Verzion intros FiOS Quantum, officially priced up to 300Mbps -- Engadget
May be a little off topic but certainly worth a look. After seeing this, I just feel that we are just another third world country. Just pasting some of the comments from the same article-
"masterBrain 1 hour ago
I was using a 1Gbps connection from KDDI here in japan some time ago. That time (almost an year ago before i disconnected) it cost me 5800 yen per month. But after using it for 1 year, i disconnected it and switched to a cheaper and slower 100Mbps plan. Things that i have learned:
- Above 100Mbps, your last mile connection is no longer the bottleneck. The only time i could fill that bandwidth was when downloading some linux ISO using torrents.
- Even if they promise upto 1Gbps speed, most of the overseas connections have less bandwidth. So this 1Gbps promised speed is available only if your other peer is also in the same country.
so untill they improve the whole backbone-bandwidth of Internet all over the world, more than 100Mbps gives you nothing more than bragging rights.."
"Mace Moneta 2 hours ago
"The real question is can one even take advantage of these crazy speeds"
You're kidding, right? I run
gigabit at home between all systems, and can sustain over 90MB/sec (720Mb/sec) between our 3-year old desktops - and that's just with a single file copy. There are countries where gigabit is the norm, and available for a tenth the price Verizon is charging."
"Fortress of Solitude 2 hours ago
Sure, take 300 Mb/s. Fine print will say that you can only download something like 200 GB. My family has Comcast, and we definitely use over 15 GB/day. I know it seems like a lot, but in this era, NOT really
Cloud Storage transfer takes atleast 2 GB/dayConstant IPTV streaming all day takes atleast 5 GB/dayNetflix streaming takes away atleast 3 GB/day. Downloading crap on our mobile devices takes atleast 1 GB/dayYouTube takes away atleast 2 GB/dayXBox Live takes away atleast 2 GB/day
Downloading Torrents takes away atleast 5 GB/day
Web surfing isn't even included in this. I feel sorry for podcasters and such.
This is with a family of 6 people. Bare minimum of an average. Verizon can suck my dick with their data cap. I have comcast 15/8. I can download a 1GB movie within 7 minutes. If I do need to download other crap like torrents, I usually don't wait in front of my PC anyways...I start downloads in morning and check back during the evening."