[39389] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: It's way too quiet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vincent Power)
Thu Jul 5 14:15:52 2001
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:05:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vincent Power <vince@penguin-power.com>
To: Larry Diffey <ldiffey@technologyforward.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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In January 1999, the FCC defined broadband as a connection to an
end-user with speeds greater than 200 kbps in both directions.
-Vince
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Larry Diffey wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Oh wise nanogers, what speeds do we need to achieve for the average consumer before we truly have broadband?
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> 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.
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> Regards,
>
> Larry Diffey
>
> **Incidentally, I am at this very moment wearing a t-shirt that says "Will work for bandwidth".
>
