You can&#x27;t even say 1gbps is close to &quot;enough&quot; in the immediate foreseeable future (decade+).<p>The sheer innovation we&#x27;re leaving on the table is insane to me with this thinking.  Can no one imagine any use for massive amounts of data moving around the world other than consuming media?  Have you not seen what is possible between moving from 1ge to 40g in the datacenter between servers?  It&#x27;s not logical to extend this thinking to the client eventually?  I really don&#x27;t understand it.<p>I remember being a 14 year old kid on a 9600 baud modem, upgrading to 28k and realizing <i>what just became theoretically possible</i> and then watching it happen before my eyes at a breathtaking pace.  I doubt today&#x27;s 14 year olds are any less imaginative.<p>I guarantee if you had 10ge available to every home in the US for $50&#x2F;mo you would see start to see some cool stuff no one immediately thinks of.  The fact you can&#x27;t get $100&#x2F;mo gige in major dense metro areas (in the US - Think Chicago, NYC, etc.) by now boggles my mind.  What a huge competitive lead we gave up for no reason.  How have we bogged down in so much bureaucracy and overhead that we can&#x27;t make this profitable?