Comments on: Metering those Leaky Household Bandwidth Pipes http://www.betterbroadbandblog.com/2009/11/metering-those-leaky-household-bandwidth-pipes/ Trends and tactics for the world of broadband Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:10:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Tooley http://www.betterbroadbandblog.com/2009/11/metering-those-leaky-household-bandwidth-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Matt Tooley Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:54:45 +0000 http://www.betterbroadbandblog.com/?p=142#comment-11 I would say "hi-speed" is relative to "dial-up" and a matter of marketing by the Internet Service Providers. It's not the fastest in the world but rather a matter of economics. Its costly to move the bits and to build out the networks to move them faster but with time and market pressures the speeds will go up. Already, many of the cable companies are now offering 50 and 101 Mbps services. Best planned technologies? Service providers are exploring technologies, such as the technology provided by Sandvine, to do accurate billing at high bit rates. In addition, they are looking to include more granular information in a subscriber's bill to better educate them of the usage. There are no obstacles or failure in the national grid. Again, it is just a matter of economics. I would say “hi-speed” is relative to “dial-up” and a matter of marketing by the Internet Service Providers. It’s not the fastest in the world but rather a matter of economics. Its costly to move the bits and to build out the networks to move them faster but with time and market pressures the speeds will go up. Already, many of the cable companies are now offering 50 and 101 Mbps services.

Best planned technologies? Service providers are exploring technologies, such as the technology provided by Sandvine, to do accurate billing at high bit rates. In addition, they are looking to include more granular information in a subscriber’s bill to better educate them of the usage. There are no obstacles or failure in the national grid. Again, it is just a matter of economics.

]]> By: nethawkdotnet http://www.betterbroadbandblog.com/2009/11/metering-those-leaky-household-bandwidth-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-8 nethawkdotnet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:07:59 +0000 http://www.betterbroadbandblog.com/?p=142#comment-8 BW is the topic I was hoping to find you discussing. Why do you guess that what we call "hi-speed" DSL or cable, here in the US, is not even considered hi-speed elsewhere? Also, some countries do consider it the ultimate commodity and want it to be free, or at least up to a certain speed, a speed higher than the average hi-speed in the states charges $40-50 a month++? Also, what are the best technologies being planned to monitor traffic for billing purposes, and are there obstacles in place now that govern the speeds, or is it a failure of the national grid? BW is the topic I was hoping to find you discussing. Why do you guess that what we call “hi-speed” DSL or cable, here in the US, is not even considered hi-speed elsewhere? Also, some countries do consider it the ultimate commodity and want it to be free, or at least up to a certain speed, a speed higher than the average hi-speed in the states charges $40-50 a month++?

Also, what are the best technologies being planned to monitor traffic for billing purposes, and are there obstacles in place now that govern the speeds, or is it a failure of the national grid?

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