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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > The definition of a millennial that I've heard is someone who came "of > age" around the millennium. So if you were around 18-21 years of age > between 1995 and 2005, you are a millennial. You turned 18 in 1999, so I > would say you qualify. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 4/11/2016 12:31 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: > > I'm 35. Does that count? > > My 16 year old stepson is into this whole YouTube, Snapchat, and "kik" > stuff I can't understand, and I no longer recognize the names of the video > games he plays :( > On Apr 11, 2016 1:33 AM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Me thinks he is one of them millennials. >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 4/10/2016 4:13 PM, Josh Baird wrote: >> >> So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house? >> >> That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think. >> >> On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds < <j...@kyneticwifi.com> >> j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: >> >> My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade >> next year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on >> HDR/non-hdr content and codec type. >> On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th >>> percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were >>> running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to >>> where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our >>> online-ness like a millennial. >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote: >>> >>> I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download >>> windows updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a >>> meg. Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is >>> free. :) >>> >>> I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh. >>> >>> On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>> >>> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials. >>> https://internetessentials.com/ >>> >>> Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract >>> or promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing. >>> >>> I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m >>> saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is >>> so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done. It was either a >>> stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so >>> lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit. >>> >>> No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 >>> is a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer the local >>> cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something >>> less than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get some cable TV revenue. >>> Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s >>> affordable, no matter what the elites think. Just like some people are >>> fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine. >>> >>> >>> *From:* Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> >>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM >>> *To:* <af@afmug.com>af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >>> Kansas City| Ars Technica >>> >>> >>> I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro >>> broadband pricing. >>> >>> Honestly. >>> >>> I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable >>> / DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc. >>> >>> Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for >>> $45-55+ a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which >>> sucks when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how >>> vastly over provisioned much of those networks are. >>> >>> That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon >>> ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most >>> of the providers asses. >>> On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" < <af...@kwisp.com>af...@kwisp.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of >>>> extreme. They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere >>>> 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price. >>>> >>>> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50. >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >>>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM >>>> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in >>>> Kansas City| Ars Technica >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/> >>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
