• Amju Wolf@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    The funniest (or saddest?) part of all this is that $15 is considered “low”. It’s still pretty high for something so vital (and tbf I’d much rather see a requirement for like 5-10 Mbps at $5 or so; you don’t need much bandwidth for meaningful, very useful service).

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      9 hours ago

      It’s crazy how many people equate Mbps latency. Broadband companies spread this lie that faster is better.

      You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps.

      Only thing more Mbps helps with is downloading larger files faster.

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        8 hours ago

        Also helps with streaming and many, many other services

        Having said that, though, yeah… 99% of the population doesn’t need more than 10Mbit / person

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        7 hours ago

        You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps.

        Yeah on like… 2-4 devices total lol.

        What if I want to play MariokartDS online with 8 of my friends on the same connection?

        My WEP router advertises 11 Mbps WiFi, I want to use the whole thing.

        ^/s

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      17 hours ago

      I understand the argument but there is far less issues and costs associated with fibre connections which are virtually limitless in terms of speed - theoretical limits apply butbwe are still seeing new equipment at either ends that allow for multiple tbps speeds.

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      17 hours ago

      Making the connection slower doesn’t magically make it cheaper.

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      1 day ago

      I not disagreeing but $15 would still put it at one of the cheapest if not the cheapest vital service. I’m not sure you could get any other utility for much lower than that.