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> but % of people with, say, reliable connections Agreed. It's hard to really know how useful these stats are. First, who are the people using speedtest.net? I
by guitarbill 5y ago
> but % of people with, say, reliable connections
Agreed. It's hard to really know how useful these stats are. First, who are the people using speedtest.net? I'd assume there is some kind of bias in the person using speedtest.net. But also, if you can't get any broadband, does that count against the stats?
Second, what's the distribution? Is it some people with 10Gbps+ and then some with 1Mbps?
Third, how is upload factored in? With e.g. video conferencing/home office/remote learning, symmetric internet is becoming more important, and latency plays a part.
And finally, how expensive is it? Personally, I think it's not great claiming e.g. Monaco has amazing speeds if a lot of people can't afford it.
- bradknowles 5y agoIf these are averages, then they are most likely skewed by outliers. I want to know the median values, and various interesting percentiles, like 5th, 25th, 75th, 95th, 98th, 99th, etc….