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Originally Posted by Tobra
If I could get my wife to do it, we would drop DirectTV like a red hot rock.
My ISP throttles the hell out of my netflix, sometimes it straight up does not work. I have had increasing problems trying to do electronic medical records at home, to the point that it just does not work as a practical matter.
Had Surewest, which was great, screaming fast fiber optic connection. They got bought out by Consolidated Communications and now it sucks sweaty donkey balls. Going to tell them to pound sand pretty quick here. They are going to lose the home and office business. They really stick it to you on telecommunication/internet for business.
How is it they tell me it is 18 mps, and the best speed I can get out of it is 5 mps, with the router telling me it is connected at 54 mps? The guy from the ISP just told me it must be the router, but the speed never changes whether I am plugging the computer directly into the line coming out of the wall or using the router, or it did not the last 10 times I checked. I am thinking the guy is just FOS and they need to go pound sand.
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As much as I hate all of them I have to say Verizon FIOS is the best product out there. I have a 50/25 connection that they just upgraded us to 50/50 for free. Just sent me an email, "yo, have this, on us". I'll take it.
The problem with Netflix is not all on the cable provider end.
Part of Netflix and their whole net neutrality stance really comes down to one thing, Netflix are cheap ****ers.
As much as I hate last mile providers because they all suck the reality Netflix does abuse cable providers and they have a legitimate beef with NF.
Everyone has multiple pipes coming into their network. Companies like google, apple, amazon, microsoft, hulu, etc... all split their traffic so it does not all come through the same pipe. Netflix shoves it all through the one pipe.
Other companies place their hardware inside the cable providers network to handle the traffic they send. Netflix shoves it all through the cable providers hardware, they don't provide any infrastructure to a) take the load off the cable provider and b) more importantly, ensure their customers have a positive experience.
In a nutshell, your problem with Netflix is more likely NF themselves, not your provider.
You have to be careful about what is being reported by devices.
54 mbs is wireless g. What you are seeing is the theoretical speed of the protocol and not necessarily the actual line throughput.
Don't forget the speed you are provisioned for on your end is only half the equation. The other half is where you are connecting to. Meaning you won't get more than they can give.
All that being said cable providers suck and you probably are not being given what you are paying for and they don't care because they have no competition in your area.