Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers

["J. Hellenthal via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

Faster off the line then more open connections are always available putting less strain on providers and endpoints 
allowing them to serve more people right off the line.

But we all know where bandwidth goes... once it's increased. ;)

-- 

J. Hellenthal

The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.






> On Jun 7, 2022, at 09:45, Denis Fondras <xxnog () ledeuns net> wrote:
>
> Le Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 08:12:07AM -0500, Mike Hammett a écrit :
> > Would it matter if it took 10 minutes or an hour? 
>
> Yes, it means the computer could be off for 50 minutes.
> Also everyone who had a connection reset when uploading a big file after 55
> minutes understands why it is good if it only would take 10 minutes.
>
> Peace of mind is under-rated :)
>
> > What's the OneDrive rate limit? 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- 
> > Mike Hammett 
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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> >
> > Midwest-IX 
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Tony Wicks" <tony () wicks co nz> 
> > To: nanog () nanog org 
> > Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 5:36:13 PM 
> > Subject: RE: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers 
> >
> >
> >
> > > This whole thread is about hypothetical futures, so it's not hard to imagine downloads filling to available 
> > > capacity. 
> > > Mike 
> >
> > So, a good example of how this capacity is used, In New Zealand we have a pretty broad fibre network covering most 
> > of the population. My niece asked me to share my backup copy of her wedding photo’s/video’s the other day. I have a 
> > 4Gb/s / 4Gb/s XGSPON connection and she’s got a 1Gb/s / 500Mb/s GPON connection. I simply dropped a copy of the 5.1G 
> > directory into a one drive folder and shared it, 10 minutes later (one drive is still limited in how fast you can 
> > upload) she had it all and she was very happy. With these speeds its not even a consideration to think about 
> > capacity, everything just works.