time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

David Rysdam david at rysdam.org
Fri Jul 4 07:41:36 EDT 2014


John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> writes:
> Internet "speed" is a conflation of two different things: bandwidth and
> latency. Merely increasing your bandwidth won't do anything to address
> problems with latency. If you combine both of these in your head and call
> it "speed", then you're setting yourself up for expensive disappointment.

I'm specifically looking for speed. Downloads, uploads, videos, etc. We
don't do any gaming or anything where latency is a big issue. 


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