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According to Pai, 3mbps passes the bar for high speed internet [0]. This is what happens when you let a lobbyist in charge of setting goals. Just imagine what c

According to Pai, 3mbps passes the bar for high speed internet [0]. This is what happens when you let a lobbyist in charge of setting goals. Just imagine what could be done if everyone in America had 50mbps symmetrical. Regarding net neutrality, I have no doubts that many ISPs had really profitable ways to monetize this change. The real question was how long until net neutrality was restored? Probably not long enough for an ISP to really do something about it. Truth is carriers and ISP completely missed the boat around 2008 when Steve Jobs effectively turned them into bandwidth providers, a commodities market. All the value added on top of the network connection is now captured by Apple and Google. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22242635/fcc-ajit-pai-internet-speed-advanced-telecommunications-3mbps https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22242635/fcc-ajit-pai-int...

dominotw 6y ago
> Just imagine > The real question was how long Speculation is good but I was of looking of concrete examples of effects on an average end user. My not so tech savvy family asked me but I couldn't come up with anything so trying give them good answer next time.
- 908B64B197 6y ago
  Better bandwidth, combined with remote work simply means that several communities will become viable for a lot of professionals that can arrange for partial work from home. Think beach houses, lake houses. Communities that would benefit from an influx of people. And less traffic in our cities. > concrete examples of effects on an average end user Makes it legal to throttle Netflix so much it'll be unusable. You'll have to add an extra X$ a month (on top of your Netflix subscription) to be able to use it.
  - dominotw 6y ago
    > Makes it legal to throttle Netflix This is more speculation though right? Is anyone actually doing this now? Can i say "hey Jackie your netflix won't be throttled anymore now that Ajit is gone" ?
    - 908B64B197 6y ago
      > This is more speculation though right? No. It does make it legal to do so. > Can i say "hey Jackie your netflix won't be throttled anymore now that Ajit is gone" ? You can't. It hadn't been throttled yet. You can tell her that it will be legally impossible for her ISP to do so.
      - noodlesUK 6y ago
        Mine is on mobile. T-mobile zero rates Netflix and throttles it down to 6 or 7 mbps. If I VPN I usually get 50-100 on 5g.
    - netizen-9748 6y ago
      Who needs throttling when you tell everyone that 3Mbps is 'enough'?

dominotw 6y ago

> Just imagine > The real question was how long Speculation is good but I was of looking of concrete examples of effects on an average end user. My not so tech savvy family asked me but I couldn't come up with anything so trying give them good answer next time.

908B64B197 6y ago
Better bandwidth, combined with remote work simply means that several communities will become viable for a lot of professionals that can arrange for partial work from home. Think beach houses, lake houses. Communities that would benefit from an influx of people. And less traffic in our cities. > concrete examples of effects on an average end user Makes it legal to throttle Netflix so much it'll be unusable. You'll have to add an extra X$ a month (on top of your Netflix subscription) to be able to use it.
- dominotw 6y ago
  > Makes it legal to throttle Netflix This is more speculation though right? Is anyone actually doing this now? Can i say "hey Jackie your netflix won't be throttled anymore now that Ajit is gone" ?
  - 908B64B197 6y ago
    > This is more speculation though right? No. It does make it legal to do so. > Can i say "hey Jackie your netflix won't be throttled anymore now that Ajit is gone" ? You can't. It hadn't been throttled yet. You can tell her that it will be legally impossible for her ISP to do so.
    - noodlesUK 6y ago
      Mine is on mobile. T-mobile zero rates Netflix and throttles it down to 6 or 7 mbps. If I VPN I usually get 50-100 on 5g.
  - netizen-9748 6y ago
    Who needs throttling when you tell everyone that 3Mbps is 'enough'?