Great writeup Matt. Though I do have to comment on this:
the current FCC definition of broadband is 768Kbps, a number so painfully small that it can hardly be considered broadband today
We are not talking about every person in America having "download a song in 2 seconds" speed. 768k is nothing to scoff at. Working at an ISP that provides to many areas where the only access is dial-up, I could take in quite a few first borns if I could provide even 384k to those customers. Surfing web pages and checking email, while more content extensive then 10 years ago, still doesn't need blazing up/down speed to be "fast". Fast is relative. Of coarse the current generation could be spoiled and think that 768 is "slow".
Snarkasm
Madison, WI Icrontian
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We are not talking about every person in America having "download a song in 2 seconds" speed. 768k is nothing to scoff at. Working at an ISP that provides to many areas where the only access is dial-up, I could take in quite a few first borns if I could provide even 384k to those customers. Surfing web pages and checking email, while more content extensive then 10 years ago, still doesn't need blazing up/down speed to be "fast". Fast is relative. Of coarse the current generation could be spoiled and think that 768 is "slow".
-Bobby
Need. Moar.