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As long as latency still matters. Gigabit wireless service can certainly be usable for a broad range of consumer applications, but you still have people playing
by snuxoll 10y ago
As long as latency still matters. Gigabit wireless service can certainly be usable for a broad range of consumer applications, but you still have people playing online games, streaming, etc. that are heavily impacted by latency.
Personally, I wish I could get a decent 100/10 fiber connection in my area just for the latency advantages over DOCSIS alone (it takes roughly 10ms to even get out of my ISP's internal network onto their transit provider).
- ethbro 10y ago+VR Latency's going to be a real bear if it takes off and multi-user applications prove popular.
- Dylan16807 10y agoNothing about wireless inherently causes more than a millisecond of latency. It's all about system design.
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- kayoone 10y agoModern LTE latency is comparable to DSL/Cable at <=30ms in many cases. Sure fiber latency is lower, but until that is available to the same amount of people as DSL/Cable the mobile technology will have advanced too. Online gaming and streaming is totally fine over a LTE connection, the only problem is bandwidth caps. (This might not apply to professional gamers, but i consider those a niche)
- ferongr 10y ago30ms is abysmal.
- rayiner 10y agoThat's roughly the transit latency from Texas to the coasts. By your logic even a fiber link from Texas to NYC will have "abysmal" latency.
- kayoone 10y agoIt's totally fine for any kind of realtime online interactions though, unless you are a super competitive gamer, but even then many do not have access to fiber and still do well Also note that i am saying "lower than or equal", my current LTE connection gives me 18ms ping to nearby locations, same as my cable connection.