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Hi there
Casual surfing doesn't need very fast Internet speeds -- Watching things like HD movies does -- so I suppose it depends on what you mean by "surfing" the net.
Even remote home working to a lot of Office back end applications doesn't require superfast Internet speeds either (unless a lot of multi-media content at HD quality is being streamed).
A lot of the "Super fast" speeds advertised are basically just marketing hype -- rather like the old Mega pixel race in Digital cameras.
My problem with a lot of the current providers is that it's usually an "all or nothing" type package irrespective of what you really need -- for instance I'd be quite happy with slowish (say 3 - 5 mb) speed Mon to Fri -- but at weekend I'd want as fast as I can get for movie downloads etc etc -- especially if this type of access was offered at a cheap price.
Fortunately most of our packages in Europe are essentially Unlimited Bandwidth - which is far from the case in the USA == no point in having a 50 mb Internet speed if you only have say a 50GB download limit !!!
I rather suspect that most people would also prefer an unlimited bandwidth type of plan even if it wasn't as fast as the latest mega fast stuff - but choice is sometimes limited.
Decent 4G speeds these days in any case reduce a lot of people's reliance on traditional Internet access --especially as it's simple to use your smartphone as an Internet access point for your PC --which would be a lot faster than a slow conventional connection --especially with unlimited 4G data plans.
Cheers
jimbo
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. I would have to move to town if I wanted better service. Not that far from town like barely on the outside area even some schools near by yet they don't have any faster service so i'm stuck with att dsl and can't even upgrade to say like u-verse if i wanted to and comcast is too expensive. So we're stuck with dsl until we move or they bring service over here.
