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You download 18.51 megabits per second over a cellular connection for 24 hours straight? Do you really? Because somebody, either you or your service provider, i

You download 18.51 megabits per second over a cellular connection for 24 hours straight? Do you really? Because somebody, either you or your service provider, is doing it wrong.

sjmm1989 5y ago
There are ways... I've taken multiple cellphone connections and sorta merged their connections using a hacky workaround in windows to force it to happen even without a proper setting for it. (Note: Not a bridge. Merged. Sorta.) Just setup each phone as a shared access point through multiple usb ports and let er rip. After doing what I was mentioning though that is. It's rather simple too, but I don't know how best to explain how it works. BUT I can tell you what I did. I disable and re-enable each connection one after the other back and forth multiple times until they all are send and receiving data at the same time. This seems to work best when there is already an active connection going. I would use this for Steam downloads a lot. And yes, all my files I send and receive this way would come and go proper and working. I was doing this back when cell speeds were more like 3mbit/second out in the rural areas. That kind of thing. So getting 10mbit out in the boonies was like living in the city all of a sudden.
senectus1 5y ago
nah, i know people that abuse the crap out of 4G/5G from their home cell network all the time. they would use a terrestrial connection but the National Broadband Network in Australia is arguably incomplete (putting aside the parts that are supposed to be complete are often very crap). One of my workmates lives 25 mins drive from the WA capital city CBD and has just recently bought Starlink because he couldn't get fast enough or reliable enough internet speeds at home for WFH purposes (Ms Teams is bad but not THAT BAD)
- sjmm1989 5y ago
  For a moment there I thought you and sennight were the same user. Heh. Yeah, Canada is pretty bad too when it comes to having the last mile rolled out to every last town and village. We have tower based internet for those usually. If you are really out in the boonies, you might have something based on Xplornet's tech. Having starlink is only a new thing recently; and that's apparently touch and go for people as well. Ironically, if you don't play video games at all, Cellular is the best kind of connection you can get out there in some places. Otherwise, get a dish and point it at the nearest tower. It's still basically a giant wifi connection at that point, so the latency will not be the best; but it's far better than Xplornet or cellular ever will be on that front. The only thing better than tower, is a proper line going to the house. One of my old homes was supposed to have said line installed to that town as part of a province wide thing going on at the time. Sasktel was supposed to get EVERYONE connected with cable and internet... That never happened. They stuck to the cities and bigger towns close to the backbone, and that was it. They then sold access to companies putting up towers and said "that's a wrap". That said... they had to contend with the rail lines to get past them on multiple occasions, and that gets expensive.
- sennight 5y ago
  Dunno enough about the situation in Australia to even pretend, but I imagine it could work if there is a coverage mandate plus taxpayer funding going to the carriers. In such a scenario it would be basically impossible to not massively overprovision bandwidth in rural areas, and the carriers would have zero incentive to cap data rates (beyond upselling - but there is a limit). Everywhere else though... telecoms are notorious for under provisioning to the point where major news events can result in the network failing under the load of too many people simultaneously wanting to make a call. Wireless took that to the next level. And it isn't simply a hardware issue, if they lease more backhaul capacity than they need - they burn money. So they're highly incentivized to screw with the top 20% of their heavy subscribers everywhere but the middle of nowhere.
  - dbetteridge 5y ago
    So aus has the NBN which in theory covers everyone through a combination of FTTP, FTTN and high speed, high latency satellite. Unfortunately the NBN organisation itself is a massive boondoggle (see also Australian politics for the last 10+ years) and their idea of 'coverage' often could be beaten handily by a pigeon and some string. So people pay through the nose for alternatives like Telstra mobile broadband or starlink and given the current neoliberal firesale gov I'd say that's an intentional outcome...
- dbetteridge 5y ago
  Did they look at some of the direct wireless options? several of those in WA that put their dishes up on existing masts and just bounce around a high speed signal. https://pentanet.com.au/ https://pentanet.com.au/ https://nodeone.com.au/ https://nodeone.com.au/ https://unitiwireless.com/internet/fixed-wireless-residential/WA/perth-6000 https://unitiwireless.com/internet/fixed-wireless-residentia... To name a few
  - senectus1 5y ago
    yeah, buried in the hills, no direct access to anything but trees. (and sky)
- mickotron 5y ago
  I live south of Brisbane and I have Starlink and 4G as primary connections. 80-180mbps on 4G with mounted antenna, and 100-350mbps on Starlink. NBN is a backup. I get maybe 18mbps from that connection on a good day.
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kingcharles 5y ago
I get a pretty solid 300Mbps on my cell connection here in downtown Chicago.

You download 18.51 megabits per second over a cellular connection for 24 hours straight? Do you really? Because somebody, either you or your service provider, is doing it wrong.

sjmm1989 5y ago

There are ways... I've taken multiple cellphone connections and sorta merged their connections using a hacky workaround in windows to force it to happen even without a proper setting for it. (Note: Not a bridge. Merged. Sorta.) Just setup each phone as a shared access point through multiple usb ports and let er rip. After doing what I was mentioning though that is. It's rather simple too, but I don't know how best to explain how it works. BUT I can tell you what I did. I disable and re-enable each connection one after the other back and forth multiple times until they all are send and receiving data at the same time. This seems to work best when there is already an active connection going. I would use this for Steam downloads a lot. And yes, all my files I send and receive this way would come and go proper and working. I was doing this back when cell speeds were more like 3mbit/second out in the rural areas. That kind of thing. So getting 10mbit out in the boonies was like living in the city all of a sudden.

senectus1 5y ago

nah, i know people that abuse the crap out of 4G/5G from their home cell network all the time. they would use a terrestrial connection but the National Broadband Network in Australia is arguably incomplete (putting aside the parts that are supposed to be complete are often very crap). One of my workmates lives 25 mins drive from the WA capital city CBD and has just recently bought Starlink because he couldn't get fast enough or reliable enough internet speeds at home for WFH purposes (Ms Teams is bad but not THAT BAD)

sjmm1989 5y ago
For a moment there I thought you and sennight were the same user. Heh. Yeah, Canada is pretty bad too when it comes to having the last mile rolled out to every last town and village. We have tower based internet for those usually. If you are really out in the boonies, you might have something based on Xplornet's tech. Having starlink is only a new thing recently; and that's apparently touch and go for people as well. Ironically, if you don't play video games at all, Cellular is the best kind of connection you can get out there in some places. Otherwise, get a dish and point it at the nearest tower. It's still basically a giant wifi connection at that point, so the latency will not be the best; but it's far better than Xplornet or cellular ever will be on that front. The only thing better than tower, is a proper line going to the house. One of my old homes was supposed to have said line installed to that town as part of a province wide thing going on at the time. Sasktel was supposed to get EVERYONE connected with cable and internet... That never happened. They stuck to the cities and bigger towns close to the backbone, and that was it. They then sold access to companies putting up towers and said "that's a wrap". That said... they had to contend with the rail lines to get past them on multiple occasions, and that gets expensive.
sennight 5y ago
Dunno enough about the situation in Australia to even pretend, but I imagine it could work if there is a coverage mandate plus taxpayer funding going to the carriers. In such a scenario it would be basically impossible to not massively overprovision bandwidth in rural areas, and the carriers would have zero incentive to cap data rates (beyond upselling - but there is a limit). Everywhere else though... telecoms are notorious for under provisioning to the point where major news events can result in the network failing under the load of too many people simultaneously wanting to make a call. Wireless took that to the next level. And it isn't simply a hardware issue, if they lease more backhaul capacity than they need - they burn money. So they're highly incentivized to screw with the top 20% of their heavy subscribers everywhere but the middle of nowhere.
- dbetteridge 5y ago
  So aus has the NBN which in theory covers everyone through a combination of FTTP, FTTN and high speed, high latency satellite. Unfortunately the NBN organisation itself is a massive boondoggle (see also Australian politics for the last 10+ years) and their idea of 'coverage' often could be beaten handily by a pigeon and some string. So people pay through the nose for alternatives like Telstra mobile broadband or starlink and given the current neoliberal firesale gov I'd say that's an intentional outcome...
dbetteridge 5y ago
Did they look at some of the direct wireless options? several of those in WA that put their dishes up on existing masts and just bounce around a high speed signal. https://pentanet.com.au/ https://pentanet.com.au/ https://nodeone.com.au/ https://nodeone.com.au/ https://unitiwireless.com/internet/fixed-wireless-residential/WA/perth-6000 https://unitiwireless.com/internet/fixed-wireless-residentia... To name a few
- senectus1 5y ago
  yeah, buried in the hills, no direct access to anything but trees. (and sky)
mickotron 5y ago
I live south of Brisbane and I have Starlink and 4G as primary connections. 80-180mbps on 4G with mounted antenna, and 100-350mbps on Starlink. NBN is a backup. I get maybe 18mbps from that connection on a good day.

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kingcharles 5y ago

I get a pretty solid 300Mbps on my cell connection here in downtown Chicago.