 NickPurveyor of common sensePremium,VIP,MVM
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Smithtown, NY | reply to DrModem
Re: Definition of broadband said by DrModem: with a latency of 80 or lower to any nearby pinging server The problem with making statements like this is that you never are in control of "The Internet" and have no way to control latency or bandwidth beyond your network. So while you may be meeting those requirements on your own network, the moment you go across someone else's all bets are off....which is why they want to know where these proposed requirements would be measured.
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| Well to be fair he did say nearby, but i agree once it crosses an ISP's "borders" the rules change. 3+ I think is a good baseline to start with in rural areas, since a lot of us in the cities can get a lot higher than 3, and it can be delivered by wireless, fiber, dsl, etc etc...... |
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1 edit | "How do you factor in latency, reliability, and mobility?"" How do usage caps and meters impact the quality of bandwidth delivered and its measurement?"
IMO i dont think that any of these should be a factor as far as defining broadband with the exception of latency within the companies network. |
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The reason you want to use at least some level of latency to keep 500-1k latent services like 3G or satellite as being considered as broadband. Let alone going over your daily monthly cap and being throttled back to sub dial up speeds.
Perhaps you measure your speed and latency to the ISP edge requiring the edge to work at no more than 80% capacity. Speed would be measured at sustained transfer rate over a 30 min period of time. |
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