That is all obvious to me at least. I was just pointing out the folly in saying “what would one do with that much X” resource. We always have found a way going back to the beginning. My story about back at BT was prior to video streaming. At that point in time it didn’t exist and was made a reality in part, because of the simple increase in bandwidth available to subscribers (and everywhere else).
—Tom > On May 23, 2022, at 3:53 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > > > > On 5/23/22 12:29 PM, David Bass wrote: >> What is changing in the next 5 years that could possibly require a household >> to need a gig? That is just ridiculous. > I think the key thing is just to get fiber laid. Once that happens ISP's can > turn up the dial relatively easy as needed. Also: even if they gave you a > nominal rate of 1G it doesn't mean that they won't oversubcribe the headend > and beyond. > > Mike > > > >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 3:15 PM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com >> <mailto:m...@mtcc.com>> wrote: >> >> On 5/23/22 12:04 PM, Thomas Nadeau wrote: >> > >> > >> >> On May 23, 2022, at 3:00 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com >> >> <mailto:m...@mtcc.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/23/22 11:49 AM, Aaron Wendel wrote: >> >>> The Fiber Broadband Association estimates that the average US household >> >>> will need more than a gig within 5 years. Why not just jump it to a gig >> >>> or more? >> >> >> >> Really? What is the average household doing to use up a gig worth of >> >> bandwidth? >> >> >> >> Mike >> > Thats almost the same question we were asked at BT a dozen years ago when >> > moving from DSL -> FTTC when someone said, “but surely DSL is sufficient >> > because its so much faster than dial.” >> >> The two of us survive just fine with 25Mbs even when we have a house >> full of friends. I mean it would be nice to have 100Mbs so that it's >> never a problem but the reality is that it just hasn't been a problem in >> practice. I mean how many 4k streams are running at the same time in the >> average household? What else besides game downloads are sucking up that >> much bandwidth all of the time? >> >> Mike >> >> >> > >> > —Tom >> > >> > >> >>> >> >>> On 5/23/2022 1:40 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: >> >>>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0 >> >>>> >> >>>> <https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-higher-speed-goals-small-rural-broadband-providers-0> >> >>>> >> >>>> The Federal Communications Commission voted [May 19, 2022] to seek >> >>>> comment on a proposal to provide additional universal service support >> >>>> to certain rural carriers in exchange for increasing deployment to more >> >>>> locations at higher speeds. The proposal would make changes to the >> >>>> Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) program, with the goal >> >>>> of achieving widespread deployment of faster 100/20 Mbps broadband >> >>>> service throughout the rural areas served by rural carriers currently >> >>>> receiving A-CAM support. >> >>>>
