time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Maybe *I'm* behind the times: I just assumed the reason anyone wants "faster Internet" is for downloading ISOs-- which obviously makes the issue bandwidth, not latency, unless your 'connection' is something like USPS....
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On July 4, 2014 7:41:36 AM EDT, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
>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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