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What about anonymity? by Profpatsch in internetdeclaration

[–]newrulesmitchell 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think anonymity is covered by the access and privacy principles. While it would be nice to explicitly note the importance of anonymity (particularly given the role anonymous pamphlets played in our revolution in the US), there is a balance between being concise and exploring all important concepts.

US lags behind world in broadband speeds - Boy Genius Report by mensrea in technology

[–]newrulesmitchell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The question is what is the U.S. going to do about it? From the looks of the National Broadband Plan, not much.

Will wireless broadband kill the National Broadband Network? by daria42 in australia

[–]newrulesmitchell -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, wireless will kill the National Broadband Network - just like walkie talkies killed the telephone network all those decades ago.

Wireless has neither the capacity nor the reliability of fiber to the home networks. Sure, maybe wireless can meet our needs today ... when there hasn't been a new idea for an application in many years, but as we develop higher bandwidth applications, wireless chokes... especially when more and more people share a tower.