The issue isn't raw downloading power. The issue is request latency, overloaded DNS servers and overloaded data centers. In other words it's not just about quan

The issue isn't raw downloading power. The issue is request latency, overloaded DNS servers and overloaded data centers. In other words it's not just about quantity, it's (as always with life) mostly about quality. In 2000-01 I briefly had a relatively modest (2mbit/sec) DSL line from a local mini-ISP with crazy fast ping times and DNS on steroids: nearly everything on the Internet would load under half a second. That mini-ISP got acquired and disappeared, and my internet experience has been deteriorating ever since: my guaranteed 6mbit/sec connection allows me to I download hundreds of front pages of HN per second, yet I wait for up to 10 seconds sometimes to load just one, and google maps always gets stuck at one or two map fragments when I look something up.