Comments on: Are university ISPs faster than FiOS? http://darknightelf.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/are-university-isps-faster-than-fios/ Computers. NLP. AI. Fitness. Bodybuilding. Nutrition. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: darknightelf http://darknightelf.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/are-university-isps-faster-than-fios/#comment-19 darknightelf Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:53:23 +0000 http://darknightelf.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-19 Hi :) Indeed the fastest speed of 40 Gbps is mind-blowing, and something I don't fully understand. As far as Japan goes though, I don't really think we have much to be ashamed of - we know the kinds of natural problems we face here. Besides, now that we are aware of the situation and the Internet is spreading the word, and also since the 'rebuilding of the Internet' is being thought about (by AT&T I believe), I am sure we'll get there too :) One possible reason is perhaps that America started commercial Internet a long time ago and also that the country is so big, and these two reasons result in the Internet backbone(s) being cluttered/ misconfigured a bit. While the other, smaller countries started late and yet planned better and that's the reason why their average Internet is faster. And the small size of those countries doesn't work against them either. Hi :)
Indeed the fastest speed of 40 Gbps is mind-blowing, and something I don’t fully understand. As far as Japan goes though, I don’t really think we have much to be ashamed of – we know the kinds of natural problems we face here. Besides, now that we are aware of the situation and the Internet is spreading the word, and also since the ‘rebuilding of the Internet’ is being thought about (by AT&T I believe), I am sure we’ll get there too :)

One possible reason is perhaps that America started commercial Internet a long time ago and also that the country is so big, and these two reasons result in the Internet backbone(s) being cluttered/ misconfigured a bit. While the other, smaller countries started late and yet planned better and that’s the reason why their average Internet is faster. And the small size of those countries doesn’t work against them either.

]]> By: Paul Woodhouse http://darknightelf.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/are-university-isps-faster-than-fios/#comment-18 Paul Woodhouse Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:38:21 +0000 http://darknightelf.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-18 Yes, to my shame I failed to insert the word average between fastest and connection. However, the context of the paragraph is talking about average speeds and the source article that it is referenced from is about average speeds. There's also a certain naivety in stating you can get Verizon FiOS at 50 Mbps - not everywhere you can't, hence the 5 Mbps average speed. A fastest speed of 40 Gbps is something to crow about, as is an average speed of 61 Mbps in Japan. And those are at 2007 prices! Yes, to my shame I failed to insert the word average between fastest and connection. However, the context of the paragraph is talking about average speeds and the source article that it is referenced from is about average speeds.

There’s also a certain naivety in stating you can get Verizon FiOS at 50 Mbps – not everywhere you can’t, hence the 5 Mbps average speed.

A fastest speed of 40 Gbps is something to crow about, as is an average speed of 61 Mbps in Japan.

And those are at 2007 prices!

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