Bc I need the redundancy for my tenants & for me. It's cheap too. Quantum fiber $70, TMO Internet $25. Granted in India I get 1gb fiber for $5.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 23:51 Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@portlandia-it.com> wrote: > Wow, I have a static IP subnet at home and I thought I was being screwed > over with the money but even I cannot afford TWO ISP's at home!! Why don't > you dump the one you are having problems with and save a bundle! > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of mo > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:14 AM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Quantum fiber WhatsApp latency issue > > I would agree with you except that when I switch over to my other WiFi (I > have 2 different ISPs here) WhatsApp has no latency. Also no other app > (signal gv etc) have latency on either ISP. It's only WhatsApp when using > quantum fiber. Also it's not consistent; sometimes it's immediate for half > day while sometimes it's 2-10 min latency for half day. > > But you are correct, no latency ever on either ISP for WhatsApp calls. It > is only for messages. Overall, your push notifications explanation makes > sense. & I can live with this latency too; idc, nothing anyone sends or > shares is worth the immediacy humans think they merit. 😂 > > But what conspiracy theories? I am ok being Meta's product in exchange for > this free service. All these ppl running around complaining about that but > still using all this social media crap are humorous hypocrisy at best. > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 23:47 Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@portlandia-it.com> > wrote: > > > This is because of a fundamental misunderstanding of how cell phone > > apps like whazzupapp work. > > > > I would bet money you are NOT seeing this "latency" when you make a > > phone call from your whatsapp to another whatsapp on some other cell > > phone. It's only when you are sending instant messages. > > > > Let me explain what's likely going on here. > > > > The whatsapp app likely uses push notification. What that means is > > when your phone is on your cellular data network the app registers > > into the cell tower. Then goes to sleep. When a text comes to you, > > the tower sends out a push notification that wakes up the whatsapp app > > on your phone and you get the text. > > > > This allows minimal battery usage on your phone. > > > > Here's a dumbed-down explanation of push > > > > https://www.airship.com/resources/explainer/push-notifications-explain > > ed/ > > > > Anyway, the whatsapp almost certainly has push turned OFF when the > > phone is on a wifi data network because they have to pay the mobile > > carriers for push access. In that case the app is polling the server > > over the internet. Likely once every 10 minutes. Otherwise their > > server would melt down if it polled every second. > > > > There have been complaints on "latency" on this app for over a decade. > > Here's a typical one: > > > > > > https://xdaforums.com/t/whatsapp-messages-delayed-only-on-my-home-wifi > > .1941623/ > > > > There ain't nuthin wrong with anything here. The app is working as > > it's designed to work. > > > > If you live in the US of A, a free country with privacy rights then > > set aside your conspiracy theories and toss whatsapp in the garbage. > > > > If you live in China, my condolences you are stuck with this behavior. > > But at least the men in black won't be breaking down your door in the > > middle of the night. > > > > Ted > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PLUG <plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of mo > > Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 10:43 PM > > To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org > > Subject: [PLUG] Quantum fiber WhatsApp latency issue > > > > Hi. I've Quantum fiber. It has latency issues with WhatsApp. Any idea > > why & how to resolve this? > > > > I've no other issues with them. Using the WiFi. All other sites apps > > etc have no noticeable latency. WhatsApp takes minutes to send a > > message & receives messages minutes after someone sends. However if I > > turn of WiFi & switch to cellular data (TMO) it immediately sends & > > receives the backlogged messages. The latency can be up to 10 min > sometimes. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > >
