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6mbs as the max? That sounds awful... I was expecting more with dedicated microwave towers.
by esaym 9y ago
6mbs as the max? That sounds awful... I was expecting more with dedicated microwave towers.
- ficklepickle 9y agoIt's still a massive improvement over what was available there before.
- kitsunesoba 9y agoIt nicely highlights why optimizing sites and web apps for size is still important. Speeds in excess of 20mpbs may be common in metropolitan areas, but there are parts of the US have to make due with much less. I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be for these people to have to deal with the better part of the popular web weighing 12mb+ per page load. Adblockers must be required for many sites to be of any use at all.
- leesalminen 9y agoI recently moved from a 1Gbps pipe from BigCo to 5Mbps provided by a WISP [0]. It’s been interesting. I definitely click back on more websites than I used to due to slow page load. The bigger issue is with streaming video services. YouTube, YouTube TV, Netflix and HBO are all fine. Hulu and Sling are nearly unusable. All in all, it’s not as bad as I had feared. [0] We’re at 7k feet in altitude and there is a point to point WiFi network blasting down the majority of the canyon. All Ubiquiti gear. The ISP is owned and operated by a couple locals.
- Kenji 9y ago5mbps sounds like a nightmare. How is youtube working fine? On 240p?
- realusername 9y agoMy brother is living with 512k, you adapt to the low speed at some point. We have a local Plex with ~10TB of video on it since all streaming websites are unusable.