Isn't it incredible how slowly internet bandwidth is increasing?

[secretanchitman]

goddammit i want gigabit speeds...that would be SICK!

stupid comcast and other companies screwing us out of our own money.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Well that's what you get with the ISPs monopolizing where they are so they don't need to upgrade and you will still be with them.

The telecom monopolies are an order of magnitude more evil than the RIAA.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Sounds like you guys sure are getting screwed over... Portugal is one of the most undeveloped countries in Europe and pretty much every provider offers 24 mbps @ 40~? all over the country (well since the $ keeps dropping thats already 55$ or something, but still)

So cant really complain... Honestly, anything above 8 mpbs is good enough for me... How many time do you need to download stuff at more than 400 kB/s ? Unless youre streaming an HD movie or something I cant see the need for it... And the only thing that worried me is already gone too... We used to be really strict on download limit 2-3 years ago (Im talking about, 2 GB max per month... yes 2 GB, pretty awful), but now that unlimited access is also available well, Im one happy person

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: spidey07
You're smoking crack.

Bandwidth follows moore's law. It doubles roughly every two years. 100 Gigabit ethernet is on the horizon.

Ooooookaaaaay.

Here's Silicon Valley:

1998 cable internet sustained bandwidth (@Home): 10 Mbps, no upload throttle. ~$40/month standalone.
2008 cable internet sustained bandwidth (Comcast): 8 Mbps, 512 Kbps upload. ~$40/month when bundled.

Take one step forward, take two giant steps back.

Moore's law is powerless against TEH COMCASTORZ!

I used to get sustained 1MB/s+ downloads to a spanking-new Pentium II 400 (ooh! MMX!). Of course, there wasn't much to download... Windows updates... this new thing called "MP3."

These days I'd cream myself if I had that 1998 connection again.

@Home was not 10Mbps was it? It was 3 Mbps but it was closer to 4 when I had it in 1998. Maybe that was 1999. They had a 1.5mbps upload too and it was sweet.

2001 rolled around and AT&T took over, cut it down to 1.5/128 before finally doubling to 3/256. Comcast upgraded to 384, and we've gone to 4mbps sometime in 2004 I think?

Now they offer 6mbps to people with cable TV, but who gives.

@Home just messed up when they never capped their uploads.

 

[Jhill]

sounds like you guys need www.mstarmetro.com

 

[aldamon]

I've had a 384k upload on RoadRunner for 8 years. If I wanted to, I could upgrade to an amazing 512k for $10 more a month. It's pretty damn depressing.

 

[Xavier434]

I'm ok with my current internet bandwidth. I just don't want that bandwidth to be discriminated. :|

Now, where I would like to see a major increase is my satellite tv bandwidth. I want all my shows in 1080P HD.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: spidey07
You're smoking crack.

Bandwidth follows moore's law. It doubles roughly every two years. 100 Gigabit ethernet is on the horizon.

So when will I be able to get a 100/10 megabit connection to my house?

When you feel like paying for it.

:roll: You know exactly what I meant. When will the average consumer be able to get internet speeds comparable to say, Japan where 100mbit is the norm? FIOS is a great step, but it's not being implemented fast enough.

Not this crap again.

When you live in a extremely dense area on a very small island subsidized by government on relatively new infrastructure it's isn't difficult to offer these services for cheap.

Stop the entitlement mentality.

Japan, and many European countries, had the benefit of getting all their shit blown up in WWII, which is why their infrastructure is so modern compared to ours.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
@13GT- what you describe is exactly what was supposed to happen with dsl. baby bells own and maintain the physical property, and lease bandwidth and rackspace to competitors. beyond the physical limitations of dsl, i think it was a mistake to allow the property owners to offer service alongside (crushing, really) the leasees. cable is legally exempt from common-carrier laws.

a friend and bell employee told me that on his things-to-do list, covad and the others were beyond lowest priority.

things being what they are owners are not going to stop offering service. since that includes my employer, i say "Get your own damn wires!!"

Allowing AT&T to compete with CLEC was a conflict of interest and drove all the CLEC out of business. AT&T simply overcharged the CLEC which forced them to charge more for their product. AT&T then lowered the price of their own DSL and of course people bought that instead.

Long Live the CLEC.

Long Live Monopoly!

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: spidey07
You're smoking crack.

Bandwidth follows moore's law. It doubles roughly every two years. 100 Gigabit ethernet is on the horizon.

So when will I be able to get a 100/10 megabit connection to my house?

When you feel like paying for it.

:roll: You know exactly what I meant. When will the average consumer be able to get internet speeds comparable to say, Japan where 100mbit is the norm? FIOS is a great step, but it's not being implemented fast enough.

Not this crap again.

When you live in a extremely dense area on a very small island subsidized by government on relatively new infrastructure it's isn't difficult to offer these services for cheap.

Stop the entitlement mentality.

Japan, and many European countries, had the benefit of getting all their shit blown up in WWII, which is why their infrastructure is so modern compared to ours.

You are joking I hope because most of the American network for cable was built in the 70's and has been upgraded since then. The Telco's are certainly not using the same wire and equipment they had before WWII. Most phone service is running across fiber now, you simply can't get it at the Last Mile though because that is still copper.

 

[Anubis]

its not increaseing at all where i am
we have had the smae 5/384 plan for anout 7 years, with no options for anything faster

 

[amdskip]

My cable company is changing from Insight to Comcast and I'm worried what they will do to my 10mb internet.