Its mostly marketing, a number of years ago I worked for a cable co, we knew if we increased BW X we'd see a Y speed increase in usage. We also has done the math on several future generations of upgrades, so we'd know if "phone company" increases to A we'd move to B. I know the guy that did the math for us then, he still sits in that job so I assume he still does similar I suspect any cable so worth their salt does the same.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Rafael Possamai <raf...@gav.ufsc.br> wrote: > How does one fully utilize a gigabit link for home use? For a single person > it is overkill. Similar to the concept of price elasticity in economics, > going from 50mbps to 1gbps doesn't necessarily increase your average > transfer rate, at least I don't think it would for me. Anyone care to > comment? Just really curious, as to me it's more of a marketing push than > anything else, even though gigabit to the home sounds really cool. > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Eric Dugas <edu...@zerofail.com> wrote: > > > Nice try Bell.. So-Net did it two years ago, 2Gbps FTTH in Japan. > > > > Article: http://bgr.com/2013/06/13/so-net-nuro-2gbps-fiber-service/ > > > > If you read Japanese: http://www.nuro.jp/hikari/ > > > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Hank Disuko > > Sent: June 26, 2015 2:04 PM > > To: NANOG > > Subject: World's Fastest Internet™ in Canadaland > > > > Bell Canada is apparently gearing up to provide the good people of > Toronto > > with the World's Fastest Internet™. > > > > > http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/06/25/bell-canada-to-give-toronto-worlds-fastest-internet.html > > > > > > >
