What prevents Internet from being faster?
I'm thinking if the speed of light is so fast, why isn't the Internet faster?
Is it the ISP resources? Switches? Routers? I'm not even sure what switches do or are for. Other hardware? CPU power?
Infrastructure? Amount of fiber-optic/copper wire laid down?
Internet speed is limited by the ISP. What prevents them from being capable of providing very high speed Internet at low cost?
What allows the advancement of Internet speed?
For example the development of higher speeds such as OC-192 or OC-768?
Just a few years ago, there was no such thing.
I don't believe that optical fibers were just recently discovered.
What changes to the infrastructure would have to be made for less expensive, home Internet? (as in Japan, Korea, etc)
I'm thinking if the speed of light is so fast, why isn't the Internet faster?
Is it the ISP resources? Switches? Routers? I'm not even sure what switches do or are for. Other hardware? CPU power?
Infrastructure? Amount of fiber-optic/copper wire laid down?
Internet speed is limited by the ISP. What prevents them from being capable of providing very high speed Internet at low cost?
What allows the advancement of Internet speed?
For example the development of higher speeds such as OC-192 or OC-768?
Just a few years ago, there was no such thing.
I don't believe that optical fibers were just recently discovered.
What changes to the infrastructure would have to be made for less expensive, home Internet? (as in Japan, Korea, etc)
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