What did they cry about? The speedtest.net result? Loading google.com in a fraction of a second? or was it that you didn't have 75 ms of garbage in the way? That you didn't go through a congested port between the PC and the destination? That you were hard wired instead of single-chain 802.11n WiFi going through 5 walls? That you were using a local recursive resolver DNS server?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe" <l...@6by7.net> To: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> Cc: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.li...@gmail.com>, "NANOG Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:40:15 PM Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections I’ve had people cry about how fast the internet is at my office… I guess your mileage may vary, but yes humans do notice those kinds of delays and they are cumulative. (It’s not just bandwidth, it’s latency. The 3ms ping in my signature is real too.) -LB Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO b...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” ANNOUNCING: 6x7 GLOBAL MARITIME FCC License KJ6FJJ
