Re: [BLUG] insight broadband vs. flets

And what is the point, you can only look at porn so fast.

Lets think of the other side of it, how fast can that zombied windows
box now send out spam? How fast can it scan for other unpatched system?
Does anyone really need to be able to "first post" on Slashdot that
quickly? Can Digg users bring up the same dupes even faster? Do you
really want to answer that video phone call while sitting in your
underwear at home in front of the computer? Put some pants on and brush
off the Cheeto dust.

Innovation is a great thing, but I hold some fondness for the internet
before it was easier to get on. You know, before it became a Mall.

Thank you,
Scott Blaydes
Grumpy old man

Get off my lawn...

Matt Standish wrote:
> 100M fiber to what? The local ISP's lan where they have a DS3 (or
> whatever Japan has) connected to a peering point? You can have a 1000M
> network in your local lan but that doesn't mean you got 1000M link to
> the backbone.
>
> It reminds me of buying car speakers. A true 250W amp in your car might
> leave you def.. Your not getting what you pay for.
>
>
>
> On 5/21/07, *Ben Shewmaker * <benshewmaker@yahoo.com
> <mailto:benshewmaker@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> Visiting my in laws in Japan, I can't help but gawk at how much
> faster broadband you can get over here. My in laws (unfortunately)
> are on ISDN, but the isp they are with (Flets), offers 50M aDSL
> connections for US $42/month, or I can even get a 100M fiber
> connection for US $57/month. Makes Insight broadband's advertised
> 10M cable connections look like a joke.
>
> ben
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