re: Lafayette, LA may have the best ISP in the nation.....

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I like to stick to the No GUI no Troubles policy (I'm all command line)

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I typically follow the same policy, but our firewalls have such large configs that the GUI is much easier to manage it all. At home I have to go CLI, though.

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My beef..all along, which somehow got twisted, is that HOUSEHOLDS don't need this kind of speed yet.

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I agree with you. At this point in time, it's wholly unnecessary to the average household and even most power users.

It sounds like you and I are on the same page, there's just been misunderstandings of what you meant.

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I believe it's silly that these ISPs are rushing to provide a service that 90% of its customer base doesn't need. You said so yourself:

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I don't know of any companies that are rushing to push gig speeds, though. It will take a long, long time for any ISP to overhaul its network to support gig links to households. They may offer gig links to new customers since that limits the amount they need to upgrade immediately.