I am starting to hate the obsession with speedtests. Recently we cut the burst from 100 MBytes to about 6 MBytes (actually 8 seconds worth) at one tower while doubling everyone’s sustained speeds. Previously this tower had Trango APs and the highest burst speed you could get was about 8 Mbps, but when we upgraded to 450 the speedtests temporarily went to 30-50 Mbps.
Of course we got whining from people who saw their speedtests drop to merely what they were paying for. Didn’t matter that we doubled their sustained speed, which is a huge deal for video streaming. And that speeds are consistent even at peak usage times. Plus a 6 MByte burst is enough that most websites should still load at max speed available. It’s like some people get Internet just to run speedtests, rather than real traffic. Are some people addicted to speedtest.net? From: Daniel White Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 10:27 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country? Just got this… and yes this is my home internet connection I wonder what speed you need to get about the 85% benchmark. Thank you, Daniel White afmu...@gmail.com Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 Skype: danieldwhite Social: LinkedIn: Twitter From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:45 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country? This was a speedtest taken by one of my customers this morning. The thing that surprised me was the 85% number. I’m not sure of the source of the data but if that’s correct, then there is a huge opportunity that we all need to be looking at. In this case, it’s a lowly Nanostation Loco M5 to an older XM Rocket. Even though there is about 40 customers on it, it wasn’t under a lot of load when this was taken. But the point is, 50Mbps is a relatively easy number to hit with 802.11ac and it also means, 85% of the country is where we need to be competing. Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 O 602-426-0542 www.triadwireless.net r...@triadwireless.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
