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> we should be aiming for 1Gbps minimum in cities Without wishing to make a "nobody will ever need more than 640KB ram" comment. There has to come a point wher
by adamt 14y ago
> we should be aiming for 1Gbps minimum in cities
Without wishing to make a "nobody will ever need more than 640KB ram" comment. There has to come a point where bandwidth speed starts to matter less. I have 100Mbps down at the moment, and my LAN (802.11n or powerlines), my hard-disk, or the ability of my CPU to decode video are gating factors in most cases and not my Internet connection.
Getting every home to a _good_ (e.g. achieved) 10Mbps is in my mind far more important than aspiring to Gbps connectivity.
- Retric 14y ago100Mbps is reasonably fast right now, but when building infrastructure you want to focus non on your current needs but your needs when you finish building that infrastructure. Vary high speed internet has enabled me to got a lot more use from a small SSD by downloading games I want to play again vs. trying to keep local copy's of everything. Sure, by it's self that's not a big deal, but the internet is more than just cat video's on youtube. PS: Ever download a show because you where trying to remember a quote?
- pilsetnieks 14y agoI believe that you should account for future growth when planning infrastructure - i.e., 100Mbps might be sufficient for even the most demanding users and overkill for most but 5 or 10 years down the line it might be viewed as barely adequate – the same as we're discussing 2Mbps right now.
- buro9 14y agoI agree with 10Mbps right now being the baseline if you want to replace broadcast TV with the internet: http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-bandwidth-requirement-to-stream-a-1080p-HD-movie-off-a-remote-server http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-bandwidth-requirement-to-st...