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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by LockAndLol on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:36AM (#26087190)
Future proofing and it gives people the possibility to think big. If most of the country is stuck at 20 Mb, then most people will think in and build 20Mb applications.

Who knows what people will cook up if they are unbridled. Of course limiting users also breeds innovation to overcome the limitations (youtube-dl is a good example), but artificially creating limitations for the sake of money, isn't a good argument IMO.

If you want applications for the future, don't limit it.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mafuy on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:30AM (#26089580)
You mean well, but to be entirely honest, I'm happy if the 20Mb sentiment persists. Because no matter what you do, there will always be some people who cannot get gigabit (physical limitations, work abroad, etc.), but nobody cares about them.
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