On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 05:34, Jeroen van Aart <jer...@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
