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I 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 d
by leesalminen 9y ago
I 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.