Cable speeds are a lie. Their quoted speeds are theoretical, never-seen-in-real-life speeds. In practice, you share the pipe with everybody else on your POP and it slows down.
FIOS on the other hand is real, dedicated capacity. Dunno about LTE once it starts getting saturated. Duncan Sent from my iPad On Dec 8, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > We still use WiFi when available (including at home) for battery reasons, as > you say. But it is interesting that cable service, at 20-30Mbps, over the > wire, fiber optics, etc., is that much slower (1/2-1/3 speed) than cellular. > > K > Sent from my iPad with Retina Display > http://www.kevincallahan.org > > > > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:35 PM, objectwerks inc <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: >> >>> >>> My wife got her iPhone 5 on AT&T here in West Seattle. LTE speed is quire >>> remarkable. Speedtest.net app: up to 56 Mbps down and nearly 20 Mbps up. >>> Why use Comcast + WiFi anymore? >> >> Data limits and probably battery life. >> >> My comcast is 20mbs to mid 20mbs real measured and 6-7mbs up. Works for me. >> And I don't run into data limits issues. And I kind of think that wifi is >> less taxing than LTE on the device battery though I don't know that for >> sure. (Plus for me, LTE does not reach out to my neighborhood). >> >> And I have Comcast anyway with all my "normal" machines in the house. >> >> >> Chad >> - >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> iPhone-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
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