I really don't believe they'd notice a difference in large downloads. All they do is start it and walk away. I believe it's a line - a few seconds and I can use it or minutes/hours+ so they come back to it later.
Fiber company down here in Dayton started up and just got their first condo/rental place. First customer was yesterday. Gigabit speeds (even though the speed tests in the video peaked out at 250 megs - probably our servers!) The comment that stood out was $75 is too expensive. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> >> >> >
