will_a113@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoISPs say their “excellent customer service” is why users don’t switch providersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarethejevans@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up46·8 days 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-up17·8 days 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-up14·8 days agoThey use a radical new networking technique called “Lying, but with graphs”
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-28 days 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-up5·8 days 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.