419 amanda not 401 - I think 401's are Levi's that are not as popular as 501's babe.
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The Future of The Internet
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419 amanda not 401 - I think 401's are Levi's that are not as popular as 501's babe.
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Well if the sky ever does fall all over North America nationwide, I bet we see something even weirder than the ol' WWW (and probably more mobile-based) than the good ol' WWW come into existence.
I'm not usually such an optimist but this just seems the most likely thing to me. Not that it'll ever happen--the current administration seems pretty interested in the whole "Net Neutrality" idea. Not to mention that Obama's idea about bringing broadband access to out-of-the-way places where providers won't provide it, even it it proves fruitless (which it might), suggests that the current admin wants to look at internet service more as a utility than a commodity. It seems likely that the utility & net neutrality ideas are going to show up in some sort of legislation/regulation(s) that'll make the "ohhh noes internet!" scenario fairly unlikely.
Then again I could just be too optimistic. It's happened before.
I'm not usually such an optimist but this just seems the most likely thing to me. Not that it'll ever happen--the current administration seems pretty interested in the whole "Net Neutrality" idea. Not to mention that Obama's idea about bringing broadband access to out-of-the-way places where providers won't provide it, even it it proves fruitless (which it might), suggests that the current admin wants to look at internet service more as a utility than a commodity. It seems likely that the utility & net neutrality ideas are going to show up in some sort of legislation/regulation(s) that'll make the "ohhh noes internet!" scenario fairly unlikely.
Then again I could just be too optimistic. It's happened before.
Anything that gives Obama an excuse to regulate something you can guarantee it's going to happen.
There is nowhere in this country that can't have "highspeed" internet if they want it. Satellite has been offered for years, and its actually competitive price-wise with DSL/Cable [WildBlue]. Obama is definately shooting to make it a utility and not a commodity.
Small high speed ISPs? Most Americans have either one or two options for high speed at the moment - Cable and DSL. Where I live, I cannot get a wired high speed internet plan with more than 768 Kbps upload. If AT&T Uverse finally laid some fiber to my place, I could get up to 3 Mbps upload.
Clear wireless internet just came into town, and I could get a 6 Mbps / 1 Mbps plan, but most markets don't have this.
If Verizon Fios had territory here (which they don't, since it's AT&T land), I could get a 15 Mpbs download / 5 Mpbs upload plan for the same price that I pay for 7 Mpbs / 512 Kbps from Time Warner.
It's not a true competitive market. If Fios was in town, I guarantee you that TWC would become more competitive. If Comcast had the cable monopoly in town instead of TWC, my speeds would be faster, too.
Small companies cannot just come into a town, put out some lines or towers, and start competing.
It's a stretch to call satellite internet "high speed" with the insane latency that is introduced. The satellite internet companies (HughesNet & ViaSat/WildBlue) are launching next generation satellites in the next year or two, but who knows if this will actually improve things.
no it's "let's allow the government to fuck around with the free market some more"
Pretty soon, when you're hungry, you'll go down to the Google Diner for a burger & fries.
You must be thinking of FaceBuck's - where I get my coffee and "likes" each morning. Nope, the Google Diner is a block south, right past the Twitter Station.
