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Re:Why is the Internet so Slow? by Yellow_Boat on Friday June 23, 2017 @10:21AM (#14619317)
"Slow" internet is not so bad (especially when it is not really THAT slow). Limitations in connectivity force designers and developers (therefore large companies) to optimise things and save resources. Internet speed growth rate could be 5% (compounding) would be enough in order to provide a friendly environment for new frameworks, technologies in the field of network and web to benefit all.
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Re:Why is the Internet so Slow? by AndrewGaspar on Friday June 23, 2017 @12:48PM (#14620576)
Speedtest.net claims an increase of average internet speeds by 40% in 2016: http://www.speedtest.net/reports/united-states/
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Re:Why is the Internet so Slow? by eric_h on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:16PM (#14620857)
I'm curious how much of that is actual infrastructure improvements and how much is ISPs increasingly prioritizing traffic to speedtest.net.
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