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Now I just need to figure out what to tell our users that are having these issues...
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> Said the other way around: fast.com is great to see actual throughput from Netflix as opposed to some fake throughout from a dedicated speed test site for the exact same reason. Yup. This is pretty much the reason Netflix created fast.com. They wanted a speed test service that couldn’t be gamed by ISPs. Many ISPs will prioritise traffic to know speed test services (like Ookla’s speedtest.net), making their services…
Couldn't ISPs just sniff the SNI hostname to differentiate fast.com vs actual Netflix video streaming?
AT&T uses different APNs for regular phone plans and data-only hotspot plans. It's very possible that the phone traffic is being routed completely differently than the hotspot traffic, with congestion at a peering point occurring on the hotspot. AT&T tends to be known for having poor/congested peering. You could try changing the DNS server on your hotspot to a different public resolver like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8. If Clo…
You can use Quad9's EDNS [0] so your client is properly routed, any privacy concerns aside.
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> Said the other way around: fast.com is great to see actual throughput from Netflix as opposed to some fake throughout from a dedicated speed test site for the exact same reason. Yup. This is pretty much the reason Netflix created fast.com. They wanted a speed test service that couldn’t be gamed by ISPs. Many ISPs will prioritise traffic to know speed test services (like Ookla’s speedtest.net), making their services…
Now that my ISP bundles Netflix subscription into their internet plans, access to netflix and fast.com now practically saturate the fiber link, while before it was outright blocked. Hooray for no net neutrality I guess. Another fun part: when netflix IPs was blocked by this ISP, it's pretty much impossible to use netflix because the only way to get around the block was to use VPN, but netflix itself blocks VPN access…
Fun story: I work remotely for an org located in the Bay area. Few months ago I get a call early morning from the IT security person. Apparently someone had been trying to RDP into my work laptop, over a thousand attempts per day for last couple of days. What changed before the last couple of days? My laptop was frequently dropping WiFi connection- a lot of times in the middle of zoom meetings. We use a router provid…
I've been working on a high performance metaverse client. All Rust, all multi-threaded. Designed to max out a gamer PC. Supports Second Life and Open Simulator. Second Life had a reputation for being sluggish. Fixing that.
I'm pulling content from the servers at 200Mb/s, sustained. 400Mb/s in tests, but don't need to go that fast. The servers (AWS front-ended by Akamai caches) can handle that just fine. Gigabit fiber can handle that just fine. The 3D world appears in high detail in seconds. Looks like an AAA game title. Not like low-rez Meta Horizon or Decentraland.
5G can handle that, right? Says so right here in the promotional materials.Verizon: [2] AT&T: [3]
The carriers said "unlimited", right? So they can't complain if you're downloading 100GB per hour.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgale/2022/05/24/how-5-an...
[2] https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2022/4/why-metaverse-needs-...
[3] https://www.verizon.com/about/news/5g-makes-metaverse-real
[4] https://www.xrtoday.com/event-news/5g-networks-crucial-to-me...
I like the testing and documentation. But I also want to see more test results in more areas over a longer period of time.
While I can't provide more results over a long period of time, yet -- I can provide a pcap file and some details about IPv4/6. I've added an "updates" section at the bottom of the post.
A decade long fight about Net Neutrality in the public, and the ISPs just went and did what they were always going to do anyway in the background. No surprise. No news. No fanfare. Just, “Here’s your broken internet where every websites loads at a different speed. Get Unlimited* access with a 35GB limit before more limits kick in. Some websites are unusable. Enjoy. * Some limits apply. See T&C for details. ”
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Yeah, except they leak customer data regularly and have offshored tons of customer service to India -- including onboarding. When I tried to sign up, they didn't know what an esim was and wanted my SSN, along with other data that could easily be used to steal my identity. I don't want to spend my days arguing with people, definitely not about the existence of esim; but I did that day. It went all the way up their cus…
If I have to pick between T-Mobile and Google, I pick T-Mobile. Google is going to kill Fi and Voice one day, T-Mobile is not. T-Mobile has some customer service, including stores, Google has none. Was able to migrate a physical SIM to an eSIM in a store in ~30 min. You can even move your Google Voice number to a T-Mobile DIGITS number for similar functionality. (T-Mobile customer for 2+ decades, least terrible optio…
You had my interest...till i read the reviews of the DIGITS app on the app store. 1.9 average, most complains about it not working at all. Google Voice app may be slow but it does work every time
We've been hearing complaints from AT&T users for months now that our website ( https://vstream.com ) doesn't work for them. I've tried hunting down the reasons & tried getting in touch with AT&T to no avail. This seems like it could be the very thing that's causing the issues for our users. Now I just need to figure out what to tell our users that are having these issues...
Update: For what it's worth, the "above the fold" portion of the content loads down to "All Debuts". After that, there's a long blank space with a Loading indicator near the bottom. Eventually it loaded. I didn't keep track of how long, but it was almost certainly longer than 1 minute.