Internet access: faster, but not any cheaper

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Originally Posted by mjmacky

Gladiolus already had all of his posts removed, and I actually thought his account was banned.

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It is banned now... finally.

On-topic: this is the new sliced bread where I live. 30 Mbit is a total breakthrough. We're in the digital era and can finally download whatever we want at amaz- wait, there's a 250 GB cap slowing you to 6 Mbit when hit? And the monthly fee is a stickup? Fuckers.

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Originally Posted by anon

It is banned now... finally.

On-topic: this is the new sliced bread where I live. 30 Mbit is a total breakthrough. We're in the digital era and can finally download whatever we want at amaz- wait, there's a 250 GB cap slowing you to 6 Mbit when hit? And the monthly fee is a stickup? Fuckers.

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Why is everyone sitting on a hard black floor in that ad? Is it the rape room?

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Originally Posted by mjmacky

Why is everyone sitting on a hard black floor in that ad? Is it the rape room?

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They're selling "the Internet of the future", so it's got to look like Tron :smilie4:

The TV ad just shows people facebooking at high speed from similarly dimly-lit rooms. In two years we'll probably have this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_8Ugp9zI4

"It's just an online copy shop. They're sending a fax to a copy shop here in Newark."

They had the same understanding of the net as the Genesis game Shadowrun had @ 0:45

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Originally Posted by anon

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Originally Posted by mjmacky

Why is everyone sitting on a hard black floor in that ad? Is it the rape room?

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They're selling "the Internet of the future", so it's got to look like Tron :smilie4:

The TV ad just shows people facebooking at high speed from similarly dimly-lit rooms. In two years we'll probably have this.

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Apparently, in the future, it will take roughly :45 to make a long distance phone call, and involve solving a pyramid Rubic's cube.

Sweet! I want my number to be all blue side. :w00t:

I dont find the internet much costly now, as before it costs a lot more than today

Internet is much cheaper in terms of speed vs. cost these days......1GB = $69.99 vs. 100mbps = $49.99 in the past :)

I don't miss the days of dial-up and $200 phone bills, nya...

I have the option of 1G, but chose 300mbit to save $20/month.

There are diminishing returns on higher speeds. Anything higher than a few hundred megabits is basically useless unless you live with many others or plan on reselling your access; what's the difference between grabbing a movie in two minutes vs. one?

Also, I personally value upload much more. A pipe that is 90% upload and 10% download, opposite to the usual but charged just the same, would be highly attractive.