[39382] in North American Network Operators' Group
It's way too quiet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Diffey)
Thu Jul 5 13:10:25 2001
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From: "Larry Diffey" <ldiffey@technologyforward.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:13:12 -0700
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Since it's so quiet in here, I want to stir things up a little with an =
informal survey.
With all of this talk about broadband (mostly in reference to cable =
modems and xDSL), consumers have been tricked into actually believing =
that if it's faster than a modem then it's broadband.
I have a number in my head as to what I consider broadband. It's not an =
unreasonable number but it certainly does exceed what is available to =
the average consumer.
Oh wise nanogers, what speeds do we need to achieve for the average =
consumer before we truly have broadband?
I will try and keep track of all the numbers that you give you an =
average and I'll also give you the number I had in mind.
Regards,
Larry Diffey
**Incidentally, I am at this very moment wearing a t-shirt that says =
"Will work for bandwidth".
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since it's so quiet in here, I want to =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With all of this talk about broadband =
(mostly in=20
reference to cable modems and xDSL), consumers have been tricked into =
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believing that if it's faster than a modem then it's =
broadband.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a number in my head as to what I =
consider=20
broadband. It's not an unreasonable number but it certainly does =
exceed=20
what is available to the average consumer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh wise nanogers, what speeds do we =
need to achieve=20
for the average consumer before we truly have broadband?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will try and keep track of all the =
numbers that=20
you give you an average and I'll also give you the number I had in=20
mind.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Larry Diffey</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>**Incidentally, I am at this very =
moment wearing a=20
t-shirt that says "Will work for bandwidth".</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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