On 10/08/2017 2:28 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
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Meanwhile, another one of those memes has re-emerged in the Cloud Cuckoo Land
that is contemporary US politics:
Maybe Americans don't need fast home Internet service, FCC suggests
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/maybe-americans-dont-need-fast-home-internet-service-fcc-suggests/
Americans might not need a fast home Internet connection, the Federal
Communications Commission suggests in a new document. Instead, mobile Internet
via a smartphone might be all people need.
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Oh God, they've dug up the Magic Wireless Fairy!
There are some brilliant comments:
Yeah, I look forward to downloading the next Windows update to four computers
over my cellular network. While all of my neighbors are trying to do the same.
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I can't wait for the FCCs new "Make 56K Great Again" plan when we inevitably
lower our standards even further.
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Hmm. So Comcast charges $10 for 50GB of data overages for their residential broadband plans. Verizon, meanwhile, charges $15 for a single GB of data overage on their mobile plans.
Gee, I wonder why this shill of the industry is pushing us to accept a service
that charges $15 per GB over the limit as opposed to one that charges $0.20 per
GB over the limit (a 7,500% increase by the way). Well, whatever the reason, it
must be best for the consumer.
There are still plenty in Australia who pretend that wireless can
substitute for optical fibre.
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http://david.boxall.id.au | So I cheered up and,
| Sure enough, things got worse.
| --Murphy's musing
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