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How come speeds are not segregated depending on technology? Seems like a shortcoming of this "speed-test program". No wonder they left.
by zmzrr 7y ago
How come speeds are not segregated depending on technology? Seems like a shortcoming of this "speed-test program". No wonder they left.
- Avenger42 7y agoFrom the article: > The 2017 report includes two categories for AT&T, one for its oldest DSL technology and another for its DSL-based IP broadband with speeds of up to 45Mbps. [...] The 2018 report only includes AT&T's IP broadband category, leaving out the company's worst results.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThey fought to have anything faster than ISDN classified as "broadband". Now they get to pay the price for letting the copper rot.
- zmzrr 7y agoBroadband has always meant "faster than dial-up".
- tastyfreeze 7y agoThe FCC has defined broadband as 25/3 Mbps since 2015. Prior to that it was 4/1 Mbps. The first FCC definition of broadband was established in 1996 as 200/200 Kbps. You can't really play loosey goosey with the definition. The service is either fast enough to be considered broadband or it isn't. The delivery method is irrelevant.
- ikiris 7y agoNo. It didn't.
- Dylan16807 7y agoIf you can't even watch a video at DVD quality, it's not broadband in a meaningful way.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago4K only needs 10Mb.
- Dylan16807 7y agoI wouldn't be mad if the FCC standard was still 10Mb. But I prefer it increasing the way it has been. The downlink, at least. Minimum uplink should be at least a quarter of minimum downlink, if not higher. And I disagree that 4K only needs 10Mb. I think youtube uses about that much, and it very much does not reach the full potential of 4K. Netflix uses about 16 with HEVC, with massive amounts of server time spent optimizing every second. And they recommend your connection be 25. And if you wanted to watch a live stream of the same quality you'd need far more bandwidth to make it work.
- obmelvin 7y agoThis is an important piece of context, thank you for pointing this out. Exactly - you can't classify things one way in certain contexts, but then want things viewed differently (in this case - ADSL not viewed as broadband so not included in broadband aggregate speeds) when it no longer suits you.
- pests 7y agoIt's supposed to measure the level of service they are providing as a whole. Not speed test their various plans and tech for them one by one.