The 5GB data cap =
gets in the way. =20
The current set of iphone/ipad firmware updates are about 700mb per =
device. Not counting the latest combo updater (or incremental) for =
MacOS. (Hopefully with the 5.0 software announced they will do OTA =
updates on a different APN that doesn't count against ones data limits).
I don't use windows so not sure what those weigh in at, but they're =
bound to be a few hundred megs.
- Jared=
