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0 pointsres0nat0r11y ago0 comments

> Verizon is selling me a 50Mbps connection, but if I use it, for even a little, they get upset and say they are over capacity.

If your last mile network was built to allow you to saturate your 50Mbps connection 24/7 your bill would be much larger than it is now. So much that you probably wouldn't pay for internet service, so oversubscribing is a totally normal and rational process when building out a network.

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msandford11y ago· 2 in thread

If I accept your premise as true, then please explain:

1. Kansas City, KS

2. Chattanooga, TN

3. Provo, UT

4. Austin, TX

These places all have fiber to the house, and supposedly gigabit speeds. Two of them were built out with zero help from Google, so Google can't be making huge losses on the internet to prop up other parts of their business.

res0nat0rOP11y ago

If everyone on those networks were saturating their connections 24/7, then yes, there would also be network performance issues.

msandford11y ago

>>> If your last mile network was built to allow you to saturate your 50Mbps connection 24/7 your bill would be much larger than it is now.

> If everyone on those networks were saturating their connections 24/7, then yes, there would also be network performance issues.

Okay, first it was the last mile that was expensive. Now it's the back-haul that's expensive.

You do realize that you're contradicting YOURSELF here, right?

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