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Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections
From: "james.cutler () consultant com" <james.cutler () consultant com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 15:27:13 -0400
On May 31, 2021, at 1:54 PM, Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com> wrote:
Was that the fault of the broadband provider or was that the fault of the indoor WiFi? Is it possible the router has so much interference from all of the neighbors and everyones using 2.4 GHz? What if that example had a cable connection with 960/40 mbps and they're limited to 5 mbps up because of the in house WiFi solution? Would upping the broadband plan to 1000/1000 fix that problem?
No. But inadequate local network configurations are not arguments against 1000/1000 or just 100/100. Over a few decades of customer support using screen sharing and also testing new software releases I have come to understand that asymmetric speeds are not satisfactory. I assume that is why ISP marketing and speed tests emphasize download speed with no other applications in use, minimize upload speed, and generally ignore performance under load (see buffer bloat). This is not confined to just one end of a connection. Clients using a VoIP service encounter terrible voice connections while screen sharing or receiving software updates. Any software updating from the support end using the typical (comparatively minuscule) upload speeds are expensive, not for ISP charges, but for the time required. For these applications (which do not include family sharing) having only 100/100 is immensely more productive than 100/10. Of course, 1000/1000 would be delightful if ‘affordable’ to a single entrepreneur.
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- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Cory Sell via NANOG (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Blake Hudson (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Abhi Devireddy (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Blake Hudson (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Abhi Devireddy (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Chris Adams (May 28)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Fred Baker (May 29)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Josh Luthman (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections james.cutler () consultant com (May 31)
- RE: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Tim Burke (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Eric Kuhnke (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mark Tinka (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mark Tinka (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Owen DeLong via NANOG (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Mike Hammett (May 31)
- Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Raymond Burkholder (May 31)