New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Tue Jun 1 20:41:19 UTC 2021

Yes, my customers “cry” about the speedtest.net result…. All day…

From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+aaron1=gvtc.com at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:50 PM
To: Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe <lb at 6by7.net>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog at 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?

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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com

Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com

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From: "Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe" <lb at 6by7.net <mailto:lb at 6by7.net> >
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net <mailto:nanog at ics-il.net> >
Cc: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists at gmail.com <mailto:morrowc.lists at gmail.com> >, "NANOG Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org <mailto:nanog at 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
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