Originally Posted by
Fieldmouse
Right now it's in the beginning stages. First stage is to prevent Internet providers from restricting bandwidth to web sites like Comcast restricting bandwidth to Netflix. They also want providers to provide 100% bandwidth all the time to every user. In other words, if you're not home surfing you still have your 10 Meg service. This is totally crazy because it explodes costs out the wazzu. Currently, they use computer modeling to share a big pipe because not 100% of the people with use 100% of the bandwidth. So the providers get away with say a 4 to 1 ratio on the backend. They can monitor that back haul pipe and ensure it only gets to say 85% before they spend the money to install another pipe. That's crazy. If you have poor speeds to where ever you want to go and whatever time of day, fire your provider. There are tons of choices and providers are getting ready to offer 1gig pipes to the home. That's fricking amazing when you think 15 or so years ago we were talking 2400 baud dial up modems.
So you tell me where the problem is?
so this figures...it's a bunch of sphicters who are looking to dictate how the providers 'provide' to their customers. I like the idea of a bias-free service provider...hell...depending on their political views at the time, they can restrict access to NRA sites, HUNTING sites, anyplace they don't particularly agree with...that's a crock of road apples. And providing 100% bandwidth to everyone all the time is untenable...the only service capable of that is DSL and that's only capable withing a specific distance to line's termination. cripes....
being somewhat of a gizmo-geek, I am quite happy about the 1gB pipe proposal...I've not heard it anywhere else, so where did you get it from ? I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat....