Key characteristics of broadband : always on capability (reasonably, DSL ok, dial up no). I would argue 7mb is broadband even if its over carrier pigeon. (meets always on criteria).
I think the threshold for cut off is somewhere between 256kbit/s and 1.5mbit/s. If you don't think 1.5mbit is broadband, you need to consider tiers... Most of the worlds population will not see *that* speed in 20yrs. Deepak ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net> To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wed Aug 26 19:09:47 2009 Subject: Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband I would argue that "broadband" is the upper X percentile of bandwidth options available to residential users. For instance, something like Verizon FiOS would be broadband while a 7 Mbps cable wouldn't. Jeff On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Richard Bennett<rich...@bennett.com> wrote: > They have a saying in politics to the effect that "the perfect is the enemy > of the good." This is a pretty good illustration. We have the opportunity to > improve connectivity in rural America through the wise expenditure of > taxpayer funding, and it's best not to squander it by insisting on top-shelf > fiber or nothing at all. Let's push the fiber a little deeper, and bridge > the last 20,000 feet with something that won't be too expensive to replace > in 3-5 years. The budget ($7B) just isn't there to give every barn some nice > GigE fiber, even though it would make the cows happy. > > Richard Bennett > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Abley [mailto:jab...@hopcount.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:42 PM > To: Fred Baker > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband > > > On 26-Aug-2009, at 13:38, Fred Baker wrote: > >> If it's about stimulus money, I'm in favor of saying that broadband >> implies fiber to the home. > > I'm sure I remember hearing from someone that the timelines for disbursement > of stimulus money were tight enough that many people expected much of the > money to remain unspent. > > Does narrowing the scope of the funding to mandate fibre have the effect of > funding more and better infrastructure, or will it simply result in less > money being made available? Does it matter? > > > > > -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications of The IRC Company, Inc. Platinum sponsor of HostingCon 2010. Come to Austin, TX on July 19 - 21 to find out how to "protect your booty."
