New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Peter Kristolaitis alter3d at alter3d.ca
Wed Jun 2 08:44:24 UTC 2021


On 2021-06-02 4:25 a.m., Mark Tinka wrote:
> On 6/1/21 20:46, Andy Ringsmuth wrote:
>> How about the farmer using an HD or 4k drone with WAPs on his center 
>> pivot irrigation sprinklers to monitor crops? Or monitor the cattle 
>> herd that is currently growing the next T-bone or porterhouse steak 
>> you’ll be eating?
>
> Is that a thing?
>
> Just kidding :-).
>
> Mark.

Of course it is.  Commonly referred to as SaaS -- Steak As A Service.   
You order whatever type of steak you want, then the vendor manages the 
rest for you -- allocating a slice of the hardware, managing the entire 
lifecycle from system assembly to deprovisioning, system burn-in, etc.  
The more modern vendors can even provide real-time GPS tracking and 
fault monitoring of your hardware (though automated remediation is 
lacking as it's unable to handle common problem like "hardware tangled 
in barbed geofence").

The lead time kinda sucks though, and it's often worth the premium to be 
able to immediately get what you want from a local vendor.



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