What's going on at Ars Technica? After noting that at current rates of
increase it will take 100 years for the US to catch up with Japan's
current level of service, Ars Technica then gos on to disparage the
report...
The rates reported for Asia are roughly what we term DS3 (T3)
level speeds. There's a handy chart at the end of this article:
http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=115
I think the CWA did a great job with the data collection but not
necessarily the data interpretation. "Median" is a slippery statistic
at best, and I believe we can't assume that the other countries
cited aren't including governmental and large institutional users
in their speed reports. CWA almost certainly is not.
My team mostly provisions optical carrier applications and
believe me when I say there's no shortage of demand at the
Gbps level for these products. I have the technology to do
it, and if you are willing to cover my costs I will gladly do it.
But I choose not to operate at a loss. I am all ready putting
my butt on the line with FiOS, I expect to retire before I see
positive ROI on that venture, but if I build it they will come.
I get no government handouts to do this, I am a businessman
first and I am willing to take calculated risks but I will not give
away the store because a country the size of Montana (Japan)
or Virginia (ROK) can deploy faster--even if they really can.
They have, you see, a denser infrastructure than I do.
As usual, my opinion only.
However, feel free to continue to hold my feet to the fire on
this issue, my compamy is going balls to the wall on this.
100 years, by the way, is pure unadulterated ignorance on
Ars Technica's part. The person who wrote the article likely
does not know what they are talkong about...
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