will_a113@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarethejevans@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up85·26 days agoA Verizon rep told me the other day that their cellular home internet is just as good as my symmetric gigabit fiber service. Fuck these companies.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·26 days agoI just saw a Verizon sign today that said the same. I internally scoffed because how can cellular internet be more stable or consistent?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·26 days agoThey use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-226 days ago10 Pbps | | } 200 Mbps | # # | # # | # # ------- V O E T R H I E Z R O S N *latency not pictured **measurements taken in test environment under ideal weather conditions
minus-squarercbrk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·26 days agoLoL, they misconfigured their test rig and it turns out they were measuring loopback’s bandwidth.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·26 days agoin a certain stupidly narrow definition of “just as good” that’s not necessarily wrong wrong 5G has a theoretical max of 10gb/s, so ignoring all other factors where it’s significantly, and also ignoring reality in the face of theoretical maximum 5G is stupid cool! just some people can be stupid stupid
A Verizon rep told me the other day that their cellular home internet is just as good as my symmetric gigabit fiber service. Fuck these companies.
I just saw a Verizon sign today that said the same. I internally scoffed because how can cellular internet be more stable or consistent?
They use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
*latency not pictured
**measurements taken in test environment under ideal weather conditions
LoL, they misconfigured their test rig and it turns out they were measuring loopback’s bandwidth.
in a certain stupidly narrow definition of “just as good” that’s not necessarily wrong wrong
5G has a theoretical max of 10gb/s, so ignoring all other factors where it’s significantly, and also ignoring reality in the face of theoretical maximum
5G is stupid cool!
just some people can be stupid stupid