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minus-squarepcr3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoIt’s crazy how many people equate Mbps latency. Broadband companies spread this lie that faster is better. You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps. Only thing more Mbps helps with is downloading larger files faster.
minus-squarePhoenixzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoAlso helps with streaming and many, many other services Having said that, though, yeah… 99% of the population doesn’t need more than 10Mbit / person
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours ago You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps. Yeah on like… 2-4 devices total lol. What if I want to play MariokartDS online with 8 of my friends on the same connection? My WEP router advertises 11 Mbps WiFi, I want to use the whole thing. ^/s
It’s crazy how many people equate Mbps latency. Broadband companies spread this lie that faster is better.
You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps.
Only thing more Mbps helps with is downloading larger files faster.
Also helps with streaming and many, many other services
Having said that, though, yeah… 99% of the population doesn’t need more than 10Mbit / person
Yeah on like… 2-4 devices total lol.
What if I want to play MariokartDS online with 8 of my friends on the same connection?
My WEP router advertises 11 Mbps WiFi, I want to use the whole thing.
^/s