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In Reply to: RE: Timely Discussion.......... posted by Cut-Throat on April 09, 2017 at 05:20:26
Comcast uses I believe the Cable Line for the internet, you are on a shared node to the neighborhood, so when your neighbors are streaming netflix during prime time hours your internet will suffer.
some lucky people such as myself (I have a dedicated fiber line and do not share the bandwidth at the phone pole) and I think Ivan303 here says he has gigabit fiber (WOW!) don't have that problem.
The bandwidth situation is very slow in the US unless your lucky to have a dedicated line you are stuck with cable. The companies run fiber to the neighborhood, then a spiders web of coaxial cable shares that main pipe. So 150mbps is not really that at high traffic times with Cable.
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Would an internet speed test at those times show a slower speed?
Cut-Throat
it should depending on who you use, I personally wouldn't do a speed test from your ISP server, maybe pick something where are in you in Minnesota? Maybe pick some speed test server from California and see how it goes, just make sure it is not Comcast server your doing the speed test into.
But really, why would an Audio stream of 192 Kbps start buffering? Is the bandwidth in my neighborhood sucking the life out of my 150 Mbps?Cut-Throat
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also if you hard wire the connection to the router you won't have it that bad. I like using switches all over the house. Router to switch, to another switch, to another switch, to another switch. It was the best I could do since I can't afford to have my wiring installed in the walls.
Yes, I also have switches and 4 routers over my house. However the last 15-20 feet to the Rpi in the Living Room was not doable with a wire.
I suppose I could put a Wireless Extender next to the Rpi and then connect the Rpi to the Extender, but that looks like a small mess compared to wireless.
Also, last night was the first time I heard it buffering, and the Buffering parameters seemed to have 'fixed' the problem. I was more curious about the cause.
Cut-Throat
Wifi is still unreliable, I have auto switching radio channels with 5ghz wireless AC and capability for deep packet inspection and traffic molding with Ubiquity networks equipment. Verizon manages my network because they sent me a letter saying hey don't trust me to do it after they found out I was messing with them using my own equipment and I understand why the worry, that is about $10 extra a month for network maintenance. My bill is $170 for internet and VOIP with no TV.
Move to San Francisco.
Chinese stores sell cheap cigarettes, and my Gigabit Fiber is only $55 (including taxes) month including a internet, fax line and VOIP. And they let me use my own router.
I tried the 5 gHz setting with my WAP300 access points and found performance suffered - especially to the garage where the signal has to go through a number of walls.
Yes, 5 GHz has less range than 2.4 GHz.... So, understandable.... I use 5 GHz when my distance to router is only 10-30 feet and no obstructions.
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