I think we have a winner here - we don't necessarily need 1G down, but we do need to get the upload speeds up to symmetrical 50/50, 100/100 etc... there are enough people putting in HD security cameras and the like that upstream speeds are beginning to be an issue. 

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 4:37 AM David Bass <davidbass570@gmail.com> wrote:

The real problem most users experience isn’t that they have a gig, or even 100Mb of available download bandwidth…it’s that they infrequently are able to use that full bandwidth due to massive over subscription .  

The other issue is the minimal upload speed.  It’s fairly easy to consume the 10Mb that you’re typically getting as a residential customer.  Even “business class” broadband service has a pretty poor upload bandwidth limit.  

We are a pretty high usage family, and 100/10 has been adequate, but there’s been times when we are pegged at the 10 Mb upload limit, and we start to see issues. 

I’d say 25/5 is a minimum for a single person. 

Would 1 gig be nice…yeah as long as the upload speed is dramatically increased as part of that.  We would rarely use it, but that would likely be sufficient for a long time.  I wouldn’t pay for the extra at this point though. 

On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 8:20 PM Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:

Remember, this rulemaking is for 1.1 million locations with the "worst"
return on investment. The end of the tail of the long tail.  Rural and
tribal locations which aren't profitable to provide higher speed
broadband.

These locations have very low customer density, and difficult to serve.

After the Sandwich Isles Communications scandal, gold-plated proposals
will be viewed with skepticism.  While a proposal may have a lower total
cost of ownership over decades, the business case is the cheapest for
the first 10 years of subsidies.  [massive over-simplification]

Historically, these projects have lack of timely completion (abandoned,
incomplete), and bad (overly optimistic?) budgeting.

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Jeff Shultz

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