Re: sigs wanted for a response to the fcc's NOI for faster broadband speeds
Tom Mitchell <[email protected]> Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:38:10 -0800
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--000000000000739cb0060b763d2a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not sure we need the FCC telling us how to build products or run networks. Seat belts are life-or-death, but bufferbloat is rarely fatal ;-) Let it be a point of differentiation. -- Tom On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 4:56=E2=80=AFPM Dave Taht <[email protected]> wro= te: > Over here: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ADByjakzQXCj9Re_pUvrb5Qe5OK-QmhlYRLM= BY4vH4/edit > > Us bufferbloat folk have been putting together a response to the FCC's > NOI (notice of inquiry) asking for feedback as to increasing the > broadband speeds beyond 100/20 Mbit. > > "Calls for further bandwidth increases are analogous to calling for > cars to have top speeds of 100, 200, or 500 miles per hour. Without > calling also for better airbags, bumpers, brakes, or steering wheels, > (or roads designed to minimize travel delay), these initiatives will > fail (and are failing) to meet the needs of present and future users > of the internet." > > Comments (and cites) welcomed also! The text is still somewhat in flux... > > > -- > :( My old R&D campus is up for sale: https://tinyurl.com/yurtlab > Dave T=C3=A4ht CSO, LibreQos > --000000000000739cb0060b763d2a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:trebuche= t ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Not sure we need the FCC tel= ling us how to build products or run networks.=C2=A0 Seat belts are life-or= -death, but bufferbloat is rarely fatal ;-)=C2=A0 Let it be a point of diff= erentiation.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:trebuch= et ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div><div dir=3D"= ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><span style=3D"color:rgb(11,83,148)">-- Tom</span></div></div></di= v><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_= attr">On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 4:56=E2=80=AFPM Dave Taht <<a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockq= uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1p= x solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Over here:<br> <br> <a href=3D"https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ADByjakzQXCj9Re_pUvrb5Qe5OK= -QmhlYRLMBY4vH4/edit" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://docs.goo= gle.com/document/d/19ADByjakzQXCj9Re_pUvrb5Qe5OK-QmhlYRLMBY4vH4/edit</a><br= > <br> Us bufferbloat folk have been putting together a response to the FCC's<= br> NOI (notice of inquiry) asking for feedback as to increasing the<br> broadband speeds beyond 100/20 Mbit.<br> <br> "Calls for further bandwidth increases are analogous to calling for<br= > cars to have top speeds of 100, 200, or 500 miles per hour. Without<br> calling also for better airbags, bumpers, brakes, or steering wheels,<br> (or roads designed to minimize travel delay), these initiatives will<br> fail (and are failing) to meet the needs of present and future users<br> of the internet."<br> <br> Comments (and cites) welcomed also! The text is still somewhat in flux...<b= r> <br> <br> -- <br> :( My old R&D campus is up for sale: <a href=3D"https://tinyurl.com/yur= tlab" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yurtlab</a><= br> Dave T=C3=A4ht CSO, LibreQos<br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000739cb0060b763d2a--