On 7-Apr-2009, at 10:20, Henry McGilton (Boulevardier) wrote:
> On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote:
>> On 6 Apr 2009, at 21:52, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>>> The industry is worried that by offering 100 Mbps, they are opening
>>> Pandora’s box, he said. Everyone will be able to get video on the
>>> Internet, and then competition will bring the price for the
>>> broadband down from $80 to $60 to $40."
>>
>> By "World's Fastest" I presume they use the term "World" as in
>> "World Series" because outside the US, 100Mbps services already
>> exist and have done for years. Japan had it for $36/month in 2006,
>> for instance, and Korea was practically born with it.
>
> My wife Yoshie, who is from Japan, says that
>
> 'South Korea is years ahead of Japan with Internet services' . . .
And twice as many years in front of the US then.
In the US, people still consider 1.5Mbps to be 'high speed'.
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Aid, an I don't like PURPLE <sip sip> Kool Aid.
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