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I'm really looking forward to both gigabit Internet speeds and having a meaningful choice of broadband providers. Right now the choices in my neighborhood are 30 Mbps cable or 1 Mbps DSL. For an IT professional who streams movies voraciously, that's not really a choice at all.

Sure, initially it might just mean an end to buffering video and slow software downloads. But I can also see all kinds of possibilities for online collaboration in areas like scientific research, graphic arts, film and other fields where people do things that take a lot of bandwidth. While I may not be at the forefront of these advancements, I can silently applaud them, and support them by paying into the network. Well, that is when we get faster speeds here. For now, I'll just have to content myself with 30 Mbps Netflix binge-viewing sessions.

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