Re: World's Fastest Internet™ in Canadaland

[Rafael Possamai <rafael () gav ufsc br>]

Good for you.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Irwin, Kevin <Kevin.Irwin () cinbell com>
wrote:

> Based on our 1Gbps residential customers usage, I believe you just sit at
> home and run speedtest all day.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 26, 2015, at 2:41 PM, Rafael Possamai <rafael () 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 <EDugas () 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-bounces () 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
> > >
> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
> which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
> taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
> entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive
> this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this
> document.