On Jan 30, 2015 7:55 PM, "Pavel Kirkovsky" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personal communications, telecommuting (commuting is stressful and a waste of time/fuel + contributes to climate change), small/home business development, lower barriers to general economic and technological development, education (MOOCs, etc) especially for people in remote areas and those unable to afford regular tuition, telehealth/telemedicine (remote diagnosis, etc), better government services, general quality of life improvements, etc. Also, a higher degree of freedom and privacy (self-hosted stuff). > And lastly: applications that haven't been invented yet.
None of those seem like they require bigger tubes than already run to people's homes. Unless you live in a house with lots of people in it. > > If broadband is frivolous, why aren't we all still using 56K dialup? > My point was just that, that moving up from 56k to broadband was the big deal... Who out there is actually constrained by /only/ a few megabits?
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