Its not approriate to start changing the definition of Broadband.
200mbps symetrical enables a specific set of core Internet based
applications.
Maybe we need a new word, to define Broadband capable of handling Next
Generation Internet Applicationa.... "Super Broadband?" :-)
I'd also argue that next generation Broadband should not be measured and
defined by just transfer speed.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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From: "Drew Lentz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: [WISPA] Broadband Baloney? An FCC Commissioner's take
on"Broadband"..
In an article entitled "Broadband Baloney" in the Wall Street Journal
today,
Robert McDowell, a Commissioner on the FCC stated:
"Criticisms of our definition of "broadband" being too lax are already
irrelevant as over 50 million subscribers are in the 1.5 to 3.0
megabits-per-second "fast lane.""
That my friends, is EXACTLY what the problem is: 1.5 to 3mb FAST LANE????
Who are they trying to kid? Then he goes on to say:
"Today, video applications are tugging hard on America's broadband
infrastructure. YouTube alone uses as much bandwidth today as the entire
Internet did in 2000. Not surprisingly, our broadband adoption rate
continues to increase concurrently with the proliferation of this latest
"killer app.""
He talks about how much of a push video is, even citing that it eats up a
large amount of bandwidth, but is insistent on 1.5 to 3 Mb being fast? I
don't get it.
The article sums up why he thinks that all this talk about us lagging
behind
in the broadband proliferation table is "Broadband Baloney".. boo I say.
The
fact that the WSJ would print this is baloney.
Article is here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118524094434875755.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Drew Lentz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
956.878.0123
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