dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoComcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claimsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1546arrow-down1external-linkComcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claimsarstechnica.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat’s wild is I assumed that they had created a fake “5G” like name to fool people into thinking it was a 10Gbps network when it’s exactly the opposite. Weird.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoKind of. It is the aspiration for 10Gb connections. They have been using the term well before those were a possibility even in a lab.
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months agoYeah but they’re using 10G like “5G” is the argument being made rather than saying it’s a 10Gbps network It’s just that I expected them to lie differently
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months ago …the company “makes available 10Gbps of Internet speed to 98 percent of its subscribers upon request.” …upon request? Forget aspirations, this sentence is breaking my brain
What’s wild is I assumed that they had created a fake “5G” like name to fool people into thinking it was a 10Gbps network when it’s exactly the opposite.
Weird.
Kind of. It is the aspiration for 10Gb connections. They have been using the term well before those were a possibility even in a lab.
Yeah but they’re using 10G like “5G” is the argument being made rather than saying it’s a 10Gbps network
It’s just that I expected them to lie differently
…upon request? Forget aspirations, this sentence is breaking my brain