CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network card sending bad packets

Re:CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network car... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday December 30, 2018 @06:28PM (#18791971)

> Seems strange how bad ISP's are in the US compared to the UK

UK average fixed-line download speeds in Q4 2017 were about 26 Mbps [1]. The same Q2/Q3 2018 statistic for the United States was over 96 [2].

American broadband is crappy. But in mean technological leadership, it’s ahead of the UK. (At the leading edge, I get 400/35 for $80 in Manhattan.)

[1] http://www.speedtest.net/reports/united-kingdom/#fixed

[2] http://www.speedtest.net/reports/united-states/

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Re:CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network car... by bjt on Sunday December 30, 2018 @06:51PM (#18792059)

I wish they'd do the median rather than the mean. Having a small percentage of people with super high speeds will drag the mean up, but it doesn't change the experience for the typical consumer.

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Re:CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network car... by jdhzzz on Monday December 31, 2018 @04:49PM (#18797264)

Bill Gates walks into a bar. The mean net worth of bar patrons is > $1,000,000,000.

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Re:CenturyLink 911 outage was caused by a single network car... by CydeWeys on Sunday December 30, 2018 @07:17PM (#18792152)

I'm in Manhattan too, and with FIOS my options are 100/100 for $40, 300/300 for $60, or 940/880 for $80. Admittedly those prices might be first year discounted prices.

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