Comments on: 100 Megabits to the home by 2015?

By: john

john — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:08:16 +0000

Wow that is some serious bandwidth. I hope it comes sooner than that. High speed internet at its finest! http://t1blowout.com

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GigaOM Open Thread: Now what would you do with bandwidth, if you had it « — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:30:48 +0000

[...] No comments It is not the first time I have indulged in navel gazing about what is broadband, how much bandwidth is enough, and what are you really going to do with it. Business Week is having a similar moment, wondering [...]

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Thu, 24 May 2007 11:04:26 +0000

[...] Malik highlights the FTTH Council, a group that is pushing the U.S. government to adopt a 100 Megabit Nation policy [...]

By: vic

vic — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:17 +0000

Any clue how much it would cost for a 100 Mbps connection? I mean, since it’s run through an established infrastructure, would the costs to upkeep it be more drastic for the high-speed ISP?

http://highspeed-internet-provider.com

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By: Rishi Sachdev

Rishi Sachdev — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:23:44 +0000

The sad thing is that recently , in Bangalore,India, my cousin got his internet upgraded to 2mb/s down and 500kb/s upload for 12 dollars a month, which is about the same that most people get in the U.S. … did I mention that India was a third world country :)

By: Laura Unger

Laura Unger — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:17:44 +0000

It’s clear something has to be done and this is possible. This country IS falling way behind the rest of the word in high speed, affordable broadband for all. Many of the 2008 Presidential Candidates – Obama, Hillary, Edwards have published proposals on this. It is do-able. FTTH is what they use in Japan which has the highest speeds. This can be done. There are some step by step proposals for implementing a National policy on http://www.speedmatters.org. If we don’t do it, it just won’t get done. Everyone has an interest in getting it done — every student, teacher, citizen who wants to participate in political debate, businesses, the workers who will build it, hospitals, farmers… even during and after the tragedy at Virginia Tech — the internet was not just used for information but the main way these young people reached out to each other for support and comfort. No one should denied access to this.

By: Paul OFlaherty

Paul OFlaherty — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:06:25 +0000

@lars and others.. Try SEAS NVE in Denmark. They're providing 100mb + speeds

They're also providing backbone connections for data transfer between companies and offices up to 2.5 Gigs

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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:43:29 +0000

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By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:24:17 +0000

Its always about greed isn’t it. Here in Egypt most people still use dial-up and that only took off when we started free dial-up, not free but no monthly payments. But we have DSL but only up to 2Mbps, but the prices are really high for us. Most people go for the 256kbps, which I have, for 95 EGP(16.5 USD)the problem is the companies rent the DSL lines from our only teleco for 5 EGP. And the prices are set by the govournment so their isn’t really much competiton. You just have to hope you don’t go to a company that’s too saturated. 100Mbps sounds nice but I’d like to have 8Mbps available first and 1Mbps made cheap. I guess anywhere you won’t get highspeed broadband unless you gouvernment thinks its good and it doesn’t matter how rich your country is.

By: Keith A

Keith A — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:11:48 +0000

The down load is only as fast as the sending party will allow. The service providers will throttle back what ever segments they deem necessary to level the available bandwidth, and your Computer on your end plays as much a part as anything outside the walls of your home.

By: lars

lars — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:27:23 +0000

the person in denmark who said we get 100 mbs is cheating what he forgets is in denmark we get ours from sweeden. in denmark we pay 4 times what they do in sweeden and if u live in the middle or north denmark the very most you can get is 8mbs. and that costs over 400 kr. about 40 english pounds.

in sweeden that will get you 24 mbs. sorry us in denmark are not only cheated, we are way behind the rest of the world. its just most danes cant admit it...

By: Corbo

Corbo — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:23:58 +0000

What's all this bitching about, 8 meg broadband is still a luxury to me having worked up through the years from a 2800bps modem connecting to bbs sites to todays 8meg internet fest.

When we get 100mb in the UK (Hello BT are you listening?) it will make VPN's and working from home much better.

By: Birty McFlirty

Birty McFlirty — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:27:34 +0000

Oh get a life. The world’s in the sh*t, people are starving and you all are complaining about the speed of your broadband connection. Jesus wept.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:21:13 +0000

I live in Australia and the fastest speeds we have are 24mbs, (which is only in some areas). Yet, I live in a capital city and it costs about 75 USD for a 1500/256 connection. (which is the max speed here)

Its appalling, Australia is "meant" to be at the forefront of technology, but we are really lagging behind!!

not to mention our telecom companies suck ass