Re: [Discuss] now available for Verizon FIOS: uploading...
I thought I read something a while back about Verizon no longer expanding FiOS so they could focus on the more lucrative smartphone market. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so the headline is a joke, but it's the impression you get from the mail advertisement I received from them this week: INTRODUCING SPEEDMATCH. NOW GET MATCHING UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS ... Why uploads matter: Did you know that whenever you send an email attachment, back up files to the cloud or share a large file or video, you're uploading? Fact is, we're uploading more than ever. Ha! So that's uploading you say? They go on to show a speed comparison chart between this new service and cable Internet that shows how much time it would take to upload for each of several suggested applications: posting 10 photos to a web site, email complex medical images, share 20-minute training video, or backup company files to the cloud. Of course they don't list running your own server, as they still want to discourage you from doing that, but having a consumer-oriented ISP acknowledge that there are useful things you can do with upstream bandwidth is ground breaking. Time is money. And upload speeds that match your download speed can save your business precious minutes every day. ... YOU BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR LESS THAN 100% OF THE INTERNET. Thank you Verizon. (This is why you are vigorously in favor of net neutrality, right Verizon?) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux Unix Email: abre...@gmail.com / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] now available for Verizon FIOS: uploading...
On 10/10/2014 2:40 AM, John Abreau wrote: I thought I read something a while back about Verizon no longer expanding FiOS so they could focus on the more lucrative smartphone market. More that they've slowed residential expansion due to push back from city and town halls in Comcast's pockets. Boston, for example. -- Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] now available for Verizon FIOS: uploading...
OK, so the headline is a joke, but it's the impression you get from the mail advertisement I received from them this week: INTRODUCING SPEEDMATCH. NOW GET MATCHING UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEEDS ... Why uploads matter: Did you know that whenever you send an email attachment, back up files to the cloud or share a large file or video, you're uploading? Fact is, we're uploading more than ever. Ha! So that's uploading you say? They go on to show a speed comparison chart between this new service and cable Internet that shows how much time it would take to upload for each of several suggested applications: posting 10 photos to a web site, email complex medical images, share 20-minute training video, or backup company files to the cloud. Of course they don't list running your own server, as they still want to discourage you from doing that, but having a consumer-oriented ISP acknowledge that there are useful things you can do with upstream bandwidth is ground breaking. Time is money. And upload speeds that match your download speed can save your business precious minutes every day. ... YOU BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR LESS THAN 100% OF THE INTERNET. Thank you Verizon. (This is why you are vigorously in favor of net neutrality, right Verizon?) -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting. http://www.theperlshop.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
