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SBC Planning 15-25Mbps DSL Networks
Tuxedo Jack writes "The Register reports that SBC has begun planning a massive network upgrade which will push fiber connections deeper into subdivisions and neighborhoods than before, resulting in incredibly fast DSL speeds for home users. Their current estimate for down/up speeds are 15-25mb/s down and 1-3mb/s up (mega_bits_, not bytes). SBC's press release goes into depth about this."
Well, movies anyway, eh?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
I don't live in a subdivision, you insensitive clod!
Lessee...
Bush made you lose your job. Bush made your ISP suck. Did he steal your girlfriend and kill your puppy, too?
My bandwidth history goes something like this:
2400bps (my first modem), 9600bps, 14400bps, 56kbps (or ~46kbps), 512kbps, 2Mbps, 10Mbps (today).
Around the 14.4kbps days I couldn't have imagined having several Mbps connectivity to a single workstation without winning the lottery. Yet here I am, pulling down 4.7GB Linux ISOs in around a hour like nobody's business. It's absolutely inevitable that there will 24Mbps, 100Mbps etc. consumer grade connectivity. Just look at Japan or Sweden. It might seem a long time away, but it'll get here, and it will change everything when it comes to online delivery. Imagine the Internet Movie Database, with every single movie featuring a little "watch this" link, delivering a smooth 20Mbps or more feed to any screen in your house, instantly.
It's like deja vu all over again.
Misspelling != typo
Making a typo does not automatically qualify one as stupid although perhaps it does as lazy for rereading.