AT&T: 15 Mbps Internet connections "irrelevant"
Richard A Steenbergen
ras at e-gerbil.net
Sat Apr 1 20:22:15 UTC 2006
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 08:34:36AM +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6498.html
>
> "In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps Internet capability is
> irrelevant because the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds," he
> told the conference attendees. Stephenson said that AT&T's field tests
> have shown "no discernable difference" between AT&T's 1.5 Mbps service and
> Comcast's 6 Mbps because the problem is not in the last mile but in the
> backbone."
No the problem is at AT&T's congested peering edge. :)
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