LonelyBoy said:
rrcphoto said:
Nininini said:
testthewest said:
internet connections often aren't even good enough, it is simply a wasted effort.
what? do you people live in the same universe as the rest of us?
15Mb/s (2MB/s)...is the minimum netflix recommends for 4k...I can't think of a single developed nation that doesn't have these internet speeds
in alot of cases in rural america you can't get these speeds. usually around 1mb/sec is about all you can get via DSL.
I guess the USA isn't a developed nation.
What percentage of people is that? Very, very low, depending on which numbers you use. This is not a situation of Manhattan and LA assuming the rest of the country is identical. I grew up in a rural farmhouse that still had an outhouse on site (it hadn't been used in ages, of course, but there was still an OUTHOUSE there), and it's had cable broadband for well over a decade. That town has a population about a tenth of the number of posts Neuro has.
It is fair to say "the USA" has access to those speeds, even if it's frustrating for a couple of percent of people who really don't have the infrastructure for it outside their doors. Nothing is universal.
Luckily , the FCC publishes reports on just such a thing
Key findings include the following:
10 percent of all Americans (34 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service.
39 percent of rural Americans (23 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps.
By contrast, only 4 percent of urban Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband.
The availability of fixed terrestrial services in rural America continues to lag behind urban America at all speeds: 20 percent lack access even to service at 4 Mbps/1 Mbps, down only 1 percent from 2011, and 31 percent lack access to 10 Mbps/1 Mbps, down only 4 percent from 2011.
41 percent of Americans living on Tribal lands (1.6 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband
68 percent living in rural areas of Tribal lands (1.3 million people) lack access.
66 percent of Americans living in U.S. territories (2.6 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband.
98 percent of those living in rural territorial areas (1.1 million people) lack access.
Americans living in rural and urban areas adopt broadband at similar rates where 25 Mbps/ 3 Mbps service is available, 28 percent in rural areas and 30 percent in urban areas.
While an increasing number of schools have high-speed connections, approximately 41 percent of schools, representing 47 percent of the nation’s students, lack the connectivity to meet the Commission’s short-term goal of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students/staff.
https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/2016-broadband-progress-report