So you haven't yet installed your home Holodeck? On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:31 PM David Bass <davidbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is changing in the next 5 years that could possibly require a > household to need a gig? That is just ridiculous. > > On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 3:15 PM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > >> >> On 5/23/22 12:04 PM, Thomas Nadeau wrote: >> > >> > >> >> On May 23, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/23/22 11:49 AM, Aaron Wendel wrote: >> >>> The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US >> household will need more than a gig within 5 years. Why not just jump it >> to a gig or more? >> >> >> >> Really? What is the average household doing to use up a gig worth of >> bandwidth? >> >> >> >> Mike >> > Thats almost the same question we were asked at BT a dozen years ago >> when moving from DSL -> FTTC when someone said, “but surely DSL is >> sufficient because its so much faster than dial.” >> >> The two of us survive just fine with 25Mbs even when we have a house >> full of friends. I mean it would be nice to have 100Mbs so that it's >> never a problem but the reality is that it just hasn't been a problem in >> practice. I mean how many 4k streams are running at the same time in the >> average household? What else besides game downloads are sucking up that >> much bandwidth all of the time? >> >> Mike >> >> >> > >> > —Tom >> > >> > >> >>> >> >>> On 5/23/2022 1:40 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: >> >>>> >> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0 >> >>>> >> >>>> The Federal Communications Commission voted [May 19, 2022] to seek >> comment on a proposal to provide additional universal service support to >> certain rural carriers in exchange for increasing deployment to more >> locations at higher speeds. The proposal would make changes to the >> Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) program, with the goal of >> achieving widespread deployment of faster 100/20 Mbps broadband service >> throughout the rural areas served by rural carriers currently receiving >> A-CAM support. >> >>>> >> >
