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

[Andrew Odlyzko via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Yes!  Some other ways to the basic idea are that

  The function of data networks is to satisfy human impatience.

and

  The goal is to minimize transaction latency.

Once you accept either one, the conclusion that follows is that
there is no limit to potential demand (which, however, as always,
is moderated by cost and applications one uses).

A couple of papers that deal with this are "The delusions of net 
neutrality" from the 2008 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference,

   http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/net.neutrality.delusions.pdf

and "The current state and likely evolution of the Internet" from
Globecom 1999,

   http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/globecom99.pdf

Andrew




On Mon, 23 May 2022, james.cutler () consultant com wrote:

> On May 23, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:
> > Really? What is the average household doing to use up a gig worth of bandwidth?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Optimize their activities by  remove a major delay factors from their activities.
>
> See The Human Use of Human Beings, a book by Norbert Wiener.