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There’s an Internet Showdown Brewing

Andrew Payne

Back home in West Virginia, our Verizon phones have no 3G service. The problem is ISPs sell “unlimited data” (effectively), but their networks are nowhere near the capacity needed for all subscribers using full bandwidth. The ISPs bet subscribers use only a small average bandwidth fraction.

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There’s an Internet Showdown Brewing

Andrew Payne

Back home in West Virginia, our Verizon phones have no 3G service. The problem is ISPs sell “unlimited data” (effectively), but their networks are nowhere near the capacity needed for all subscribers using full bandwidth. The ISPs bet subscribers use only a small average bandwidth fraction.