Same here. It is so annoying. ME: How are you testing the speed? Them: I am running the speedtest via my Apple Mac SE via an Ethernet AUI controller and i'm only getting 500kbps!
The joys of running an ISP and dealing with the public.... -Mike On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 1:45 PM <aar...@gvtc.com> wrote: > Yes, my customers “cry” about the speedtest.net result…. All day… > > > > > > *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+aaron1=gvtc....@nanog.org> *On Behalf Of *Mike > Hammett > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:50 PM > *To:* Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe <l...@6by7.net> > *Cc:* NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org> > *Subject:* Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > *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 > <https://alexmhoulton.wixsite.com/6x7networks> > > > FCC License KJ6FJJ > -- Mike Lyon mike.l...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon
