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This may be true for the majority of people and random web tasks. But performance is more than just thoroughput. The random round trip time and lack of ipv4 fro
by superkuh 4y ago
This may be true for the majority of people and random web tasks. But performance is more than just thoroughput. The random round trip time and lack of ipv4 from mobile telcos means if you want to participate in the internet as a peer rather than just a consumer you need a physical transmission line.
- ftth_finland 4y agoAs noted, 4G is enough for the majority. Around there this is why they are decommissioning all copper lines. There isn’t a market left for it. So now you either have 4G/5G or fiber. Sucks if you don’t have fiber.
- joecool1029 4y ago>The random round trip time and lack of ipv4 from mobile telcos means if you want to participate in the internet as a peer rather than just a consumer you need a physical transmission line. I run a weather station on T-Mobile. Yes it's ipv6-only inbound but a Cloudflare free plan is enough to provide legacy (ipv4) access to the station. While I agree that running a media server wouldn't be possible from this location, I disagree that it wouldn't work closer to a tower. Upload speeds there are over double what I can buy on Comcast business's most expensive plan.
- Gigachad 4y agoSomething 99.99% of users don’t care about. If you want to host something. Rent a VPS for a few dollars a month.
- superkuh 4y agoYou're right. 99.99% of users don't use the internet. They're just web consumers. As for hosting for people that actually use the internet, when you use a third party you have no expectation of privacy. Hosting from your own machines from your own home is always the best, easiest, cheapest, option. That said, hosting from home and syndicating to a VPS is a great idea.