@will_a113@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejevans ⁂linkfedilink65•5 months 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-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink22•5 months 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-square@Warl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink21•5 months agoThey use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
minus-square@pivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•edit-25 months 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-square@rcbrk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months 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.