On Sat, 26 Dec 2020, Mark Tinka wrote:
My experience with customers who've bought 1Gbps FTTH service is that on a
good day, they may see 500Mbps. On average, they'll live somewhere between
180Mbps - 350Mbps, with a random spot-check. It's alright for providers who
offer this to let their NOC's handle the problem, because most users are
connected to the Internet wirelessly, using devices that do not require more
than a couple of Mbps of bandwidth at a time.
Wired devices such as gaming consoles won't tell you anything more than how
long it will take a download to complete. So you are not probably going to
work out whether the PS5 is running at 1Gbps or 230Mbps, as long as your
psyche is happy with the service you are buying from your provider.
Steam and Microsoft will say download speed. I regularily see 100MB/s or
more.
Perhaps there are some issues at other parts of the network that limits
their speeds? I'm in Stockholm, Sweden, with plenty of local CDNs located
just 1-3ms away from me.
Here the "truth" is that if you game, you need to have a wired connection
to your gaming computer. All gamers "know" this.
I don't have experience with PS5 and perhaps what you're saying is true
for that customer base. I'd say it's not true for Xbox or Steam customers
as they see speed prominently displayed on the screen.
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-slow-game-or-app-downloads-on-xbox-one
"Go to My games & apps > Manage > Queue and note the download speed shown
on the game or app that’s being installed. "
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: [email protected]
