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How much of this is people paying for faster connections to work from home vs actual infrastructure build out?
by throwaway1777 6y ago
How much of this is people paying for faster connections to work from home vs actual infrastructure build out?
- anonymfus 6y agoCan it also be people cancelling slow mobile plans?
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- loeg 6y agoOr selection bias — people only speed-testing their new fast internet plan?
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- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoNo idea. As with all truth, you should check with multiple sources for corroboration first. I know in Hawaii at least there was a massive DCCA (chamber of commerce) initiative started way back in 2012 to outfit all public schools with gigabit fiber and all universities with 10gigabit fiber. Hospitals also got fiber connections though I don't know how fast, and there were a few 10gigabit undersea cables laid between the islands themselves. The state government started offering incentives and subsidies to encourage more cable landings on Oahu. This was also the same program in which they began installing the FirstNet system and the 5G infrastructure. No idea what's going on on the mainland. https://cca.hawaii.gov/broadband/files/2015/01/Hawaii_Broadband_Strategic_Plan_Dec_2012.pdf https://cca.hawaii.gov/broadband/files/2015/01/Hawaii_Broadb...
- satisfaction 6y agoThis seems more likely than Charter, ATT, et al. investing massive amounts of cash into their networks. I think there would be massive PR campaign if the actually almost doubled available bandwidth in a year. The capacity was always there, they just needed to be paid in order to open it up. I upgraded from 200/10 to 600/35, they just flipped a switch.
- dasudasu 6y agoYep. Service providers didn't ramp up their investments at all into telecom equipment providers during covid, which is impressive. They just had good capacity that was never fully used. They're going slowly on the whole 5G thing now as they don't expect customers to be ready for massive price hikes to their plans. Ultimately the capacity of customers (individuals and businesses) to pay is what drive those investments, regardless of how much everyone claim to need ever increasing bandwidths.
- satisfaction 6y agoAfter posting that I went back through my invoices and it does appear that at some-point Chart upgraded me from 100/10 to 200/10 at no extra charge.
- WillPostForFood 6y agoIt is both. This number is probably driven by people that are upgrading plans. But the telcom companies are spending billions on expanding infrastructure. Look at the capex numbers for any of the big companies. A lot of it is 5G, but wired as well. https://www.telecomlead.com/5g/att-enhances-capex-to-5-bn-in-q1-targeting-5g-network-expansion-94848 https://www.telecomlead.com/5g/att-enhances-capex-to-5-bn-in...
- eru 6y agoWell, if there's demand, supply often follows.
- nhumrich 6y agoCorrelary, how much of this is people _running speed tests from home_ because zoom is slow, etc, where otherwise they wouldn't.
- disown 6y agoAlso Zoom classrooms for kids/students. Work and school from home is probably the catalyst for higher inter speeds as employees/parents need faster internet speeds for Zoom. It would also correlate with the rise of Zoom stock price.