[funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)

Tue Mar 13 15:19:57 UTC 2007

On 3/13/07, Todd Vierling <tv at pobox.com> wrote:

> Critical mass is approaching.  There's only so long that North
> American consumers can be held back from bandwidth-hogging
> applications and downloads while parts of the world have long since
> upgraded to 10Mbit/s bidirectional (and beyond) consumer-grade access
> speeds.
>
> Both cable and DSL providers are about to have a very loud wake-up
> call, and from here, I see absolutely zero uptake of newer technology
> and infrastructure to offset the inevitable.

768 ain't broadband. Buy Cisco, Alcatel, and Akamai stock!