[141762] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen van Aart)
Sat Jun 11 05:34:23 2011
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:34:10 -0700
From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=myinmFXbg5Zwznf4aRbuUcOog-Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Ricardo Ferreira wrote:
> Funny, how in the title refers to the Internet globally when the article is
> specific about the USA.
>
> I live in europe and we have at home 100Mbps . Mid sized city of 500k
> people. Some ISPs even spread WiFi across town so that subscribers can have
> internet access outside their homes.
Though it's nice to have why would one *need* 100 Mbps at home? I
understand the necessity of internet access and agree everyone has a
right to it. But that necessity can be perfectly fulfilled with a stable
internet connection of a reasonable speed (say low to mid range DSL
speed tops).
I don't regard simultaneously streaming 6 channels of TV and downloading
the latest movie torrent in 2 minutes as a basic necessity, let alone
essential.
Regards,
Jeroen
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