New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Wed Jun 2 13:21:38 UTC 2021

On 6/2/21 04:44, Peter Kristolaitis wrote:
> 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.

Sounds like the perfect application for blockchain.