Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th
percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were
running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly
to where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to)
saturate our online-ness like a millennial.
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On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote:
I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download
windows updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less
than a meg. Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And
yeah, mine is free. :)
I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh.
On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials.
https://internetessentials.com/
Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract
or promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing.
I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m
saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google
Fiber is so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done.
It was either a stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly
believed 10 Mbps was so lame that most people would rather pay for
gigabit.
No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to
$50 is a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer
the local cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10
Mbps at something less than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get
some cable TV revenue. Because lots of people will still be happy
with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s affordable, no matter what the elites
think. Just like some people are fine with French’s mustard instead
of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine.
*From:* Josh Reynolds <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
Kansas City| Ars Technica
I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro
broadband pricing.
Honestly.
I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber /
cable / DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc.
Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for
$45-55+ a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos,
which sucks when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak
because of how vastly over provisioned much of those networks are.
That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon
ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under
most of the providers asses.
On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is
kind of extreme. They must have been surprised how many people
were OK with a mere 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price.
Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50.
*From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM
*To:* Animal Farm <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in
Kansas City| Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/
