So this comment on another thread got me thinking about this a bit more, and I didn't want to clog another thread with what will ultimately have most of you hating me. 
Reading the comments on Engadget just about had me in a tizzy. As most of you know, I work for a company that provides internet service to peoples house, and I actually know a few things about how this works, so I thought I might throw out what I know.
People say they want 10tb of data on a landline.
Ok, then give up all your tv. As much as people complain about cable and satellite, there is still no easier way to get tv shows to your house. If even we have 8 dedicated "channels" of internet, and still can only get about serve about 200 houses as things are built in the plant now. That is up from 1 serving 500 houses just 6 years ago. If someone can think of a better way to get tv into your house, then maybe we'll dedicate all "channels" to internet.
People want at least 25mb cap on mobile broadband.
Double your bill, and stop whining about the way cell towers look, because they are going to need a lot more of them. Or shut off all 2 way radio and over the air tv channels and give it to the cell companies, still double your bill.
Speed
Your ISP is not to blame for your crappy speed, the Internet is. Put this into a dos prompt tracert google.com From my house, getting to Google takes 9 different "servers" (for lack of a better word), that is what takes so long. Any one of those points can make your internet suck, and usually one of them is. What is more of a data hog than an HD movie? It only needs 4mps to run lag free. So on a 17mps landline plan, you can stream 4 at the same time, with a bit left over to surf on. In the real world, I've scene 17mps run 8 HD streams with no complaint from the customer.
What else you guys got? Mock me, prove me wrong, call me Sally, I'll take it, but I stand by the fact the FCC will screw up the internet. I look at what the car companies do. They pseudo complain about government regulations on cars, but behind the scenes, are lobbying hard for them, because it makes it harder and harder for the small guy to break in. This is what I really see in the future of the internet. All these rules will seem great at first, until the only place to buy something online is Amazon, and the only search engine is Google. Everyone else will get pushed out, and eventually, it will be so expensive to meet the FCC's standard, nobody breaks in.
Oh, and don't start with other countries service. Built by governments for people that can't get drinkable water. I'll take my clear tap water and 3 working toilets over a 4ms ping to Google.
Reading the comments on Engadget just about had me in a tizzy. As most of you know, I work for a company that provides internet service to peoples house, and I actually know a few things about how this works, so I thought I might throw out what I know.
People say they want 10tb of data on a landline.
Ok, then give up all your tv. As much as people complain about cable and satellite, there is still no easier way to get tv shows to your house. If even we have 8 dedicated "channels" of internet, and still can only get about serve about 200 houses as things are built in the plant now. That is up from 1 serving 500 houses just 6 years ago. If someone can think of a better way to get tv into your house, then maybe we'll dedicate all "channels" to internet.
People want at least 25mb cap on mobile broadband.
Double your bill, and stop whining about the way cell towers look, because they are going to need a lot more of them. Or shut off all 2 way radio and over the air tv channels and give it to the cell companies, still double your bill.
Speed
Your ISP is not to blame for your crappy speed, the Internet is. Put this into a dos prompt tracert google.com From my house, getting to Google takes 9 different "servers" (for lack of a better word), that is what takes so long. Any one of those points can make your internet suck, and usually one of them is. What is more of a data hog than an HD movie? It only needs 4mps to run lag free. So on a 17mps landline plan, you can stream 4 at the same time, with a bit left over to surf on. In the real world, I've scene 17mps run 8 HD streams with no complaint from the customer.
What else you guys got? Mock me, prove me wrong, call me Sally, I'll take it, but I stand by the fact the FCC will screw up the internet. I look at what the car companies do. They pseudo complain about government regulations on cars, but behind the scenes, are lobbying hard for them, because it makes it harder and harder for the small guy to break in. This is what I really see in the future of the internet. All these rules will seem great at first, until the only place to buy something online is Amazon, and the only search engine is Google. Everyone else will get pushed out, and eventually, it will be so expensive to meet the FCC's standard, nobody breaks in.
Oh, and don't start with other countries service. Built by governments for people that can't get drinkable water. I'll take my clear tap water and 3 working toilets over a 4ms ping to Google.
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