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EU plan to spend billions on boosting broadband speeds

Started by wjfox , Oct 15 2011 08:06 PM
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Posted 15 October 2011 - 08:06 PM

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All European households will get 30 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband by 2020, with half enjoying more than 100Mbps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15320628

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Posted 15 October 2011 - 08:26 PM

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20 Mbps is more than I can use and I'm not typical user I think.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 01:38 AM

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This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:10 AM

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This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.


Yeah, we're doing it too:

http://en.wikipedia...._Broadband_Plan
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:55 AM

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This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.

Well faster broadband could stimulate the economy.

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:18 PM

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This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.

I'd rather see infrastructure invested in that ten times this amount being thrown down another bailout black hole.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 09:49 PM

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All European households will get 30 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband by 2020, with half enjoying more than 100Mbps.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15320628



y current speed is 17mbps, by 2020 it'll be 120 at least. :D
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 12:34 AM

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This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.


Yeah, we're doing it too:

http://en.wikipedia...._Broadband_Plan

America is also fiscally irresponsible. Yeah let's just deficit spend indefinitely. That's sustainable in the long run.


This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.

Well faster broadband could stimulate the economy.

Keynesian style of thinking. It's hard for a government to create demand, and I don't see how giving everyone faster internet would do that.


This probably isn't a good idea considering you're on the verge of bankruptcy.

I'd rather see infrastructure invested in that ten times this amount being thrown down another bailout black hole.

Good point, me too. I wouldn't really count this as infrastructure though.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:12 AM

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Why do people call it "megabits"? I've always learned the term "Megabytes."
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:58 AM

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Why do people call it "megabits"? I've always learned the term "Megabytes."

A byte is eight bits.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 06:35 AM

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Why do people call it "megabits"? I've always learned the term "Megabytes."

Megabits = internet speed
Megabytes = storage size
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