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 DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
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The Lou
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1 edit | Great...more "Linksys router Network Engineers" Regulating the use of "up to" will only make problems worse. Look how many calls ISP's field simply from people with an "inch" of knowledge demanding why their latency from Kansas to Tokyo is over 100ms.
Or, look in the forums at people crying that they (gasp) have an outage! All the while, they complain and insult those "stupid (insert their ISP)'s engineers" for not having redundance...contengency plan...a clue that could have prevented the outage.
So now we're going give these same individuals an excuse to call because their 5mbps download is only downloading at 4.980mbps? Puleeeeeeeeze!
ISP's that have documented tests proving less than adequate throughput should be held to improving their service. But, an across the board regulation is no better than not even having it.
EDIT - The name "Linksys" simply implies the type of people that use Linksys routers and suddenly think they know everything about how networks are engineered and managed.
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|  | | Re: Great...more "Linksys router Network Engineers" Ignoring the majority of your extremist blather and stereotyping,
said by DaSneaky1D :
ISP's that have documented tests proving less than adequate throughput should be held to improving their service. But, an across the board regulation is no better than not even having it. How do you determine and/or enforce "adequate"? Simple: regulation (rules). Clear? | |
| | fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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1 edit | Re: Great...more "Linksys router Network Engineers" This topic is so ridiculous:
What is up with people these days?? Do people not read? are they being "left behind?" what???
How do you determine adequate speeds??? READ WHAT YOU ARE GETTING!!! It's not that hard.
Cable internet is 200kbps up to the up to speed. If you buy the higher tier, then your base speed is the one of the tier below you.
As for DSL, how much more clear can they be about it? yet people STILL bitch!
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On another note that I think is funny and this kinda backs up my point that some people just don't get it and buy things they shouldn't or don't understand. If they have to tell you or put the "What is an IP address" then they shouldn't have to ask in the first place. If you don't know the difference between dynamic and static, then why would you need to know? Dynamic is all you need. Again, they try to cater to the lowest form all the time and that still doesn't work these days.
/rant
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| DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
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| I wish my comments were stereotypical...
An ISP that offers multiple tiers, yet no one is able to get above a common low speed, that's inadequate.
Customers calling in troubles because their 5mbps DSL service tops out at 4.2mbps...and don't understand what protocol overhead is...and blame the ISP for not delivering the "advertised" speed is quite another.
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| | | | | Re: Great...more "Linksys router Network Engineers" What you call inadequate, I call blatant fraud. I'd use the term inadequate to describe the farce of a service table AT&T provides (thanks Fierguy). Take a look at the variation in service levels they deem acceptable. Fiberguy says tough  .
Something as simple as "A stated maximum throughput must be achieved by all customers, within a 20% margin, at least 50% of the time." would keep many providers honest while, at the same time, giving consumers something to easily compare (yeah, yeah, hi gamers, latency is another).
said by DaSneaky1D :
Customers calling in troubles because their 5mbps DSL service tops out at 4.2mbps...and don't understand what protocol overhead is...and blame the ISP for not delivering the "advertised" speed is quite another. You sell a technology-based service to the general public. Welcome to retail. Stop whining and support something (alternatives welcome) that helps. BTW, what you see as nuisance callers, I see as obvious symptoms of deceptive marketing. | |
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