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Number of bars (1-2 vs. 4-5 or whatver max is) seems to give a pretty decent indication of latency and bandwidth to me. I get that it isn't perfect.
by tjoff 8y ago
Number of bars (1-2 vs. 4-5 or whatver max is) seems to give a pretty decent indication of latency and bandwidth to me. I get that it isn't perfect.
- bdamm 8y agoSeems to be a lot of situations where a bar or two is no service, and others where service is great. So as a determination of whether I can use the phone it is pretty meaningless.
- tjoff 8y agoYour experience will vary, but perhaps: 4-5 bars => 98% likelihood that everything is great. 1-2 bars => 20% quite good, 50% pretty decent, 20% quite bad, 7% bad, 3% no service. How is something like that meaningless? That is immensely useful. You can also reason about it depending on the context. Downtown but inside a bar in a cellar? Or out in the country far from civilization? That it isn't perfect doesn't make it meaningless.