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  • scarabin2

    unless I buy a starlink receiver or something, 8mb a second is the absolute fastest download speed anyone will deliver to my area.

    that seems really slow for 2022?

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    • I feel like a gig a second seems reasonablescarabin
    • what area of LA? I get 220mb a second with time warner in LAhotroddy
    • carson, by long beach. i ask for fiber and stuff and it's always "we don't do that there" like i live in africa or some shitscarabin
    • WHATnb
    • dude, that's gang related wifi and what not.utopian
    • dude, that's an open market for fiber :)sted
    • my guy in SA has a 1k fiber for $90/mo :Dsted
    • Starlink needs to get in Mexico too cuz I'm considering buying an RV and being more mobile, there's like 0 waves in winter where I live, fuckin sucksGuyFawkes
    • Wind moved to the uk and europe for the next 100 years, u need to move further south :D or Spain.sted
    • 8mb/s is the top of the ADSL (DSL+ has 24), if they can't offer that that's more like because of old telco infrastructure in your area.sted
    • Maybe look for home 5g, or somebody close who has fiber and isn't using it 0-24.sted
    • I also say WHAT. I'm currently at 332d/221u with several machines running. How remote are you?garbage
    • i dunno what the actual specs are on what i've got but it's the most expensive package AT&T has. ii switched from time warner's bestscarabin
    • generally i don't see downloads over 9mb... i opened up a different browser and am able to get a few mb more now. maybe it's a browser limitation?scarabin
    • i sprung for the 100-something ethernet thingy when i ordered this mac and i'm running it straight from the box, no wfiscarabin
    • when i'm done downloading all this shit i'll run a speedtest and post itscarabin
    • Starlink is a little pricey but In my opinion, it’s worth it when you have no other option.Smurf
    • What speeds is your contract saying?
      I bet you have a 100mbps router or cable in that system somewhere :D nah there is no such thing as browser speed limiting      sted
    • you can throttle speeds in developer tools but that goes byebye at the second you close the tools.sted
    • https://www.speedtes…garbage
    • They ended up running fiber through my backyard. Shit’s fast now :Dscarabin
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