<quote name="Todd Millecam" date="Wed, 4 Jun 2008 at 02:20 -0600"> <snip/> > "Whether you keep the network or not, > I believe that the financial troubles of the iProvo network are caused > by a failure of ISPs to give a minimum level of service to their > customers. There have been times where they will throttle a person's > uplink speed down to 200kbps on certain protocols--when a fiber optic > line is capable of so much more. Broadweave has not earned my > trust--and I have no reason to subscribe to lines owned by them. I have > other friends who have moved to coaxial cable because of this failure to > provide adequate service. > "There needs to be a legal minimum requirement set on bandwidth, both > uplink and downlink for all ports, packets, and protocols."
I would dissagree on this one thing. I think any kind of regulation is the last thing we need. Don't make a legal limit of any kind, instead, open it up so anyone (*cough* xmission *cough*) can step in and fill the need! IOW what we need is LESS regulation. Von Fugal
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