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3/30/2014 5:58:53 AM
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These internet speeds have to be a lie.
So ISP commercial the other day, was promoting Xfinity from Comcast.
They said that Centruy Link's going speed right now was at about 57 MBPS or so, in the 50s range.
Then Xfinity said that it's high-speed internet was going for several times that, and showed what I remember was 300 MBPS. I spit my drink out and laughed, there's no way common civilian accessible internet of that speed could be available, I've not heard of anyone before that had anything above 100 even.
Fill me in here guys.
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9 RepliesEdited by dazarobbo: 3/30/2014 6:15:09 AMThey're typically theoretical maximums ("[u][b]up to[/b][/u] x Mbps") and/or very likely do not take into consideration the quality (degradation of the line) from the last mile (this is a thing, look it up), demarcation point, and customer's equipment. Edit: ISPs can't really place guarantees on the connection anyway (more-so ADSL - think about what the name means) since it's highly dependent upon factors outside of their own control (ie. transcontinental cables, server throughput, server bandwidth, etc...).
