I have serious doubts that most people could even tell the difference between 10mbps and 50mbps without running a speedtest (aside from large downloads)... They just need to run speedtests constantly to make sure their evil ISP isn't cheating them.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > 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 <afmu...@gmail.com> > *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 > > > > [image: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4706527705.png] > > > > 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 <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84>: Twitter > <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> > > > > *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 <602-426-0542>* > > *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/> * > > *r...@triadwireless.net <r...@triadwireless.net>* > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > >
