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Re:Big Cable says investment is flourishing, but their data ... by makosdv on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @08:10AM (#7737694)
Mobile carriers, at least here in the US, are extremely limited with backhaul. They can support high burst speeds, but they can't handle high traffic loads. That's one of the reasons why the data caps are so low on mobile (e.g., 5GBs) vs broadband (e.g., 500GBs). Otherwise, yes, a lot of people would ditch their cable/DSL and just use a mobile datacard/modem.
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Re:Big Cable says investment is flourishing, but their data ... by mikeash on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @12:15PM (#7738899)
Strange, I would have expected spectrum to be the limiting factor. Shouldn't backhaul be much cheaper to and easier to improve for them?
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