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[ NNSquad ] Broadband speeds outpacing demand
Broadband speeds outpacing demand http://j.mp/Mr4g2q (Boston Globe) "Over the past five years, Daniel Sofer has signed up for every boost in Internet speed offered by Verizon Communications Inc., his home service provider. But when he got Verizon's newest high-speed service, it was "the first time I'm not feeling that thrill of exhilaration when I connect," said Sofer, a photographer and website designer in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The problem: The extra speed made no difference." - - - And of course, many people run routers that top out in practice at 50 Mb/s or less, despite the common 100 Mb/s theoretical max. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad