Interesting. I’m guessing not live streamed though? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas City| Ars Technica
They get their movies through the Internet actually... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 11, 2016 9:12 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: Strange no one wants landline phone, but they want a giant TV that you can only watch at home, using Internet that only works at home. Seems like a dead end technology to me. Only good for seniors and kids. Some movie theaters by me have servers that bring actual food and drinks, the screen is humongous, and I’m told it doesn’t use the Internet at all. Maybe that is the next big thing. What will we do with all those gigabit fiber links to our houses when no one wants them anymore, like landlines and pay phones. Oh, right, the Internet of things. Our things will watch TV while we’re at work. From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 1:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas City| Ars Technica Me thinks he is one of them millennials. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 4/10/2016 4:13 PM, Josh Baird wrote: So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house? That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think. On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade next year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on HDR/non-hdr content and codec type. On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th percentile of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were running closer to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to where we are on the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our online-ness like a millennial. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote: I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download windows updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a meg. Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is free. :) I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh. On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials. https://internetessentials.com/ Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract or promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing. I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done. It was either a stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit. No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 is a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer the local cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something less than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get some cable TV revenue. Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s affordable, no matter what the elites think. Just like some people are fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine. From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas City| Ars Technica I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro broadband pricing. Honestly. I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable / DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc. Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for $45-55+ a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which sucks when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how vastly over provisioned much of those networks are. That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most of the providers asses. On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of extreme. They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price. Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas City| Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/
