The argument is bollocks and I would like to see better from a technical evangelist organisation: "We want fibre" so we'll insist on 100Mb/100Mb symmetric thro

The argument is bollocks and I would like to see better from a technical evangelist organisation: "We want fibre" so we'll insist on 100Mb/100Mb symmetric throughput as a design requirement. That's the tail wagging the dog. Start with your requirements and then pontificate, eg "I want this": * Nominal download speed with no latency guarantees at up to 100Mbs-1 * Sustainable throughput for three concurrent 4HD streams * Latency suitable for speech without lag * 1500 byte frame transfer without me having to worry about MTU issues The second requirement is basically three lots of 25Mbs-1 with a reasonable ACK response time. I picked three: Parents and kids doing their own thing as two groups plus another one. The third requirement is a bit tricky but generally doable. If you do VoIP then >30ms latency is the start of the point where people need to manage their comms. Humans are actually really good at dealing with crap latency, provided the quality is good. I would suggest that say 10ms to your ISP PoP is a good start for latency. The EFF article waffles on at length. It is both crap technical and stolidly political in nature. I think it fails on all levels but I still applaud the basic premise: We all need reasonably decent, low latency connectivity. Oh, soz, I'm a Brit, but my last point still stands 8)