time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

Joshua Judson Rosen rozzin at geekspace.com
Sun Jul 6 09:26:41 EDT 2014


Where are you that you even have FiOS as an option? Last I heard, Verizon wasn't doing business in NH anymore (except for Verizon Wireless)....
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On July 4, 2014 8:04:16 AM EDT, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org> wrote:
>My FIOS is advertised 50Mbps up and down.  When downloading games via
>steam I'm regularly peaking at 7MBps.  Latency for things like audio
>and video chat is quite acceptable.
>
>I'm too far away from the CO to get anything other than ISDN so I'm
>kinda stuck with cable/FIOS.
>
>On Jul 4, 2014 7:41 AM, 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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