[141802] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sat Jun 11 21:40:12 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4DF3E933.4080809@mompl.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:02:41 -0700
To: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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On Jun 11, 2011, at 15:16, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
> Randy Bush wrote:
>> some of us try to get work done from home. and anyone who has worked
>> and/or lived in a first world country thinks american 'broadband' speeds
>> are a joke, even for a home network.
>=20
> I understand, but I was referring to the average home internet connection.=
But even for work 100Mbps seems a bit overkill for most purposes. Whole off=
ices work fine with a "mere" bonded T1 at 10Mbps. Admitted it's symmetrical a=
nd is more stable. But regarding speed it's quite a bit slower than the ment=
ioned 100Mbps home internet.
>=20
Depends on the office and the user profile at home. I would be very unhappy=
and so would my coworkers behind a bonded T1 at 10 Mbps. However, I do adm=
it I think my 70 Mbps at home will probably be adequate for a few years to c=
ome.
Owen
