Right! I even entered /canada manually but it seems like they just don't measure it. Though humiliation means nothing to the Big Three but it is still fun to watch how horrible our internet providers are.
I actually have an amazing ISP (start.ca, uses Rogers' cable network, but with their own peering infrastructure behind it)
I always hear about people saying "I can't play YouTube videos!" or like the comments above this "Netflix keeps buffering!". I've had absolutely zero issues like that.
But, I'm starting to think that people's issues with their home internet comes down to their network setup. I have the fast Asus RT-N66u with Tomato firmware, good QoS rules, Apple TV wired and not wireless, etc.
Maybe some of these folks have the crappy gateway from the ISP, or really bad wireless environments, or bad cabling.
Case in point, I was at a person's house the other day who wasn't even aware that their DSL connection from Bell was disconnecting every 5-10 mins for 30secs or so (probably due to bad phone lines in the old building).
But they went on watching Netflix and checking their email totally unaware. So Netflix drops it quality or buffers a little then continues on it's way and people go "Oh man, my ISP sucks! Netflix is always buffering!"
I bet there's a good business in going around to people's homes to fix network issues.
Yeah. I agree. I was with start.ca Rogers cable on the 150/10 plan and at that point you really need gigabit or 802.11ac to feel the speed of your home internet. Luckily I've both, and switched back to Rogers to have a go with their 250/20 plan. I sometimes feel like I'm the only one on HN satisfied with my ISP. Even if I'm paying too much for it ($125.99/mth), consistent downloads of 270-320mbps and an uplink of 20mbps with a terabyte bandwidth cap is nothing to sneeze at. I suppose I've Teksavvy/start to thank for it. I still highly recommend start.ca for those that aren't as insane about speed as I am :) But don't get me started on people who use the ISP's free email address and so cannot switch...
I always hear about people saying "I can't play YouTube videos!" or like the comments above this "Netflix keeps buffering!". I've had absolutely zero issues like that.
But, I'm starting to think that people's issues with their home internet comes down to their network setup. I have the fast Asus RT-N66u with Tomato firmware, good QoS rules, Apple TV wired and not wireless, etc.
Maybe some of these folks have the crappy gateway from the ISP, or really bad wireless environments, or bad cabling.
Case in point, I was at a person's house the other day who wasn't even aware that their DSL connection from Bell was disconnecting every 5-10 mins for 30secs or so (probably due to bad phone lines in the old building).
But they went on watching Netflix and checking their email totally unaware. So Netflix drops it quality or buffers a little then continues on it's way and people go "Oh man, my ISP sucks! Netflix is always buffering!"
I bet there's a good business in going around to people's homes to fix network issues.