I got a letter from my #isp on behalf of some porn company that I was #torrent ing #copyright content. I habe a seedbox for #linux ISOs and whenever I torrent on my PC i use a #vpn and i don't download illegal content. What do I do?
T-Mobile Home Internet is oddly faster with a VPN.
It's over a cellular network, which often has a slower download and faster upload. This implies the bottleneck is in the band (congested tower / network).
Generally speaking, switching to a VPN should make it worse, not better
Yet, the numbers don't lie. I will have great download speeds and normal upload, when using a VPN.
Changing the DNS with or without VPN, doesn't matter, it's always faster with the VPN.
HELLLLL NAAWWWWW this is some bullshit.... I caught my #ISP throttling the connection to the FRICKING #FREEBSD PKG SERVER!
For real, speeds were like 8.3kbps in a fiber connection. And then I confirmed the BS by adding a VPN on top and running pkg upgrade again. Boom, back to 1~2Mbps again. Caught 'em Red. fucking. handed.
Why even do this shit? For real. It's just fucking HTTP!
🆕 blog! “Virgin Media preparing to offer symmetrical upload speeds?”
Virgin Media - a UK-based fibre-optic ISP - recently sent me a survey about their potential product offerings. It was desperate to know if I wanted bundled streaming video (no), or Sky Sports (LOL no), or any other digital subscriptions (no, go away), or a landline (what, is this the 19…
Can someone give me a TL;DR on porting landline numer to voip but keeping landline with my current #ISP I can see there might be potential issues, I'm just not sure of the process and if I've thought about all the potential problems.
If anyone wants to find out how 1990's style dial-up ISP's configured their equipment or how the equipment of that era works then I can recommend a channel:
Thursday and Friday is when T-Mobile Home Internet seems the busiest. You would think the weekend, such as Saturday or Sunday, but nope, Thursday and Friday is usually when the network acts odd. I assume this is when it is congested.
RIP Kviknet - danmarks mest seriøse internetudbyder med den mest tech-erfarne, hurtige og dygtige support.
De overgår nu til at blive opslugt af EWII - Danmarks måske langsomste og ringeste kundesupport. #RIP#danskertoot#ISP#kviknet#ewii
Exactly a year ago, I asked "What's the point of Gigabit broadband?"
Well… I'm about to find out! Despite my well-publicised annoyance with Virgin Media, they are the only fibre provider in my area. They've also recently merged with O2 - my old employer1 - and are offering a free speed boost to any joint customers.
The “Xfinity 10G Network” is misleading advertising.
BACKGROUND
Here are some of the confusion factors:
The letter G, as in 3G, 4G, and 5G, is used to denote “Generation.” For example, 3G cell phones used “Third Generation” cellular technologies.
Gigahertz, a measurement of frequency, is abbreviated as GHz.
Gigabits per second, a measurement of bandwidth, is abbreviated as Gbps.
Gigabit-speed Ethernet, at ONE gigabit per second, is abbreviated variously as GbE, GigE, or 1 GigE.
Gigabit-speed Ethernet, at TEN gigabits per second, is abbreviated variously as 10GE, 10GbE, or 10 GigE.
Wi-Fi now uses “generational names,” like cellular phone systems do. It didn’t always. For example, the Wi-Fi Alliance now refers to 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4. Then there was 802.11ac, now called Wi-Fi 5. The current standard is 802.11ax, which is called Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 7 is in development. The 4, 5, 6, and 7 have nothing to do with frequency or data rate (bandwidth). People sometimes erroneously refer to 5 GHz Wi-Fi as 5G Wi-Fi, but they’re wrong.
5 GHz Wi-Fi and 5G cellular systems are two entirely different technologies. For example, you can create a 5 GHz Wi-Fi hotspot on a 4G LTE smartphone.
THE CURRENT SITUATION
Today, the average consumer sees the letter “G” everywhere, but really doesn’t know what it means. When they see an ad on television for the “Xfinity 10G Network” they make assumptions based on their incomplete understanding.
Is the “Xfinity 10G Network” the tenth generation of cable Internet service? No. It’s not.
Is the “Xfinity 10G Network” providing Internet bandwidth at 10 gigabits per second? No. It’s not.
The most truthful line in Xfinity’s own explanation of their service is:
"The Xfinity 10G Network is the new brand for our next-generation network."
And that’s all it is. Branding. Be sure you understand this, and explain it to your non-technical friends. It’s Xfinity’s current marketing campaign, and nothing more. No one has been counting cable ISP generations. This is not the successor to their 9th generation network. It’s their “new brand.”
The “G” means nothing. It’s not the generation. It’s not the speed.
Also, the “10” means nothing. It’s not the generation. It’s not the speed.
FULL DISCLOSURE
I’m an Xfinity Internet customer, and have been for years. I’ve heard other people complain about the company, but my experience is that it’s fast and reliable, and their customer service has always been acceptable. My only purpose in writing this post is to clarify misconceptions created by an ad campaign that is almost certainly confusing by design.
Do you need a technology evaluation? I’m here for you.
W związku z ostatnim przetargiem na częstotliwości LTE które wygrały duże GSM-y, z rynku znikną mniejsi niezależni dostawcy, którzy świadczyli usługi dostępu do internetu w technologii LTE.
Doszły mnie słuchy, że w takich przypadkach obowiązuje rok "karencji", nie można ot tak wejść w te częstotliwości i "zagłuszyć" sygnał tych niezależnych dostawców (przez rok?).
Macie może wiedzę albo linki, bym mógł doczytać, jak to jest w praktyce?
Co może taki "mały" dostawca w tej sytuacji?
A może to bujda i nie ma żadnego okresu przejściowego?
Hey #Ottawa Mastadonians: I'm on my 13th hour with my #Teksavvy#ISP internet down and no sign it's coming back anytime soon, on top of which I know they're built on the garbage dumpster Rogers network that I'd love to be less reliant on for working from home anyway. Anyone on here have any experiences with #BellFibe, one way or the other?
any advice on a residential / business #isp with static IP and all ports open for a server in #canada#quebec#montreal? my current provider (oricom) wants me to get a NEQ to get a business package (ugh)
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a new set of rules aiming to prevent “digital discrimination.” It means the agency can hold telecom companies accountable for digitally discriminating against customers — or giving certain communities poorer service (or none at all) based on income level, race, or...
So you ask your #ISP to please stop sending Invoice Emails at 2am and they say they can't because it's the system that sends them and standard procedure🤦. Who do these people think they are, acting like they are the only ISP in #SouthAfrica and I further wonder if the Director of that business knows that their staff is too lethargic to solve a simple request from a customer, on pain off loosing that customer. I told them that I will terminate the service, which I did.
Ich teste jetzt mal Mailbox org. 🙂 Wenn das soweit passt, wird sich meine Hauptadresse nach 24 Jahren ändern. Tja, wenn Service und Zuverlässigkeit nicht mehr an erster Stelle stehen 😢 und damit Preis-Leistung auseinander driftet, muss man sich nicht wundern. 😞 #Mail#Mailprovider#Cloud#EMail#Postfach#ISP#Mailbox
Many years ago - when I was very young and you were even younger - it was standard for an ISP to provide all their users with a small amount of webspace. Both Pipex and Demon offered webspace back in 1996. If my hazy memory is correct, they offered a few megabytes - more than […]
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says "no."
What's the best consumer internet plan you have acces to? Thinking of upgrading to a 10G subscription. Did a speed test.
The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less (www.theverge.com)
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a new set of rules aiming to prevent “digital discrimination.” It means the agency can hold telecom companies accountable for digitally discriminating against customers — or giving certain communities poorer service (or none at all) based on income level, race, or...