Telcos want to lower the definition of "broadband"

[FreedomIsNotFree]

The vast size of the US is the largest single factor why we don't currently have speeds such as Japan and S. Korea enjoy.

As to the video itself, this is what happens when the government starts handing out money. Not only does it cost the taxpayers, it clearly has encouraged the Telecoms to figure out ways to cash in. The fact that the end result is potentially slower "broadband" speeds is a direct result of the government.

Don't blame the Telecoms...blame the politicians that started this mess. Once again, the lack of real competition, ie capitalism, results in a constrained benefit.

[artherd]

Anyway, at this price we are paying $13 a meg. Average DSL is 1.5Mbps with a price of $30 and NO SLA.

So, tell me again how expensive this is for the telco's and how consumers should be lucky?

There's a little thing called copper/fiber plant

[locosway]

There's a little thing called copper/fiber plant

I'm unfamiliar with that term.

[mindwip]

Remember our ISPs layed the ground work for the internet alone time ago. Its unfair to compare our speeds to other nations that started later. They are only laying fiber which means theres is newer and better.

Now weather ISPs have been doing enough to upgrade is another question. But we will always be behind the price you pay for being first.

[locosway]

Remember our ISPs layed the ground work for the internet alone time ago. Its unfair to compare our speeds to other nations that started later. They are only laying fiber which means theres is newer and better.

Now weather ISPs have been doing enough to upgrade is another question. But we will always be behind the price you pay for being first.

Cable has long been laying fiber, and their speeds are now often much faster than DSL. The days when you'd get home at 5 and your cable internet would be dog slow is long gone.

I've always been a DSL fan because I always felt the technology was better. Now I feel cable is the better between the two. I just can't wait until Fiber To The Door is more common.

[M198]

My Time Warner super internet + double juiced whatever package runs fast enough to stream hulu and netflix in HD (480p - it's not really HD). If only their servers could keep up. I download anywhere from 1 - 2 MG/sec on fast servers (Microsoft, steam, etc) and sometimes through bittorrent.



Currently we rate 28th in broadband speed. Sad isn't it?