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What kind of connection are you on, MistaX?
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Let's not accuse anything yet. The feds can't regulate speeds that well...Remember when 56k modems just came out, and we couldnt use them to their ful potential, cuz the govt said we could only get 54? Well I recall still getting 56, despite the regs.
Sporadic jumps in speed aren't that uncommon.
Then again, I'm not gonna argue with Loud about tech stuff, so he's lying.
Sporadic jumps in speed aren't that uncommon.
Then again, I'm not gonna argue with Loud about tech stuff, so he's lying.
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"Feds should push Broadband - posted January 19, 12:20 PM EST by Philip
WASHINGTON (IDG) -- A group representing the nation's largest technology companies is pushing the White House and Congress to make broadband access a national priority on par with the 1960s effort to put a man on the moon.
Palo Alto, California-based Technology Network (TechNet.org) includes companies such as Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. The organization wants to set a goal of having 100M bit/sec. connections available in 100 million U.S. households by 2010. Today's broadband connections are typically less than 2M bit/sec.
The companies are also seeking an interim goal of 6M bit/sec. connections for at least 50 percent of U.S. households by the end of 2004.
Today, some 80 percent of the households have access to broadband, defined by the Federal Communications Commission as 200K bit/sec. and up. But only about 10 percent of those households have signed up for it -- an audience that's too small to encourage businesses to offer broadband content. But, in what is becoming a chicken-and-egg argument, without feature-rich content, some observers are arguing that there is no incentive for consumers to pay $40 to $50 per month for Digital Subscriber Line access or cable modems."
Right off Speedguide.net.......
WASHINGTON (IDG) -- A group representing the nation's largest technology companies is pushing the White House and Congress to make broadband access a national priority on par with the 1960s effort to put a man on the moon.
Palo Alto, California-based Technology Network (TechNet.org) includes companies such as Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. The organization wants to set a goal of having 100M bit/sec. connections available in 100 million U.S. households by 2010. Today's broadband connections are typically less than 2M bit/sec.
The companies are also seeking an interim goal of 6M bit/sec. connections for at least 50 percent of U.S. households by the end of 2004.
Today, some 80 percent of the households have access to broadband, defined by the Federal Communications Commission as 200K bit/sec. and up. But only about 10 percent of those households have signed up for it -- an audience that's too small to encourage businesses to offer broadband content. But, in what is becoming a chicken-and-egg argument, without feature-rich content, some observers are arguing that there is no incentive for consumers to pay $40 to $50 per month for Digital Subscriber Line access or cable modems."
Right off Speedguide.net.......
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Originally posted by Stealth Viper
Let's not accuse anything yet. The feds can't regulate speeds that well...Remember when 56k modems just came out, and we couldnt use them to their ful potential, cuz the govt said we could only get 54? Well I recall still getting 56, despite the regs.
Sporadic jumps in speed aren't that uncommon.
Then again, I'm not gonna argue with Loud about tech stuff, so he's lying.
That wasn't the Feds, it was the phone companies. They new their telephone wires were crap and had to rebuild their infrastructure to make it happen. The limitation of copper pair doing analog transmission is just above 56kbit.
And I just did the math on that transfer. It's actually rated at 7.55mbit, but I still don't believe you (: Microsoft wouldn't send out files to the Internet that fast, and no ISP in the world can afford to be giving that kind of power to its users.
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I agree with you b/c when it comes to technical stuff you are god. There.
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Lets think about this for just a moment, shall we? If a meager 150 users decided to jump online with these people and then go to downloading, the ISP's Internet connection (to supply the need) would have to be better than a gigabit. NO ONE HAS A GIGABIT CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET ... except MCI/Worldcom/UUnet ... they ARE the Internet (:
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How do you figure? 
With my ATT connection, I can get 400-600 kpbs.
So, if they had 500 people connected (which isnt unreasonable), they too would have to have the gigabit connection, right? I feel I am missing something.
With my ATT connection, I can get 400-600 kpbs.
So, if they had 500 people connected (which isnt unreasonable), they too would have to have the gigabit connection, right? I feel I am missing something.
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Don't waste your time doctoring up a pic.
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