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I have fiber optic in China rated at 20mbs but it's really spotty. Downloads can be really fast but latency can be terrible. I realize that browsing foreign sit
by reedlaw 11y ago
I have fiber optic in China rated at 20mbs but it's really spotty. Downloads can be really fast but latency can be terrible. I realize that browsing foreign sites is sharing bandwidth with a pool the size of China but sometimes even domestic sites time out. I think it's either being oversold or badly misconfigured by the ISP.
- nitrogen 11y agoWhy was this downvoted so deeply into the gray?
- wmf 11y agoEvery story about broadband attracts random, totally unrepresentative anecdotes that aren't interesting or informative. Such comments may even be harmful if they trigger various cognitive biases.
- nitrogen 11y agoAnd there are a dozen similar comments elsewhere in the threads, that contribute equally much (or little), that are not downvoted. I want to know what the difference is. Is it the mention of China?
- reedlaw 11y agoI'm sorry if my comment wasn't interesting or informative. I posted in the hopes that someone else with similar experience could offer advice. I know anecdotes are not of general interest but there's usually a long tail of comments that are useful to _someone_ and can be found by search engines.
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