On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 05:34, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
Ricardo Ferreira wrote:
Funny, how in the title refers to the Internet globally when the article is specific about the USA.
I live in europe and we have at home 100Mbps . Mid sized city of 500k people. Some ISPs even spread WiFi across town so that subscribers can have internet access outside their homes.
Though it's nice to have why would one *need* 100 Mbps at home?
First, since when is "Why?" important/relevant? :) Second, working from home - video conferences while working with 10-30mb (mostly) Powerpoint files (that people keep insisting on emailing multiple copies of) ... and to be blunt, my time is important. If I can get that file in seconds instead of minutes that speed is important to me. Third, 4 windows laptops, 1 Ubuntu laptop, 2 phones, 1 tablet and 2 XBOXes, 1 TV - all of which get updates at certain points and are streaming/downloading various content simultaneously. And if my console (game or TV) is getting an update while I want to be playing/watching, (again) seconds instead of minutes is important :). Note that it isn't the specific speed that is important - it is relative. If a noticeable number of Internet users have access at a certain speed 1) services can be built that take advantage of that and 2) those w/o that speed are even more left out. /TJ