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- bak3y, on 07/17/2009, -1/+2101. - Fiber, fiber, fiber, fiber
2. - Symmetric speeds. Upload is just as important as download.
3. - NO bandwidth caps.
4. - NO traffic shaping/throttling.
5. - NO extras. I don't want your webmail, your cheezy anti-virus/anti-spam, just give me an ethernet cable and leave me alone.
6. - IPv6. IPv4 is running out of addressable space. Deal with it now so we don't have major issues later. - enthreeoh, on 07/16/2009, -1/+120Match the rest of the world in speed while dropping bandwidth caps/content filtering.
- acephreak, on 07/17/2009, -1/+48Free wifi everywhere.
- RealmDown, on 07/17/2009, -0/+45Dugg, especially for #5
- Elderon, on 07/17/2009, -0/+43Symmetrical bandwidth, no monthly bandwidth caps, no content filtering and a big one would have to be Reasonable prices. Nothing quite like spending over $100 a month on something that many other countries have much much faster for a fraction of the price. I also demand privacy so no keeping tabs on what I look at or do.
- Dweller99, on 07/16/2009, -0/+39And port filtering. If I want to throw up a web server for my family photos that sees 10 hits a day on a busy week, I should be allowed to. From Verizon's perspective my traffic would be nothing more than a little background noise.
- KnightMareInc, on 07/17/2009, -1/+30lets cities and towns compete against comcast, verizon, etc.
- repubocrat, on 07/16/2009, -2/+31How about free without all the ads?
- evil-doer, on 07/17/2009, -0/+27faster and cheaper? duh?
- megaton, on 07/17/2009, -3/+30Yeah! And, free blowjobs! From girls!
- inactive, on 07/17/2009, -0/+25Silicone Valley? Sounds like the title to an awful porn movie. You meant to say silicon.
- reuscel, on 07/17/2009, -0/+25Two words: Destroy Comcast.
- Balanced, on 07/17/2009, -0/+21New routers, generally, but most modern equipment should be IPv6 friendly by this point...
- protogenxl, on 07/17/2009, -0/+21What ever happened to TiSP?
http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html
It was announced April 1, 2007 and we haven't heard a thing about the project since. - FapCommander, on 07/17/2009, -3/+22Kick people like you of the internet
- bigthree, on 07/16/2009, -2/+20Free would be nice -- use firefox with an adblock - done!
- inactive, on 07/17/2009, -0/+17dont spy on people
dont keep data on them until 2028 - slayernine, on 07/17/2009, -0/+14You sir are ***** insane if you wish to give corporations the go ahead to rape beautiful websites with ads
- bbliss17, on 07/17/2009, -1/+15<3 google
- quentinp, on 07/17/2009, -0/+13This is a US survey. But as a Canadian I'd have to say, "DON'T GET ME STARTED!"
- Solkre, on 07/17/2009, -0/+13If the blowjobs are ad-less you can't pick the sex of who gives it to you.
- bogatash, on 07/17/2009, -0/+13Free 10 mbit Wi-Max for mobile devices, including cars.
- puzzud, on 07/17/2009, -1/+12The irony of IPv6 is that we will always put it off because we will always need a faster overall infrastructure to handle it. IPv6 increases the overhead for each data packet drastically compared to what we use today. Suddenly, all our Internet speeds wouldn't seem that great if we switched over.
- studiopenguin, on 07/17/2009, -0/+11Amtrak is run extraordinarily well, particularly considering how criminally underfunded it is. The delays most people associate with Amtrak are almost universally the result of commercial carriers violating track usage agreements. The argument that Amtrak is somehow mismanaged generally stems from total unfamiliarity with the service and how it fundamentally works.
Just sayin'. - inigomntoya, on 07/17/2009, -0/+11We should have an "Internet" for people who don't use it to its full capacity. I wouldn't be surprised if this is 80% of your typical Internet users.
Use dark fiber for the rest of us! - QQMore, on 07/17/2009, -0/+11Might not solve our crappy bandwidth problems, but getting rid of Galt would at least greatly increase the average intelligence of internet users.
- killdashnine, on 07/17/2009, -1/+12Build in intelligent routing. This is often a significant contributor to lag.
- RealmDown, on 07/17/2009, -2/+12nobody's*
- UselessTrivia, on 07/17/2009, -0/+10No bandwidth caps. Absolute net neutrality.
Municipally owned fiber infrastructure that allows competition among ISPs. No more cable and telecom monopolies. The community and local government own the fiber and companies who want to lay it and service the lines have to bid for the privilege.
Cable companies have no incentive to give me better speed than I have right now because in their mind the only reason I "need" it is for streaming video, which competes against their service. Hence they want to charge me for my data usage since they are "losing" my business as a video customer and not getting what they see as their fair share. - elcalrissian, on 07/16/2009, -22/+32Um. Make it free?
I can handle 15 forced ads, banners on all corners of a page, just make it free. - had3l, on 07/17/2009, -1/+11I'd rather pay and get no ads.
I can spare 30-50 bucks a month for unlimited high speed internet - Bondheli, on 07/17/2009, -2/+12Upgrade "silicone valley" the home/birthplace of all things tech to the same 25Mbps fiber optic they have in such "tech powerhouses"/s like new jersey.
- wefarrell, on 07/17/2009, -0/+10Agreed, I'd even consider everything else that isps provide (tv, phone, etc) to be extras.
- HAL90000, on 07/17/2009, -0/+10Turns out the service was quite *****. One flush and the signal quality went down the drain. And other such puns.
- DirtyVicar, on 07/17/2009, -3/+12Many exurbs and tiny towns can't even get broadband in the first place. The further you get the Internet out into those areas, the more likely you'll be able to expose rural voters to content outside the realm of AM talk radio and Fox News.
- inactive, on 07/17/2009, -0/+9For Australia:
1 Get rid of Telstra (The Billion dollar Mafia)
2 Get rid of data loading rates (bandwidth rates per /mb)
3 Synchronous
4 No caps (pricing relates to speeds only)
5 Sack Conroy, actually no, sack Labor. They not what they do.
6 Fiber in the burbs
7 WiFi in the bush - no fiber at all.
8 Free WiFi in all cities larger than 2000 peeps with native communities having access at all times, we both can learn from this. They have a story to tell and I want to hear it from them, not some opinionated white reporter. (Help students including international students and the poorer people) - pearlygate, on 07/17/2009, -0/+8The question is "how" would you change. Not "what" would you change. So naturally, suggestions like faster speed, no caps, free etc are dumb. How can you make them free, fast, no cap, etc is the point of this article.
- inigomntoya, on 07/17/2009, -0/+8I agree. This should be in the Bill of Rights. As a citizen of the US, I am entitled to free cookies. Of any variety.
- Solkre, on 07/17/2009, -0/+8stubear
I don't really care. I pay for a connection to the internet. TOS be damned, they shouldn't care what goes in or out of my pipe. Just like I don't care what goes in or out of their ass.
It's not a "MUCH bigger problem." It's customers using a ***** service they paid for. - runeasgar, on 07/16/2009, -0/+8This is the most likely solution.. but we do everything backwards here.
- SocialPoison, on 07/17/2009, -0/+8From orbit, if need be
- serif69, on 07/17/2009, -0/+8Direct link to the discussion: http://moderator.appspot.com/#16/e=a4977
- Solkre, on 07/17/2009, -0/+7I like your use of "quotes."
- bigteebo, on 07/17/2009, -0/+7Let me run a server without any problems if I wish to.
- whytey, on 07/17/2009, -0/+7Your name explains it all.
- UnFriendlyFire, on 07/17/2009, -0/+7Broader and more band-y
- erkokite, on 07/17/2009, -0/+7Amtrak isn't free though.
- fury420, on 07/17/2009, -0/+6or... holy *****, the telecom companies could actually spend the money the government has been paying them for the past 20 years for broadband infrastructure ON broadband infrastructure so that minor amounts of traffic by one user cannot possibly lag the network.
My bandwidth cap is the same as it was 11-12 years ago. Just think for a second what has happened to video encoding codecs, resolution, distribution, etc... over the past decade. Think about what has happened to data storage mediums, your average hard drive holds 10-20x as much for 60% less money...
And yet, its $45 for 60gb +$10 more for 100gb total bandwidth. Next option up from that? 150gb a month for $108 a month.... talk about progress - HCProgramr, on 07/17/2009, -0/+6Has to be from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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