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The article is correct that fiber connections can provide a higher bitrate than cable and 5G, but it fails to explain why that makes it a better social or econo
by gnode 7y ago
The article is correct that fiber connections can provide a higher bitrate than cable and 5G, but it fails to explain why that makes it a better social or economic proposition.
My 200Mb/s DOCSIS cable connection is well below the theoretical maximum, and is good enough for streaming 8K video, downloading a Linux distro in seconds, downloading a game in a few minutes, etc. The social effect of having this, versus 0.1Mb/s connectivity I had before is huge, but greater bandwidth would not greatly change my experience.
If the aim is to improve the lives of as many people as possible, it takes more to justify a more expensive project, than just: it will be faster.
My primary concern as a politician would be which solution can be affordable and adequate for the largest number of people who do not currently have something adequate.
- bsder 7y agoEvery order of magnitude change in upload speed has spawned a whole host of new applications to take advantage of it. Upload is the key--not download.
- steve1977 7y agoMost people do not create content that is worthy of any high amount of upload bandwidth. Why would you think that upload speed is so important?
- bsder 7y agoBecause every bump in upload speed created some new application. email, online services, graphical online services, the web, limewire etc., bittorrent etc. It's not about what everybody can create. It's about what a select few can create. The goal is to give the same tools to the person in the middle of nowhere as if they were the most connected person on the planet.