will_a113@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 hours agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarethejevans@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up67·16 hours agoA Verizon rep told me the other day that their cellular home internet is just as good as my symmetric gigabit fiber service. Fuck these companies.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·15 hours agoI just saw a Verizon sign today that said the same. I internally scoffed because how can cellular internet be more stable or consistent?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·14 hours agoThey use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-212 hours ago10 Pbps | | } 200 Mbps | # # | # # | # # ------- V O E T R H I E Z R O S N *latency not pictured **measurements taken in test environment under ideal weather conditions
minus-squarercbrk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoLoL, they misconfigured their test rig and it turns out they were measuring loopback’s bandwidth.
A Verizon rep told me the other day that their cellular home internet is just as good as my symmetric gigabit fiber service. Fuck these companies.
I just saw a Verizon sign today that said the same. I internally scoffed because how can cellular internet be more stable or consistent?
They use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
*latency not pictured
**measurements taken in test environment under ideal weather conditions
LoL, they misconfigured their test rig and it turns out they were measuring loopback’s bandwidth.