Imagine living in a 'newly industrialized' country where you have better internet speed than in most of the U.S.  It could happen here because of fiber optics - the wave of the internet future.  So, you say, why do I care?  Well, current Lakeside residents report download speeds of between 5Mbps and 10Mbps at the best.  Fiber optics download speeds start at 15Mbps and go up to 300Mbps - more than most of us will ever need.  From the chart below you can see that anything beyond standard definition video streaming is getting close to the limits of what is currently available.  For example, the … [Read more...]