That's true but I'm saying that customers won't understand you can reduce it from 10h to 2h if you upgrade. Even if the few that understand were aware, they wouldn't shell out the extra money.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > True, the only thing they'll notice with large downloads is that it says > it's going to take 2 hours instead of 10 hours... realistically, it's > probably not going to make any difference, since they'll just go to bed and > it'll be done when they look at it again either way. > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com > > wrote: > >> 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> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
