T-Mobile and Binge-On

No surprise - there is no free lunch. The T-Mobile Binge-On service drops video to 480p.

Inflation

In about 7 months average web page size will be same as Doom install image. Well done us! Onwards & upwards! pic.twitter.com/xtSAtZjPGl

— ronan cremin (@xbs) July 30, 2015

Facebook Data

So the autoplay videos are eating up people's data plans. Rumor has it that at one local university, Facebook downloads are second only to the bandwidth used by Netflix. It's sneaky because you think you just loading "a page."

Bandwidth vs. Latency

FedEx vs. The Internet.

I think bandwidth is important, but I think the real magic will happen when we have batteries for our mobile devices that last for weeks or months or even years.

100Mbps for Every 1,000 Students

A study finds that schools need 100Mbps for every 1,000 students. At my work, we currently have 20Mbps for every 1,000 users. Unfortunately, we only have about 150 users in my office. I'd comment more on the article, but I only have the bandwidth to pull up the headline.