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...How many families with kids streaming 2 different shows to their ipads/phones/laptops do you know? + Parents streaming video? Maybe one of them streaming a g
by nimish 9y ago
...How many families with kids streaming 2 different shows to their ipads/phones/laptops do you know? + Parents streaming video? Maybe one of them streaming a game on twitch?
It adds up. Copper is far less reliable at distance than fiber (the amount of people able to get 80mbps is < 10%).
And government is totally incentivized to spend money on a natural monopoly with an immense RoI. Rural areas are basically disconnected from high end internet activities. If you build a fast national network, it will pay off.
And for the record, the cost to full fiber the UK is less than the government plans to spend on HS2, a single rail link between birmingham and london.
- martinald 9y ago2 different shows to phones/tablets = 2x4mbit/sec = 8mbit Parents streaming video - assume 4K HDR (even though virtually nil content is in that) = 25mbit/sec Twitch = 2mbit/sec (upload, but for the sake of argument, assume it was download) Add in 10mbit/sec for browsing, updates etc and you're still at 45mbit/sec. More than 55% of the UK can get >100mbit/sec currently - definitely not <10%: https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7918-january-update-on-state-of-broadband-coverage-across-the-uk-nations-and-regions https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/7918-january-update-on-s.... I know coworking spaces that operate with around 100 people on 100/100 internet with little problem. My grandmas old village in probably the most rural area of NW england can get 80/20mbit broadband (very close to cabinet). If you genuinely think that uncapped 80mbit/sec cuts you off, I don't really understand what you're saying. HS2 is a very important project and I would much rather that be funded than spending billions on slightly faster internet.