speedz

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   by speedz 9y ago

   Why do you feel that? You can get within spitting distance with ADSL, and that's without bonding. Plenty of other DSL flavors beyond that too.
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   by speedz 9y ago

   The key here is the need to invest more. The ISPs would rather milk the existing investment. It is also not a given that people would pay enough more for a faster network.
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   by speedz 9y ago

   I don't quite follow your argument. Which speeds are unrealistically high?
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   by speedz 9y ago

   > That money comes almost entirely from a special tax on those same companies. It's like adding a 10% sales tax to each iPhone or Pixel and then giving the money back to Apple and Google to subsidize phones for people in need. It&#x
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   by speedz 9y ago

   ISPs have for decades been subsidized and not delivered. http://newnetworks.com/bookofbrokenpromises.htm
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   by speedz 9y ago

   ISPs don't want faster internet if it means they need to invest. ISPs want to maximize their profit, not the speed of their internets.
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   by speedz 9y ago

   Money, the answer is always money. The speed standard is used to funnel money to the incumbents. The incumbents are supposed to improve and/or upgrade their speeds or coverage to match these standards in return for these subsidies, but