<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>"The question I have for other operators: if you have a group of customers that subscribe to a 100Mb service, and all of them suddenly switched to a 1Gb service, would you expect an increase in overall bandwidth usage? "<div><br></div><div>As someone offering up to gigabit, I wouldn't. They don't use what they have now, so why would they use more?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm sure it's more than a 0 difference, but it isn't statistically relevant.</div><div><br></div><div>That's, however, assuming you've spent the money to overbuild the infrastructure in that area to support something not needed.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Kord Martin" <kord@firstnationscable.com><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, May 25, 2022 3:10:06 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers<br><br>
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<p>I don’t think game manufacturers expand their games based on
available download bandwidth. I think that games have gotten
richer and the graphics environments and capabilities have
improved and content more expansive to a point where yes, games
are several BluRays worth of download now instead of being
shipped on multiple discs.<br>
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<p>When I was a rural DSL customer, my problem wasn't necessarily
with the size of the games, but rather that you'd have to
re-download the entire game every week. It would take almost an
entire week to download a game, then by time it's finally updated
they've updated a tree texture and you need to download the whole
game again. I understand why this happens but customers who didn't
have access to broadband just got the shaft. </p>
<p>I still have a lot of friends who don't have access to broadband
and simply can't play modern games because of the always-online
requirement and constant, huge updates.</p>
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<p>If the target is a non-fiber service, then 100/20 might make
sense. If Fiber is being installed, then it’s hard to find a
rationale for 1Gbps being more expensive than any lower
capacity.</p>
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<p>The question I have for other operators: if you have a group of
customers that subscribe to a 100Mb service, and all of them
suddenly switched to a 1Gb service, would you expect an increase
in overall bandwidth usage? <br>
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<p>I've been looking around for some other comments on bandwidth
trends but I don't know how much of that would/should be
confidential based on privacy or trade secret.<br>
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