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Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)


From: "Todd Vierling" <tv () pobox com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:11:59 -0400


On 3/13/07, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
On funsec we have had a discussion on broadband providers and bandwidth
limitations, pretty much what we rehearsed here.

Critical mass is approaching.  There's only so long that North
American consumers can be held back from bandwidth-hogging
applications and downloads while parts of the world have long since
upgraded to 10Mbit/s bidirectional (and beyond) consumer-grade access
speeds.

Both cable and DSL providers are about to have a very loud wake-up
call, and from here, I see absolutely zero uptake of newer technology
and infrastructure to offset the inevitable.

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-- Todd Vierling <tv () duh org> <tv () pobox com> <todd () vierling name>


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