> is gatekeeping what users MIGHT do, and/or deciding based on corner cases > helpful to this discussion? (this isn't meant as a note directly to dorn, just a convenient place to interject) > Aside from planning based on a formula like Jason Livingood's plan... OR > based on build/deploy/upgrade costs into pricing. most of the rest of the conversation here sounds like gatekeeping: > "Well, who needs that anyway?"
Good point. IMO, trying to guess at user needs is a bit of a fool's errand, because user needs are so diverse and constantly changing based on the push-pull of their interests and application capabilities. So I don’t think it is even worth trying. Rather, if you are building a network or giving grants to support that, make sure the network technology is flexible/adaptive to be able to grow capacity over time, and then define some required minimum of per-home capacity based on the trailing CAGR formula I proposed. That'll be good enough & adapts based on user demand/behavior and app availability/capability. JL
