Sadly thus us repeating the same problematic data based on average usage by older Americans vs usage by younger people or those of us with several children.
I agree with the average utilization but when it comes to those peaks my customers can finish their uploads or restores quickly when they do need it. If they are behind a limiter at 25m suddenly that FedEx or carrier pigeon seems best. Business I was at today says they need 40mbps - Jared Sent via RFC1925 complaint device > On May 28, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > > Most households have no practical use for more than 25 megs. More is better, > but let's not just throw money into a fire because of a marketing machine. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > From: "Aaron Wendel" <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net> > To: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 1:49:13 PM > Subject: Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers > > 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? > > > 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. > > > >
