NC Study Calls for 1Gbps Broadband in US

[.: Mac :.]

http://www.macworld.com/article/134119/2008/06/broadband.html

The U.S. should aim for 100M bps (bits per second) of broadband available to all U.S. residents by 2012 and 1Gbps by 2015 in order to catch up to other countries that are moving forward with broadband rollouts, recommends a study released Monday.

We have a long way to go to even get to 100Mbps. Charter,my cable ISP, offers 16Mbps as their fastest service. AT&T (formerly Bellsouth)the DSL provider im My area offers 6Mbps as their fastest speed.

[drhayden1]

my isp-insight offers 10MBPS download speed as their regular for $30 a month and for $10US more a month they offer a 20MBPS download which i have
http://www.insight-com.com/products-bb.asp
can't image a 100MBPS-what i have is too much-or not noticeable in the difference

[MikeBCda]

Unfortunately, with a router-modem setup, a quick mouse-over of the connection icon on my system shows only my ethernet speed (100 Mbps) rather than actual internet connection.

In practice, I've always gauged speed by how fast large files can download.  Back on dialup I averaged about 12-15 MB an hour, maybe 18 if I was lucky.  DSL seems to give me close enough to a 60x improvement, so that what was hours is now the same time in minutes.

(Edit, P.S.)  I just looked up my ISP's page, and their standard high-speed DSL offering is "up to" 5Mbps for residential accounts.  I imagine there's faster available for commercial accounts, which would typically use ethernet (or whatever) right to the phone switching box, to minimize standard phone wiring.

[.: Mac :.]

Unfortunately, with a router-modem setup, a quick mouse-over of the connection icon on my system shows only my ethernet speed (100 Mbps) rather than actual internet connection.

In practice, I've always gauged speed by how fast large files can download.  Back on dialup I averaged about 12-15 MB an hour, maybe 18 if I was lucky.  DSL seems to give me close enough to a 60x improvement, so that what was hours is now the same time in minutes.

(Edit, P.S.)  I just looked up my ISP's page, and their standard high-speed DSL offering is "up to" 5Mbps for residential accounts.  I imagine there's faster available for commercial accounts, which would typically use ethernet (or whatever) right to the phone switching box, to minimize standard phone wiring.

It would have to be fiber to the phone switching box. UTP Ethernet's Max cable length is 100 meters