Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 6/1/21 19:40, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe wrote:

> I’ve had people cry about how fast the internet is at my office…
>
> I guess your mileage may vary, but yes humans do notice those kinds of 
> delays and they are cumulative.  (It’s not just bandwidth, it’s 
> latency.  The 3ms ping in my signature is real too.)

Bandwidth can be the responsibility of one company - your ISP.

Latency involves co-operation with other operators, i.e., data centres 
and content folk.

All the 100Gbps to your home or office is for naught if the content is 
300ms away.

Mark.