[141854] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugeniu Patrascu)
Sun Jun 12 15:38:19 2011
In-Reply-To: <4DF3E933.4080809@mompl.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:37:33 +0300
From: Eugeniu Patrascu <eugen@imacandi.net>
To: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 01:16, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
> Randy Bush wrote:
>>
>> some of us try to get work done from home. =A0and anyone who has worked
>> and/or lived in a first world country thinks american 'broadband' speeds
>> are a joke, even for a home network.
>
> 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
> offices work fine with a "mere" bonded T1 at 10Mbps. Admitted it's
> symmetrical and is more stable. But regarding speed it's quite a bit slow=
er
> than the mentioned 100Mbps home internet.
I need 100Mbs at home because I want to see a streamed movie NOW, not
in a month because someone considers broadband a luxury :)
Pretty simple usage scenario I might say.
