Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Y Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: internet service Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:02:21 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <103vmkf$2ktj0$1@dont-email.me> References: <6862e5e5$8$17$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <68635a45$14$4124$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:02:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a332a8cb15abd933b147b7471dd78ab5"; logging-data="2782816"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4wwgJ7y/ZRO+hP5bsu3cP" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3HhCPbvY28mrtjZJhrCvpWMWDg0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <68635a45$14$4124$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> On 6/30/2025 8:47 PM, bitrex wrote: > A WiFi 6 router on the 5 GHz band tops out at around 500-700 something MBps in > real world conditions. But I don't really have any applications for that kind > of download speed, either. When I upgrade media, I lament not having 10Gb interfaces on my machines. It takes a long time to transfer two 4T drives onto an 8T drive. Even with multiple interfaces. Repeat for a few dozen 8T drives and you see a lot of time "wasted". But, it's something you can just tell the machine to do and walk away. People are foolish buying performance when elapsed time isn't a true constraint. > I would like faster up speed but it probably won't happen anytime soon, my > city's captive cable company is probably too busy trying to pay lawsuits > stemming from its employees murdering their customers: > >