RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on ISPs' refusal to upgrade networks | Ars Technica

[Blake Dunlap <ikiris () gmail com>]

I see this argument, and then I remember working for a company that happily
sold 6 and 12 meg dsl from a dslam that was backhauled by a 3mb pair of t1s.

There needs to be some oversight that it is at least possible / likely to
reach a reasonable expectation of normal destinations with the service
limits you were sold.

-Blake
On Mar 22, 2014 12:17 PM, "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com> wrote:

> > I don't see this as a technical problem, but one of business and ethics.
> > ISP X advertises/sells customers "up to 8Mbps" (as an example), but when
> > it comes to delivering that product, they've only guaranteed 512Kbps (if
> > any) because the ISP hasn't put in the infrastructure to support 8Mbps
> > per customer. Customer believes he/she has 8Mbps, Content provider says
> > we provide 8Mbps content, but ISP can (theoretically and in practice)
> > only deliver a fraction of that. That feels like false advertising to me.
>
> The problem is that the consumer is too stupid to own a computer and use a
> network.
>
> The consumer purchased a product advertized as "up to 8Mbps" but really
> wanted "not less than 8Mbps".
>
> It is not false advertizing.  What was delivered is exactly what was
> advertized and exactly what was purchased.