I “only” have 35Meg down x 11 Meg up at my home (VDSL + 10 meg 320 wireless) …. less than 10 miles away the city nearby has 1G service available to every home (about 100k people) … I don’t know the actual “uptake” on the 1G service but have heard it’s significant … 1G unlimited service (1G down x 100 Meg up) @ $149/month
I would pay the $149/month without hesitation personally .. > On Oct 14, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, people certainly want connections that support multiple streams. Paying > for it, I'm not so sure about... at least around these parts. > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com > <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Have you ever seen a 1080p youtube video load on a 1GbE active-E FTTH ISP > that has direct peering with Google from a router 2.5ms upstream? It's a > beautiful thing. > > People will absolutely pay for connections that support multiple streams, > take a typical family of 4 or 5 people with kids that want to watch videos on > tablets simultaneously... > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com > <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: > When people say their video is “buffering”, I assume they mean re-buffering, > where the video stops and starts. > > > > I’m starting to wonder if some people are referring to the delay before the > video starts playing. Is this a thing? And do people pay for faster > Internet just to make the video start faster, like cut 15-20 seconds down to > 5 or 10 seconds? > > >
