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Wireless, sure, wired, not so much. Disappointed because they would be thinking "wow facebook will load so much faster now"? Presumably they wouldn't be disapp

by corin_ 16y ago

Wireless, sure, wired, not so much. Disappointed because they would be thinking "wow facebook will load so much faster now"? Presumably they wouldn't be disappointed if their reason for upgrading is, say, for torrents or another type of filesharing, etc.

jonknee 16y ago
Maybe you missed it, but that's what the article mentioned. Wireless wasn't fast enough ("standard WiFi connections aren't fast enough"), so they switched to wired networks. It wasn't that they didn't know they would need a gigabit router, it's that they saturated the wireless network and upgraded to a faster wired network.
- corin_ 16y ago
  That's still the same issue. The router I have here at home isn't capable of handling a gig of traffic, wired or wireless. If my ISP sold me a gig connection, I would expect them to realise that, most likely my router won't support it, and to explain that to me (and, more likely than not, try to sell me a new router themselves). It doesn't matter that they went from wireless to wired - even when moving to wired, the issue was still that they hadn't realised they would need a new router.
  - jonknee 16y ago
    I guess we're reading it differently. I read it as "before getting gigabit internet I had a wireless router that worked fine, but after I had to use a wired router to get the new faster speed I'm paying for." I don't think they went through multiple wired routers because they were unable to realize that 100 != 1000 (regardless, many new wireless routers are also gigabit ethernet routers).
    - corin_ 16y ago
      I read it same as you, but to me needing a new router isn't "a challenge", it's an obvious requirement that you know about before deciding to upgrade your connection. Same as needing to own some sort of networked device such as a computer in order to use any internet connection.
      - jonknee 16y ago
        It might not be a new router. My wireless routers at home and work both support gigabit ethernet. But it could be a challenge to have to run wire and what not. I think it makes complete sense.

by corin_ 16y ago

jonknee 16y ago

Maybe you missed it, but that's what the article mentioned. Wireless wasn't fast enough ("standard WiFi connections aren't fast enough"), so they switched to wired networks. It wasn't that they didn't know they would need a gigabit router, it's that they saturated the wireless network and upgraded to a faster wired network.

corin_ 16y ago
That's still the same issue. The router I have here at home isn't capable of handling a gig of traffic, wired or wireless. If my ISP sold me a gig connection, I would expect them to realise that, most likely my router won't support it, and to explain that to me (and, more likely than not, try to sell me a new router themselves). It doesn't matter that they went from wireless to wired - even when moving to wired, the issue was still that they hadn't realised they would need a new router.
- jonknee 16y ago
  I guess we're reading it differently. I read it as "before getting gigabit internet I had a wireless router that worked fine, but after I had to use a wired router to get the new faster speed I'm paying for." I don't think they went through multiple wired routers because they were unable to realize that 100 != 1000 (regardless, many new wireless routers are also gigabit ethernet routers).
  - corin_ 16y ago
    I read it same as you, but to me needing a new router isn't "a challenge", it's an obvious requirement that you know about before deciding to upgrade your connection. Same as needing to own some sort of networked device such as a computer in order to use any internet connection.
    - jonknee 16y ago
      It might not be a new router. My wireless routers at home and work both support gigabit ethernet. But it could be a challenge to have to run wire and what not. I think it makes complete sense.