If you know anything about networking and how this process work, you realize very quickly that advertising 50-60 Mbps is just ridiculous.

Customers need to know this…

I mean these fools are seriously pushing the high-speed broadband thing and while it ‘may’ be capable of doing so, it’s something that’s unrealistic.

And who wants to be able to download stuff at break neck speeds when the cap on Comcast is 250gb. Are you racing to the stop light?

First, you’ll never get 50-60mbs to your computer. I don’t care how new your computer is…

Why?

The computer you’re connected to has to be able to provide information at that speed.  It’s a computer just like any other and it’s subject to the same problems and restrictions that other computers have.  So unless the PC has a gigabit network card, gigabit router and all the connections in between that computer and yours, you’ll never see those speeds.

Cable services can deliver transfer rates at high speeds but it’s doing so over a shared architecture and as more people use that same connection the overall speed of the Internet service that they’re receiving will be depreciated and in highly populated areas this is going to be the case all the time. information like this can be exacerbated by the number of users that are trying to utilize peer-to-peer networking or bit torrent.

Cable Internet service providers continue to try to improve their service and they do this by introducing new technology that allows them to get those higher speeds.  DOCSIS is the technology that’s allowing Comcast to expand on their service; it can go up to 200 Mbps, but even Virgin, that’s actively marketing the 200 Mbps, says that no one will ever be able to hit that mark with current computer’s architecture.

Comcast, Charter, Cablevision, and California ISP DSL extreme these are all examples of ideal and perfect situations.  Yes, it’s possible to get those speeds, but you’re not going to get them in the real world because either the broadband, CPU, hard drive or basic system resources can’t handle the process of getting information that fast.

It’s important to remember that all network connections have at least 25% of overhead traffic just for the purpose of communicating between computers.  Leaving you with the remaining 75% to do what you need to do.

The truth is the Internet service providers are simply trying to bump up the numbers as a marketing ploy. they figure the higher the download speed the higher the cost for the Internet service, whereas the customer isn’t really getting the bang for the bucks. 

And at that rate of speed who really wants to reach the finish line with the caps on broadband. cats on broadband are already affecting people surfing habits.  People are more conscientious about which sites they go to, how much music you listen to and which online services they can afford to visit our record basis without exceeding their limits.

As an example, Comcast is raising their service beats to 50 MB per second and the price is $140 [basically], but if you bundle it with another service you can get it for $100 [basically].

These types of releases are done approximately every 3 to 5 years, depending upon when those providers start losing customers because the competition is offering a higher download rate; it’s all about the numbers and the naïveté of the customers.  Not only that, but some customers don’t have a choice.  If they want broadband service they have to use a specific carrier, otherwise it’s the painful dial-up service.

My personal opinion is that broadband service by itself should not be exceeding $40 nationwide. If you make the service more acceptable and more standardized than everyone would have broadband service.

The best service that you’re going to receive is going to be from DSL and from fiber-optic connections [FIOS].  while the connections may still be shared, you’re still dedicated to a certain amount of bandwidth for your connections.  Fiber-optic connections are shared connections but the connections are in smaller packets are residential areas and again the connections are divided out between each connection; resulting in more sustained higher transfer rates.

It’s the marketing ploys and lack of disclosure that your taste me about these types of stories/releases.  It’s the presentation and the twisting of reality on the services, as it pertains to the public.  Internet service providers are going to raise the prices on Internet service for supposedly higher transfer rates, but those connections will never really yield any faster connections than what the customer has right now.

So the question is, if you’re not going to get any higher transfer rates by purchasing a higher echelon Internet service package, why should you spend the extra money?   — because they want you to. 

And they’re banking on your naivety to make that goal happen.

Thanks for reading!

Enjoy.

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