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No, AT&T is still shipping with a router that cannot hit more than 50% bandwidth on any of 3 devices from under 5 feet. With one wood + pressboard wall between
by x0x0 3y ago
No, AT&T is still shipping with a router that cannot hit more than 50% bandwidth on any of 3 devices from under 5 feet. With one wood + pressboard wall between me and the router, 25%.
This is symmetric gigabit product, but still.
- kube-system 3y agoYou've described a technical problem, not a non-technical problem. I'm not familiar with that device, but a non-technical user might not care about that "problem", as long as their device does the task they are intending to perform.
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- fragmede 3y agoThe problem is being described technically, which is more useful than the non-technical description of the problem, which is "I don't know, the Zoom isn't working, and the kids can't watch their Netflix at the same time".
- kube-system 3y agoYes, but Zoom and Netflix will work great on 50% or 25% of 1gbps. Heck, they'll work great with 5% of 1gbps. I am sure that AT&T's CPE equipment is lackluster, but that doesn't mean it won't work to do basic tasks to the satisfaction of a home user.
- x0x0 3y agoI dunno what to say, but it does not do basic tasks to the satisfaction of people who buy 1gb internet connections. I can tell you from experience that large downloads and uploads cause latency-sensitive applications to stutter in a way that is fixed by using ubiquiti gear. In your defense, you did say non-technical household, but I dunno -- I don't think that wanting to use, eg, backblaze for backup and not have that tank zoom makes you a technical household.
- kube-system 3y agoAnd I don't know anything about the equipment AT&T is handing out these days, it could be particularly bad. But generally speaking the equipment that ISPs are handing out these days is pretty functional for generic use.