USA Broadband Speeds Sloooow by comparison

[Acanthus]

It is pretty sad that the nation that invented the internet cant even get good fiber penetration to its major cities.

FIOS is still rare in the US.

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: aries7
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by kranky:
If we ignore youtube videos and illegal downloading of media, is there any big advantage to 61mbps versus 1.97? What value does all that extra bandwidth really serve? I'm serious, I have FIOS going right past our house and I can't come up with one good reason to switch from DSL.</end quote></div>

Really?

Why do people upgrade their computers? What value does all that extra computing power really serve... the same can be asked. How you use the net is not the same as how someone else uses the net.

You could ask yourself: would the U.S. be missing out on anything if it pinned today's broadband speeds for the next 15 years?

Broadband is an enabler for higher technologies; bigger and better things. Some would argue that we don't need higher broadband speeds until those technologies started becoming mainstream ... but then we could argue if the chicken or the egg came first.

IMHO your post was a bunch of BS...

 

[fire400]

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[senseamp]

It has a big influence on the US competitiveness in technology. If Japan and Korea have very high speed internet before us, their companies will be the first to design applications and devices to take advantage of that high speed, and by the time we get it, they will already be several generations ahead of our companies, giving them a big competitive edge.

 

[redgtxdi]

Isn't remote access what SATELLITE is all about???


I have a buddy that moved from L.A. to the armpit of Arizona. He went Satellite w/ everything in his home except telephone and has been loving every minute of it.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
They list Canada at 7mbps, suck it distance.

Doesn't 90% of Canada's population live within 100 miles of the US border? That really cuts down on the amount of wiring you guys have to run!

Something tells me that I'm not going to be getting a cheap 50mbs fiber connection in the northern Yukon territories.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: AmpedSilence
I think this is a repost? But, distance makes a HUGE difference. DSL starts dropping off at like 20k feet. Having a CO every 20k feet in most areas gets damn expensive.

Actually, it's 18000ft for a 384k connection, 11000-15000ft will get you 768-1.5, 8000-11000 is 1.5-3.0, and under 8000ft is 6.0.