[Zelphyr]

I really like this idea except for one thing; it would show users a comparison of slow (what they get now) and really slow. But not what they would get if they lived in, say, Seoul.

The problem is, most people don't realize that, all things considered, their internet really isn't as fast as it could be. They think it is because they have no basis for comparison. And the ISP's bank on this... literally.

[6cxs2hd6]

That's what burns me. We already pay ISPs to deliver the data that we request. They should take our money and improve their infrastructure. Instead, they want to get paid again, by e.g. Netflix, and the result would still be basically the same shitty third-world service we get in the US today.

Many of us already get a Slow Lane Demo every day during "prime time" evening hours.