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Geeks love their internet, so it's always on the list. Only half jest. I understand the idea is, if we build massive pipes, life changing uses of the internet
by sliverstorm 10y ago
Geeks love their internet, so it's always on the list. Only half jest.
I understand the idea is, if we build massive pipes, life changing uses of the internet will be invented that cannot even be conceived in today's bandwidth-strangled world.
- michael_fine 10y agoHmm, have those predictions of life changing uses been borne out in places like South Korea, with actual superfast internet? (Not sarcasm, genuinely wondering)
- bcello 10y agoI work with 3D imagery data, our customers need to upload gigabytes of data and models. Mining customers in certain regions of the US basically have 56k connections. America's infrastructure makes it impossible to do high tech, high bandwidth work. Maybe people only design and build low bandwidth applications because that's all our weak infrastructure can handle. If we had better infrastructure, we would take advantage of it, I guarantee you.