At this point in 2021, I'm willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of consumers use their internet service with wireless devices.
And most likely, much like my own service, my wireless performance isn't even close to my wired performance, and of course that speedtest in the average house will vary all based on the angsty teenager trying to run tests from the basement, and the three other people watching YouTube, streaming Netflix, and talking on Facetime.
In other words, think about the average tech ignorant consumer, and you'll realize just how pointless this exercise will become.
Yeah, you get this a lot in smaller countries and cities where fibre installs are commonplace. Everyone has 1gbps fibre, but people are often complaining of slow connections, usually in 99% of cases it's because they are limited by their wireless setup - wether it's the edge of range, old equipment, obstacles etc. Sometimes people even complain of poor wired performance, turns out they were using a 10/100 nic, or a usb2 to ethernet adapter etc.
Connect directly with a decent gigabit ethernet card and you'll
This is apparently about cellular ISPs - eg T-Mobile, Verizon, at&t, not about wireline, so it does actually make sense based upon what you're talking about.
Exercise in futility. (Score:2, Insightful)
At this point in 2021, I'm willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of consumers use their internet service with wireless devices.
And most likely, much like my own service, my wireless performance isn't even close to my wired performance, and of course that speedtest in the average house will vary all based on the angsty teenager trying to run tests from the basement, and the three other people watching YouTube, streaming Netflix, and talking on Facetime.
In other words, think about the average tech ignorant consumer, and you'll realize just how pointless this exercise will become.
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Yeah, you get this a lot in smaller countries and cities where fibre installs are commonplace. Everyone has 1gbps fibre, but people are often complaining of slow connections, usually in 99% of cases it's because they are limited by their wireless setup - wether it's the edge of range, old equipment, obstacles etc. Sometimes people even complain of poor wired performance, turns out they were using a 10/100 nic, or a usb2 to ethernet adapter etc.
Connect directly with a decent gigabit ethernet card and you'll
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This is apparently about cellular ISPs - eg T-Mobile, Verizon, at&t, not about wireline, so it does actually make sense based upon what you're talking about.
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This is apparently about cellular ISPs - eg T-Mobile, Verizon...
The title of the TFA:
"FCC urges Americans to run internet speed app to counter Big Cable's broadband data fudging"
Please let me know when T-Mobile/Verizon/etc. started referring to themselves as "Big Cable" and why.