Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] gmt: broadband = 25

Encouraging ISP's to deliver faster connections. But if its not viable to upgrade an area to fibre, a name change isn't really going to help

From: "Just Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2015 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] gmt: broadband = 25

Is it just a name or does it have deeper implications? So they would be selling fast internet not broadband internet?

~Kris M.

\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //

On Jan 7, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Well ADSL wont be broadband as thats 24/1 max. Many VDSL wont be either unless you are well inside the 900 metre radius of the cabinet.
So, some VDSL will be broadband and all fibre will be

From: "Just Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2015 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] gmt: broadband = 25

What are the implications of this?

~Kris M.
\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //

On Jan 7, 2015, at 6:03 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

"FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today is proposing to raise the definition of broadband from 4Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream to 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up..."

Good. Though, of course, a shared 25Mbps isn't really 25Mbps.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/fcc-chair-broadband-must-be-25mbps-and-isps-are-failing-to-deliver/

- david@luda.net
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