Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
by causality0 on Monday September 07, 2020 @10:20PM
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This varies wildly by location and company. Approximately half my family is subscribed to Cox, and the other half mostly to Spectrum. The Cox connections never drop below 80% of their advertised speeds and the Spectrum ones rarely rise above 50%. Huge swaths of Spectrum's service area are so resource-starved they don't rise above 10% of their advertised speeds during daylight hours.
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Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
by dependenttypes on Monday September 07, 2020 @11:42PM
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IMO, there should be some regulation where they should be forced to mention the current and maximum allocation that they are willing to make as well as the average/median bandwidth that the active users enjoy per hour.
Re:Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
by bleepblorp on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:14AM
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The UK has a rule which requires ISPs to only advertise speeds achievable by 50% of users during peak periods. Customers are also allowed to leave contracts without penalty if ISPs are unable or unwilling to provide advertised speeds to the end user[0].
Such rules are not within the American Overton window for the usual reasons.
[0] https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/ask-our-expert/broadband-...