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Genuinely, how's the ping, could you play FPS games? Are you including the overhead of paying the line rental?

youngtaff 5y ago
VSDL2 — Plusnet £35/month 39mbps down, 8mbps up, 30-300ms RTT (it can be very variable depending on time of day) 5G — Vodafone £50/month ex VAT, 350-390mbps down, 40mbps up, 30ms RTT (and stable) Cell tower occasionally goes offline but in general the Vodafone connection is way better than the fixed line one
- petercooper 5y ago
  I don't know the details of why but ping times on residential connections in the UK seem to run somewhat higher than those I've experienced in the US. I have a cable connection of over 500Mbps and the ping time is ~20ms to both my nearest speed test location (about 50 miles away) and 8.8.8.8. 3ms is within my home network. 15ms is to my first hop at my ISP(!!).. then 2-3ms is the rest. My DSL connection is somewhat worse but with a similar profile.
  - youngtaff 5y ago
    I think it’s a factor of how the networks are constructed and how ISP backhaul works As far as I can remember anyone on BT (or rebranded BT) gets dumped into their backbone that then exits onto the internet in a couple of places but it’s a while since I looked at it Is your experience of US connections based on connections in large metro areas, rather than rural ones?
    - petercooper 5y ago
      In recent years, yes. Last time I used the Internet in rural US was dialup(!) Looking at a Twitter search for people's 'Speedtest' results, though, provides anecdata. People in all sorts of countries seem to enjoy sub 10ms on even modest connections (e.g. https://twitter.com/grailph/status/1507258781574778883 https://twitter.com/grailph/status/1507258781574778883), whereas in the UK even a "good" connection gets a 10-15ms lag baked in.
- celsoazevedo 5y ago
  Have you tried EE's 5G? Their unlimited business plan costs £30/month and at least in London they usually have better speeds and coverage. I'm currently testing Smarty (Three sub brand). £16/month, unlimited data, 30 days contract. Just outside my front door: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/random/Screenshot_20220326-130250_Speedtest-3c0.png https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/random/Screenshot_2022032... But I live in the basement of an old building... signal sucks inside, so I'm stuck with a 65/15Mbps FTTC connection (also with PlusNet).
  - youngtaff 5y ago
    Vodafone is the only 5G tower within range - it’s about 500m away other towers are at least a mile and haven’t been upgraded yet Funnily when we move to our current address the VF tower was a 2G infill so we switched to Three for better coverage and throughout

VSDL2 — Plusnet £35/month 39mbps down, 8mbps up, 30-300ms RTT (it can be very variable depending on time of day) 5G — Vodafone £50/month ex VAT, 350-390mbps down, 40mbps up, 30ms RTT (and stable) Cell tower occasionally goes offline but in general the Vodafone connection is way better than the fixed line one

petercooper 5y ago
I don't know the details of why but ping times on residential connections in the UK seem to run somewhat higher than those I've experienced in the US. I have a cable connection of over 500Mbps and the ping time is ~20ms to both my nearest speed test location (about 50 miles away) and 8.8.8.8. 3ms is within my home network. 15ms is to my first hop at my ISP(!!).. then 2-3ms is the rest. My DSL connection is somewhat worse but with a similar profile.
- youngtaff 5y ago
  I think it’s a factor of how the networks are constructed and how ISP backhaul works As far as I can remember anyone on BT (or rebranded BT) gets dumped into their backbone that then exits onto the internet in a couple of places but it’s a while since I looked at it Is your experience of US connections based on connections in large metro areas, rather than rural ones?
  - petercooper 5y ago
    In recent years, yes. Last time I used the Internet in rural US was dialup(!) Looking at a Twitter search for people's 'Speedtest' results, though, provides anecdata. People in all sorts of countries seem to enjoy sub 10ms on even modest connections (e.g. https://twitter.com/grailph/status/1507258781574778883 https://twitter.com/grailph/status/1507258781574778883), whereas in the UK even a "good" connection gets a 10-15ms lag baked in.
celsoazevedo 5y ago
Have you tried EE's 5G? Their unlimited business plan costs £30/month and at least in London they usually have better speeds and coverage. I'm currently testing Smarty (Three sub brand). £16/month, unlimited data, 30 days contract. Just outside my front door: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/random/Screenshot_20220326-130250_Speedtest-3c0.png https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/random/Screenshot_2022032... But I live in the basement of an old building... signal sucks inside, so I'm stuck with a 65/15Mbps FTTC connection (also with PlusNet).
- youngtaff 5y ago
  Vodafone is the only 5G tower within range - it’s about 500m away other towers are at least a mile and haven’t been upgraded yet Funnily when we move to our current address the VF tower was a 2G infill so we switched to Three for better coverage and throughout