[181521] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: World's Fastest =?utf-8?q?Internet=E2=84=A2?= in Canadaland
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Fri Jun 26 19:35:07 2015
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From: "Joe Abley" <jabley@hopcount.ca>
To: "Hank Disuko" <gourmetcisco@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:26:54 -0300
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On 26 Jun 2015, at 15:04, Hank Disuko wrote:
> Bell Canada is apparently gearing up to provide the good people of =
> Toronto with the World's Fastest Internet=E2=84=A2.
> http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/06/25/bell-canada-to-give-to=
ronto-worlds-fastest-internet.html
Bell Canada is in the business of defending the current regulatory =
regime from claims that internet speeds are slow, or that investment by =
incumbents in the last mile is lacking, or that it ought to be required =
to share its access network with competitors. Read the press with that =
context in mind.
There's cooperative, rural broadband in the UK [1] that offers 10G =
access to farms at a lower price than Bell charges for some satellite TV =
bundles. I don't think anybody need waste any cycles persuading other =
people here that the "fastest internet" claims are not aligned precisely =
with the kind reality you find even on this list.
Joe
[1] http://b4rn.org.uk
