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Ever since 5GUW.. maybe even just 5G, I haven't connected to a single wifi connection out working remotely than my phone. It's faster than nearly all of the bar

by swozey 2y ago

Ever since 5GUW.. maybe even just 5G, I haven't connected to a single wifi connection out working remotely than my phone. It's faster than nearly all of the bar/coffee/cowork wifis nowadays. I have 2GB (for an insane $145ish/mo) CenturyLink fiber and it's been horrible for the last 3-4 months. With that said, in my city subreddit we have a thread about how there are certain intersections/blocks that will kill your Apple Carplay while driving until you've exited the area. Th e running theory is there's a big telecom company or a defense contractor right there doing something weird.

betaby 2y ago
> I have 2GB (for an insane $145ish/mo) CenturyLink fiber and it's been horrible for the last 3-4 months. Why though? Are talking about bad Wi-Fi experience or you are not getting good speed even while connected through Ethernet. My friends with CenturyLinks have no complains.
- swozey 2y ago
  CenturyLink is absolute trash. I live in a city full of people with CenturyLink and we all hate it. I also have coworkers with CL and they have been complaining about speeds. There's an entire thread on my cities subreddit about its poor performance as of late (for me about 6+ mo). I've never used CL anywhere but Denver, it's been the BY FAR most expensive and least reliable service I've had and something over the last 6ish months for me has made it awful. I didn't have many complaints aside from price until this year. https://old.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1fbjx1y/centurylink_fiber_intermittent_p https://old.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1fbjx1y/centurylink... ing_issues/ I'm not referring to wifi at all. This is my fiber connection. I have a million devices, half of which aren't wifi. I can barely run 2-3 youtube videos at 1080p - 4k each at a time right now. If my bedroom TV is playing a 1080p my desktop on ethernet may (not always) drop to auto-360p, etc. I used to never have to think about changing my youtube video quality up higher and off auto until this year IIRC. I'm constantly changing youtube quality now or have TVs that will buffer forever if a video is playing elsewhere. On my 2GB.. The positive of CL is their Outage detector is very accurate, I guess they probably get a lot of practice.

by swozey 2y ago

betaby 2y ago

> I have 2GB (for an insane $145ish/mo) CenturyLink fiber and it's been horrible for the last 3-4 months. Why though? Are talking about bad Wi-Fi experience or you are not getting good speed even while connected through Ethernet. My friends with CenturyLinks have no complains.

swozey 2y ago
CenturyLink is absolute trash. I live in a city full of people with CenturyLink and we all hate it. I also have coworkers with CL and they have been complaining about speeds. There's an entire thread on my cities subreddit about its poor performance as of late (for me about 6+ mo). I've never used CL anywhere but Denver, it's been the BY FAR most expensive and least reliable service I've had and something over the last 6ish months for me has made it awful. I didn't have many complaints aside from price until this year. https://old.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1fbjx1y/centurylink_fiber_intermittent_p https://old.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1fbjx1y/centurylink... ing_issues/ I'm not referring to wifi at all. This is my fiber connection. I have a million devices, half of which aren't wifi. I can barely run 2-3 youtube videos at 1080p - 4k each at a time right now. If my bedroom TV is playing a 1080p my desktop on ethernet may (not always) drop to auto-360p, etc. I used to never have to think about changing my youtube video quality up higher and off auto until this year IIRC. I'm constantly changing youtube quality now or have TVs that will buffer forever if a video is playing elsewhere. On my 2GB.. The positive of CL is their Outage detector is very accurate, I guess they probably get a lot of practice.