As I mentioned in the National Broadband thread, my ISP just doubled the bandwidth on the "basic" DSL that I subscribe to to 6 Mbit/sec. For about $5 more, I can get 12. I don't really need *that* much bandwidth, and as I'm somewhat on a budget (pay cut back around Thanksgiving 2008 - I was thankful then and am now that I still have a job, so I don't gripe too much, but it's taking it's toll on our finances!) I decided just to keep paying the same amount and upgrade my service to 6 Mbit.
However, as you note, I doubt they went out and spent a whole bunch of money on upgrading hardware to give us that capability, more likely they saw that their competition (two competitors in the city, but only one competitor in my rural area) was offering and realized they had to offer more bandwidth or risk losing customers. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 1gbps+ traffic? The infrastructure and technology have always been there. It's only been a matter of what was available for consumers. The ISP's control the bottleneck. As I mentioned in the National Broadband thread, my ISP is AT&T. A year ago their max speed was 16Mbps. A year later their max speed is 24Mbps. AT&T didn't go out and remove all of their fiber for new, faster fiber in a year. They control what speeds go where, thusly they control their profits. Just as they tried to charge for upload and download limits, which could still go into affect even though it originally bombed, they have the capability of manipulating the infrastructure to provide price points based on upgrade sales and promises of increased speeds. This has been going on for years. Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 1gbps+ traffic? How do you know that ISPs already have the infrastructure for such high-speed connections but are just holding out? From: Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 1gbps+ traffic? I think that's the point I was trying to make before - what if you knew your ISP could provide that speed for you at a cost similar to what you pay now, yet they purposely withhold that speed because the only true selling point for ISP's nowadays is increased speed at step-ladder costs? Jay Dale I.T. Manager, 3GiG Mobile: 713.299.2541 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 1gbps+ traffic? Actually not joking. 100mbps is all I have been able to fathom to the Internet I know there are bigger but I actually thought above 100 they went away from copper to fiber. I just can not fathom that kind of speed and monthly bill........ NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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