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Post by silverdragon on Mar 10, 2018 8:38:09 GMT
Just today I got an email from Amazon telling me about it. Synchronicity is weird. Or someone's listening  Of course they are.... now which one of us is it liable to be?.. My money is on Cyber. |
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Post by wvengineer on Nov 18, 2021 15:07:57 GMT
Trying to avoid politics of it, but there is an interesting feature of the latest US Infrastructure bill. AS part of the section to improve broadband access through the country, they inculded a definion on what is considered broadband. So for government purposes, broadband is defined as a minimum of 100 Mbs download speed and 20 Mbs upload. It will be interesting to see what happens. In my area, a number of internet services will no longer be considered broadband. My parents DSL, Satellite service*, even my cable internet. I get a feeling a lot of places will have to change their advertising. Beyond that, I'm not getting my hopes up that I'll see better options for internet out in my area any time soon. www.fastcompany.com/90664673/infrastructure-bill-broadband-senate*Even the new Satellite services like StarLink and Kuiper I don't think will qualify. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 18, 2021 15:27:27 GMT
Trying to avoid politics of it, but there is an interesting feature of the latest US Infrastructure bill. AS part of the section to improve broadband access through the country, they inculded a definion on what is considered broadband. So for government purposes, broadband is defined as a minimum of 100 Mbs download speed and 20 Mbs upload. It will be interesting to see what happens. In my area, a number of internet services will no longer be considered broadband. My parents DSL, Satellite service*, even my cable internet. I get a feeling a lot of places will have to change their advertising. Beyond that, I'm not getting my hopes up that I'll see better options for internet out in my area any time soon. www.fastcompany.com/90664673/infrastructure-bill-broadband-senate*Even the new Satellite services like StarLink and Kuiper I don't think will qualify. well, in order to be considered an improvement, it has to be better than what we currently have, doesn't it? wikipedia has a list of average connection speeds by country. for cellular connections, Canadia tops the chart at 59.6MBPS, while Iraq lags behind at 1.6. the US is in the middle at 26.7. for home connections: Singapore tops the chart with a highest average speed (there were multiple surveys done) of 245.5, while the US comes in at a modest 191.97. the low score on the same test, was senegal with 35.32. I've currently got 25 megs. starlink has hit up to 97.23MBPS. addendum: I think bringing speeds up to spec is included in things the money can be used for. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 18, 2021 20:02:32 GMT
This is what happens when politicians start trying to play engineers.
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Post by wvengineer on Nov 18, 2021 20:40:07 GMT
I don't disagree with bureaucrats trying to be engineers, but this is something that does need addressed and I do consider this a good first start.
I find the following line from the article I attached as a perfect way to illustrating the problem.
Damn. Whoever wrote this article isn't from my area. They consider 100/20 to be on the low end of the scale. To be fair, if you live in a city with access to Gigabit internet, is it is modest. However, for me and my community? 100/20 is to absolute top of the line package that local providers have, assuming you can even get it. I'm still looking for better options than my 12/2 internet for $100/mo.
When a lot of the country doesn't have access to even the basic definition of broadband and many people consider that to be too small for their taste, it does put a bad taste in your mouth about the state of the internet in the country.
At a minimum, it would enable better enforcement of advertising. The DSL in my area is no longer considered broadband. Even StarLink can't claim that anymore. Take that Musk. The overly slow and expsnsive satellite services can no longer make the claim. If they want to sell broadband, they will have to up their offerings.
It's a first step to try to bring better service to the rural parts of the US by creating a standard for what people consider to be broadband instead of a vague marketing term.
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Post by GTCGreg on Nov 19, 2021 2:14:40 GMT
Well, I guess you at least have to start with some definitions. I just think that defining "broad band" as being minimum of 100/20 is a little high. Most people in the country could do pretty much do everything they would want to do on the internet with 25/5 bandwidth. My service comes in around 250/12. the 12MBs upload speed is pretty much locked in. The download speed will very somewhat based on time of day and overall usage. From what I've been told, the 12MBs upload is limited by the ISP's hardware.
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