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Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)

  • From: Alexander Harrowell
  • Date: Tue Mar 13 11:28:28 2007
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On 3/13/07, Todd Vierling <[email protected]> wrote:

Critical mass is approaching.  There's only so long that North
American consumers can be held back from bandwidth-hogging
applications and downloads while parts of the world have long since
upgraded to 10Mbit/s bidirectional (and beyond) consumer-grade access
speeds.

Both cable and DSL providers are about to have a very loud wake-up
call, and from here, I see absolutely zero uptake of newer technology
and infrastructure to offset the inevitable.

768 ain't broadband. Buy Cisco, Alcatel, and Akamai stock!