[AusNOG] Simon Hackett's slide deck from AusNOG 2014 with added audio

[Darren Moss]

I hear that argument and to a degree I support your view (of course I want faster internet now and into the future), however we need to live within our means and invest sensibly.

Let’s buy the BMW for now and upgrade to the Ferrari later, when we’ve had some benefit from the partial upgrade and when our business case supports everyone chipping in for bigger/better/faster.

DM.

From: Robert Hudson [mailto:hudrob at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2014 12:36 PM
To: Darren Moss
Cc: ANSA SERVERS; Mark Newton; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Simon Hackett's slide deck from AusNOG 2014 with added audio



On 10 September 2014 12:27, Darren Moss <Darren.Moss at cloud365.com.au<mailto:Darren.Moss at cloud365.com.au>> wrote:
How much bandwidth do you actually need ?

I hope we’re not pushing the argument that people will be ordering 1GBps for home use.

I watch HD content on my VDSL service which consumes less than 5MBps.

Do you really need 100MBps for home use. What will you do with it.

Disclaimer: I have teenage children who consume a lot of internet – we work fine with 25MBps on VDSL.

I easily consumed the 100Mbps downstream that I had on DOCSIS3 cable.  I could easily have consumed more.  And that's without kids who have significant Internet requirements, and nor do I torrent or download a significant amount of media (I occasionally watch a movie on FetchTV, does that count?).

If only downstream speeds were the only relevant factor, and we could ignore upstream requirements, issues with asyncronous transmission protocols, etc...

People need to stop assuming that because THEY don't need more than they have today, that *nobody* will ever need more than they have today (and especially that nobody will ever need it unless they're somehow "doing the wrong thing").
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