Real BroadBand Internet Access
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For years, one of the issues of Internet has been the speed of access to the resources it provides. Although it is perfectly true that the speed has been increasing with the years, it is also a real fact that the need for high speed internet has also grown almost geometrically.
In the mid 90s, the average Internet website was mainly composed of static HTML elements and references to images, sometimes to music (MIDI files). Most of the (then) webmasters were mainly concerned about the size of the pictures to be transmitted.
At such the situation, the regular dialup access was cheap and convenient, and the investment made by the Internet Access providers was relatively low still.
Time went by and the first online applications appeared into the scene. CGI, first. Then scripting languages such as PHP, Java and ASP helped to shape the way Internet is still seen. The requirements were also higher in terms of server needs to host the pages.
Together with the birth of the first online applications, the complexity of the websites also began to grow. Flash applications and the provision of zipped content, not to mention the PDF files and music files pushed the connections to the limit. The basic dialup access became useless, forcing the providers to bet on DSL or ADSL connections that required an investment in infrastructure much higher than the previous dialup era.
Recently, the advent of streaming media content sites even pushed harder on the need of high speed broadband connections. With the provision of High Definition Video (f.i. YouTube) the current connections are being saturated most of the time.
Nowadays, the broadband sometimes is not exactly broad. Many services are publicized out there that promise a high rate of download, but in the end, are restricting the services to protect themselves of the so-called abuse.
Given that it is not accountable what is a reasonable use and what is not, and that most of the contracts are not specific, such a measure from the "Broadband" providers should be taken for a violation to the rights of the consumer.
On the other hand, the issue is that the providers have abused of their current infraestructura and there is a general claim for them investing more in improving. It is my personal opinion that a lot of the service providers are still playing with the ingenuity of their customers. By offering over saturated connections with a high latency and throwing the blame at the "abusive users", the Internet BroadBand Providers are delaying the decision to improve the quality of their service.
Resources: http://www.broadbandexpert.com
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