Mine is 1 Mbit/s. By choice. That's because I have never spent more then $19.99 for internet, and I don't want to start now. And yes I do stream video over that connection. It works just fine.
A friend of mine didn't have broadband for a long time, and was stuck on dialup, but just got it a year ago. The gaps are slowly being filled in.
Our U.S. average is still tied with the EU average (13 Mbit/s). We're still # 2, just behind the Russian Federation, and way ahead of Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, China, and Australia. (Countries of comparable continent-spanning size.)
Yes..... now. It wasn't always like that when California was brand-new and receiving federal dollars injected to the new territory/young state (like the irrigation trenches to carry water from the mountains, interstate highways to connect the huge state, army to protect it during the Mexican war, etc). And it won't be like that if CA industry keeps packing-up and moving to China or India.
Peak Oil means the human race is burning more of it, then is being "replaced" through new discoveries of underground reserves. In other words the oil inventory is shrinking.
That's no surprise. Most water companies are actually government-owned, and the politicians don't want to raise the price on water to equal its true value. Just as they don't want to raise the gasoline tax in order to supply enough money to fix our crumbling bridges.
The point of high-level math and physics classes is not because you "need" them in your job as a programmer. It's a way to limit how many CSE degrees are granted. I was told this straight-up by my college advisor when I asked What's the point of having 30 freshman engineering students if only 2 survived to the end?
Lots of college degrees are like this. The supply is higher then the demand for open jobs, so they give tough courses to limit the number of grads. (And degrees that don't weed-out students, like English, end up with a lot of degreed students working at Mickey D's.)
So basically we're talking about Peak Water instead of Peak Oil..... the point where we use more of the substance than is being replaced (or discovered).
>>>Wouldn't most people just move from the region instead of dehydrating to a desiccated husk?
No the State of Calfiornia will demand that the U.S. government extract funds from the other 49 states, so they can come-up with even more elaborate ways to water their millions of people. Like maybe build massive desalination plants to suck water from the Pacific. (Of course it would make more sense for Californians to simply move eastward after their arid state empties its underground aquifers, but politicians won't think of that highly-efficient solution. They would lose votes.)
Under the "full faith and credit" clause if a state like Kansas says full-automatics are legal, then don't ALL states have to recognize my Kansas license and allow me to carry said gun? (ponder)
>>>The difference here is that I am not allowed to opt-out of the government's system.
After CISPA passes (or some other annoying acronym like SOPA or FEAR), there won't be any difference. The executive branch of the state or central government will just demand the cellphone company turn-over their records of where you've been. No need for a signature from the judicial branch either. No checks/balances required.
That would be the response from my "friends" if I posted this on facebook. They just don't see anything wrong with this level of surveillance (or police ramming-down your door and shooting you).
>>>When I buy cable TV no one stops me from watching TV 24/7 because I might use too much.
There is a limit to how many channels the cable company can squeeze through the line, so it is self-limiting. How many times have you turned-on the TV and discovered nothing to watch? That's because there's no more room to add an exra channel that you might enjoy (like Space or Horror Channel). It's congestion.
As for phone calls, they only use 4 kbit/s when digitized so that's why there's no restriction. There's plenty of bandwidth to carry them. Heck you could carry 13 cellphone calls over an old dialup modem!
>>> It's no different from the morons who go on about population density in Canada being the reason for ancient speeds and horrible prices.
It makes no sense to compare apples to oranges (a northern continent-spanning country versus a little teeny-tiny Slovenia in the heart of civilization). When you compare the WHOLE of the European Union versus the whole of the Canadian Confederation, you will see that Canada is only 2 Mbit/s slower (average speed). You will also find Canada is faster than Mexico, Brazil, China, India, and the Russian Federation.
You will also discover that Canada's eastern provinces like Ontario are faster (on average) than many European states. For example: Faster than Spain. And France.
>>>why would fibre becoming standard change the thing at all?
Because when you have a 1 Gbit/s line you can torrent a movie in just a few seconds. That means the line will be open most of the time & there will be no contention between neighbors. Contrast that with a line that is only 1 Mbit/s and is busy downloading a single movie for hours, and thus not open for other neighbors to surf the web.
>>>"Chronic torrenters use the bandwidth they purchased. The ISPs greedy oversubscribing of their bandwidth shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for."
And yet if they installed a 200GB cap (with an option to buy another 200GB chunk when the first runs-out), then you would bitch about it. Why? Because you want expensive service AND a cheap bill, at the same time. You don't want to actually pay to cover the expense you are incurring. (Like those who complain a 99 cent ebook is too much money so they go swipe the book for free.) (Or demand the power company give-away unlimited electric for $100/month.)
>>>Your desire to attain every single movie released in the past 30 years in high def shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for.
Well this was why I support usage-based billing. Say $30 for the first 200GB and then $10 for each additional 200GB bracket. Make them pay for their high use of the lines. (Just as people who use more water or electricity or natural gas pay more.)
BTW verizon has never throttled my torrent download. Of course I'm only using 700kbit/s so maybe that's why.
>>>You estimate is way off though, just look at projected ash fall maps... most of the country is OK, including both coasts.
The issue isn't the ash on the ground. The issue is the ash in the air which gradually accumulates in the lungs & kills the organism. The last time the supervolcano went-off there was a massive extinction event throughout North America. Basically they died of ash poisoning in their lungs (similar to asbestos poisoning but happens in just a few days, not years).
>>>More than likely the 'Authors' arent involved but the 'Publishers' are the ones with complaints.
No. Here's the person who organized the protest and resulting letter-spam. She's a Christian author. There are also several other authors who proudly proclaimed they filed C&D requests (they have no legal weight & the ISP should have ignored them). Unfortunately the topic was erased by the Forum which is trying to CYA. http://www.allonbooks.com/author.htm
He used to be an Amazon affiliate. He hoped that people using his site would do more than just borrow books, but also buy books. And then he would get a cut of the sale (something like 2%). Unfortunately his timing was bad because Amazon terminated all California affiliates.
I consider Apples to be like Chryslers, Lexuses, and Acuras. Severely-overpriced for what you get. BUT in this case you are being unfair. It wasn't Apple that dropped the ball but one of their minimum wage employees.
Apple should fire the employee and any other employees who hand-out new passwords w/o proper authentication by the caller (answering the secret questions). If Apple fails to do that, THEN you can vilify them.
>>> I have yet to meet ONE Christian who agrees with abortion clinic bombings or the Westboro Baptist protests.
Neither have I actually. The problem is that they keep their trap shut. They need to open their mouths and say, "This is wrong," the way that I do. Otherwise their silence is viewed as approval of the hatefilled Chritians' actions. (Just the same as the silence by Muslims is viewed as approval of the terrorists.)
Yes and my housing association contract says, "No antennas or dishes allowed on roofs." That clause was nullified by the 1996 Telecommunications Act and so too is any ISP clause that is nullfied by the DMC Act.
They are not allowed to suspend a user simply because of an email from a complaining author or lawyer. They MUST follow the DMCA process and give the user a chance to respond, "No this does not infringe anybody's copyright or ownership."
And now I got banned. No warning of any kind. They just didn't like my copying of slashdot's article to their forum. That shows you how these authors operate in the real world. Censorship and shutting-down personal websites of their readers/buyers.
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Mine is 1 Mbit/s. By choice. That's because I have never spent more then $19.99 for internet, and I don't want to start now. And yes I do stream video over that connection. It works just fine.
A friend of mine didn't have broadband for a long time, and was stuck on dialup, but just got it a year ago. The gaps are slowly being filled in.
Our U.S. average is still tied with the EU average (13 Mbit/s). We're still # 2, just behind the Russian Federation, and way ahead of Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, China, and Australia. (Countries of comparable continent-spanning size.)
Yes..... now. It wasn't always like that when California was brand-new and receiving federal dollars injected to the new territory/young state (like the irrigation trenches to carry water from the mountains, interstate highways to connect the huge state, army to protect it during the Mexican war, etc). And it won't be like that if CA industry keeps packing-up and moving to China or India.
Peak Oil means the human race is burning more of it, then is being "replaced" through new discoveries of underground reserves. In other words the oil inventory is shrinking.
That's no surprise. Most water companies are actually government-owned, and the politicians don't want to raise the price on water to equal its true value. Just as they don't want to raise the gasoline tax in order to supply enough money to fix our crumbling bridges.
The point of high-level math and physics classes is not because you "need" them in your job as a programmer. It's a way to limit how many CSE degrees are granted. I was told this straight-up by my college advisor when I asked What's the point of having 30 freshman engineering students if only 2 survived to the end?
Lots of college degrees are like this. The supply is higher then the demand for open jobs, so they give tough courses to limit the number of grads. (And degrees that don't weed-out students, like English, end up with a lot of degreed students working at Mickey D's.)
So basically we're talking about Peak Water instead of Peak Oil..... the point where we use more of the substance than is being replaced (or discovered).
>>>Wouldn't most people just move from the region instead of dehydrating to a desiccated husk?
No the State of Calfiornia will demand that the U.S. government extract funds from the other 49 states, so they can come-up with even more elaborate ways to water their millions of people. Like maybe build massive desalination plants to suck water from the Pacific. (Of course it would make more sense for Californians to simply move eastward after their arid state empties its underground aquifers, but politicians won't think of that highly-efficient solution. They would lose votes.)
>>>>>"three Pacific states"
>>
>>I think your count is off.
Washington, Oregon, and California are the only 3 states the touch the Pacific.
Under the "full faith and credit" clause if a state like Kansas says full-automatics are legal, then don't ALL states have to recognize my Kansas license and allow me to carry said gun? (ponder)
>>>The difference here is that I am not allowed to opt-out of the government's system.
After CISPA passes (or some other annoying acronym like SOPA or FEAR), there won't be any difference. The executive branch of the state or central government will just demand the cellphone company turn-over their records of where you've been. No need for a signature from the judicial branch either. No checks/balances required.
That would be the response from my "friends" if I posted this on facebook. They just don't see anything wrong with this level of surveillance (or police ramming-down your door and shooting you).
>>>When I buy cable TV no one stops me from watching TV 24/7 because I might use too much.
There is a limit to how many channels the cable company can squeeze through the line, so it is self-limiting. How many times have you turned-on the TV and discovered nothing to watch? That's because there's no more room to add an exra channel that you might enjoy (like Space or Horror Channel). It's congestion.
As for phone calls, they only use 4 kbit/s when digitized so that's why there's no restriction. There's plenty of bandwidth to carry them. Heck you could carry 13 cellphone calls over an old dialup modem!
>>> It's no different from the morons who go on about population density in Canada being the reason for ancient speeds and horrible prices.
It makes no sense to compare apples to oranges (a northern continent-spanning country versus a little teeny-tiny Slovenia in the heart of civilization). When you compare the WHOLE of the European Union versus the whole of the Canadian Confederation, you will see that Canada is only 2 Mbit/s slower (average speed). You will also find Canada is faster than Mexico, Brazil, China, India, and the Russian Federation.
You will also discover that Canada's eastern provinces like Ontario are faster (on average) than many European states. For example: Faster than Spain. And France.
>>>why would fibre becoming standard change the thing at all?
Because when you have a 1 Gbit/s line you can torrent a movie in just a few seconds. That means the line will be open most of the time & there will be no contention between neighbors. Contrast that with a line that is only 1 Mbit/s and is busy downloading a single movie for hours, and thus not open for other neighbors to surf the web.
>>>"Chronic torrenters use the bandwidth they purchased. The ISPs greedy oversubscribing of their bandwidth shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for."
And yet if they installed a 200GB cap (with an option to buy another 200GB chunk when the first runs-out), then you would bitch about it. Why? Because you want expensive service AND a cheap bill, at the same time. You don't want to actually pay to cover the expense you are incurring. (Like those who complain a 99 cent ebook is too much money so they go swipe the book for free.) (Or demand the power company give-away unlimited electric for $100/month.)
>>>Your desire to attain every single movie released in the past 30 years in high def shouldn't affect my typical internet usage that we pay the same amount of money for.
Well this was why I support usage-based billing. Say $30 for the first 200GB and then $10 for each additional 200GB bracket. Make them pay for their high use of the lines. (Just as people who use more water or electricity or natural gas pay more.)
BTW verizon has never throttled my torrent download. Of course I'm only using 700kbit/s so maybe that's why.
>>>You estimate is way off though, just look at projected ash fall maps... most of the country is OK, including both coasts.
The issue isn't the ash on the ground. The issue is the ash in the air which gradually accumulates in the lungs & kills the organism. The last time the supervolcano went-off there was a massive extinction event throughout North America. Basically they died of ash poisoning in their lungs (similar to asbestos poisoning but happens in just a few days, not years).
>>>More than likely the 'Authors' arent involved but the 'Publishers' are the ones with complaints.
No. Here's the person who organized the protest and resulting letter-spam. She's a Christian author. There are also several other authors who proudly proclaimed they filed C&D requests (they have no legal weight & the ISP should have ignored them). Unfortunately the topic was erased by the Forum which is trying to CYA. http://www.allonbooks.com/author.htm
He used to be an Amazon affiliate. He hoped that people using his site would do more than just borrow books, but also buy books. And then he would get a cut of the sale (something like 2%). Unfortunately his timing was bad because Amazon terminated all California affiliates.
>>>Clearly this is just anti-Apple-types
I consider Apples to be like Chryslers, Lexuses, and Acuras. Severely-overpriced for what you get. BUT in this case you are being unfair. It wasn't Apple that dropped the ball but one of their minimum wage employees.
Apple should fire the employee and any other employees who hand-out new passwords w/o proper authentication by the caller (answering the secret questions). If Apple fails to do that, THEN you can vilify them.
I use my GRANDmother's maiden name. Since she hasn't used it since circa 1925 I figure it will be very difficult to locate.
>>> I have yet to meet ONE Christian who agrees with abortion clinic bombings or the Westboro Baptist protests.
Neither have I actually.
The problem is that they keep their trap shut. They need to open their mouths and say, "This is wrong," the way that I do. Otherwise their silence is viewed as approval of the hatefilled Chritians' actions. (Just the same as the silence by Muslims is viewed as approval of the terrorists.)
Yes and my housing association contract says, "No antennas or dishes allowed on roofs." That clause was nullified by the 1996 Telecommunications Act and so too is any ISP clause that is nullfied by the DMC Act.
They are not allowed to suspend a user simply because of an email from a complaining author or lawyer. They MUST follow the DMCA process and give the user a chance to respond, "No this does not infringe anybody's copyright or ownership."
And now I got banned.
No warning of any kind.
They just didn't like my copying of slashdot's article to their forum. That shows you how these authors operate in the real world. Censorship and shutting-down personal websites of their readers/buyers.