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Seems disingenious to only talk about bandwidth (mbps) and not latency (ping in ms) when discussing "faster internet". I believe it is the latency that is the b

by 0x0 8y ago

Seems disingenious to only talk about bandwidth (mbps) and not latency (ping in ms) when discussing "faster internet". I believe it is the latency that is the biggest cause for sluggishness when browsing or watching videos over 4G, not the raw throughput (anything over 10mbps should be more than enough even for HD video)

j45 8y ago
Definitely need bandwidth and latency, not just one of them. Add into it being forced to use Google's DNS servers on android and there's probably some performance being lost there. It would be nice to be able to set custom DNS servers on all mobile platforms without having to use a VPN.
- detaro 8y ago
  > Add into it being forced to use Google's DNS servers on android Source? My phone runs a current Android (and not some custom ROM, but something standard from it's manufacturer) and doesn't appear to use Google DNS, at least not for normal functions.
  - j45 8y ago
    After disabling WiFi, I invite you to try and change your DNS servers on your data connection. The default DNS on mobile data on Android devices is 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4. https://www.google.com/search?q=android+change+DNS+on+data+plan https://www.google.com/search?q=android+change+DNS+on+data+p... "DNS changer" apps often spin up a local VPN to tunnel the traffic through. Folks usually end up rooting their devices to ultimately make this change, or using a VPN. As well, I believe Chrome can tend to use Google's DNS servers directly in some cases.
    - detaro 8y ago
      My phone uses my providers DNS servers I'm fairly certain. I can't change them, that's true and regrettable.
bbatha 8y ago
Also jitter is super important on wireless devices!
dingaling 8y ago
Mbps is not bandwidth, it is throughput or data-rate. Bandwidth of 4G is 1.4 to 20 MHz
- kalleboo 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth Bandwidth has several related meanings: * Bandwidth (signal processing) or analog bandwidth, frequency bandwidth or radio bandwidth, a measure of the width of a range of frequencies, measured in hertz * Bandwidth (computing), the rate of data transfer, bit rate or throughput, measured in bits per second (bit/s)

by 0x0 8y ago

j45 8y ago

Definitely need bandwidth and latency, not just one of them. Add into it being forced to use Google's DNS servers on android and there's probably some performance being lost there. It would be nice to be able to set custom DNS servers on all mobile platforms without having to use a VPN.

detaro 8y ago
> Add into it being forced to use Google's DNS servers on android Source? My phone runs a current Android (and not some custom ROM, but something standard from it's manufacturer) and doesn't appear to use Google DNS, at least not for normal functions.
- j45 8y ago
  After disabling WiFi, I invite you to try and change your DNS servers on your data connection. The default DNS on mobile data on Android devices is 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4. https://www.google.com/search?q=android+change+DNS+on+data+plan https://www.google.com/search?q=android+change+DNS+on+data+p... "DNS changer" apps often spin up a local VPN to tunnel the traffic through. Folks usually end up rooting their devices to ultimately make this change, or using a VPN. As well, I believe Chrome can tend to use Google's DNS servers directly in some cases.
  - detaro 8y ago
    My phone uses my providers DNS servers I'm fairly certain. I can't change them, that's true and regrettable.

bbatha 8y ago

Also jitter is super important on wireless devices!

dingaling 8y ago

Mbps is not bandwidth, it is throughput or data-rate. Bandwidth of 4G is 1.4 to 20 MHz

kalleboo 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth Bandwidth has several related meanings: * Bandwidth (signal processing) or analog bandwidth, frequency bandwidth or radio bandwidth, a measure of the width of a range of frequencies, measured in hertz * Bandwidth (computing), the rate of data transfer, bit rate or throughput, measured in bits per second (bit/s)