[kwlug disc.] Atria WiFi as ISP

[Kareem Shehata]

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> From: kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org]
> On Behalf Of Insurance Squared Inc.
> Sent: Wednesday 06 February 2008 19:45
> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> Subject: Re: [kwlug disc.] Atria WiFi as ISP
> 
> I'm a bit surprised anyone really cares about that.  Is it because
> they're downloading movies and music?
> 
> I remember moving from 1mbit to 1.5 mbit and not noticing any real
> difference.  And I don't think there's any real effective difference for
> me between that 1.5mbit and the 3 to 5 mbits I have now.  And I'm on the
> web all day for work.  Granted, I don't download any type of media.  But
> websites loading in .01 seconds instead of .02 seconds - not noticeable
> by me.

This smells much like the old "56k" modem fiasco in the 90's.  They're
advertising the max of what the equipment is capable of, but it's never
actually realized in practice except for very specific cases.  You'd
probably see a difference between 1 Mbps and 5 Mbps when downloading a large
file from a well hosted server, but otherwise there's not much difference -
actually might get degraded performance if they start traffic shaping on
you.

-kms