3 ms·
I see a future where the country is increasingly segregated in terms of bandwidth and connectivity... we're already seeing this in some areas, but expect it to
by radicaldreamer 16y ago
I see a future where the country is increasingly segregated in terms of bandwidth and connectivity... we're already seeing this in some areas, but expect it to accelerate.
Large cities will be wired for gigabit connections in the home and LTE wireless while rural areas will be increasingly left behind with connections averaging in the single megabits.
As computing power and bandwidth requirements accelerate, these areas of the country will be affected disproportionately.
- WALoeIII 16y agoHow is this different than any other "service"? Its way easier to get everything from Thai food to dry cleaning to auto parts in a city.
- alnayyir 16y ago>Its way easier to get everything from Thai food to dry cleaning to auto parts in a city. Actually it was easier in the remoter parts of Ohio for me to get parts than it ever has been in NYC or SF.
- radicaldreamer 16y agoThere are certain services which are available everywhere with relatively equal quality: power, mail, water, voice cellular phone, and wired telephone. One server that isn't available, despite subsidies given to build it out, is high speed broadband- both wired and wireless.