Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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you...

Good points. But, BTW, I don't see any white nights on the horizon, the least likely one being something wireless in order to provide a medium for very high bandwidth applications.

me...

Yeah, the whole question of wireless bandwidth is a potential nightmare, which is why I mentioned having the towers closer together and restricting the covered area so that there would be fewer users trying to get at the available wireless bandwidth. Still, there was an article last week, I believe, talking about Google being one of the few companies with the bucks to buy countrywide bandwidth.

Wireless does keep getting better and better, but for bandwidth hogs, there's is no substitute for fiber. However, for some people wireless could be adequate alternative for their needs, which would add a hint of competition. Demand for bandwidth of all sorts is going to do nothing but continue growing as universal wireless communication demands and the number of bandwidth hogging applications continue to grow.

Anyway, the point was that what's needed is more competition. Without more competition these guys are going to squeeze and squeeze us. Already they have floated positions that they're providing a service for the Googles and Yahoos that they should be paying for. Not to mention that customers are already paying for the ability to access Google and Yahoo.

I'm already paying over $100 per month for h/s Internet access and cable TV, that's more than enough. If we let them, these bloodsuckers will drain us dry and further attempt to restrict what we can access to what they're selling. Not a pretty picture.