Lets Discuss America's :flabbynsick: Internet Speeds

[ch15x]

Just curious: would it ever be possible to mimic the idea of over-the-air TV reception to build some sort of public Wi-Fi network? Looking at old-style antennas, whether from the home or broadcast stations got me wondering about any engineering/designing prospects...

 

[Yapdatfool]

Just curious: would it ever be possible to mimic the idea of over-the-air TV reception to build some sort of public Wi-Fi network? Looking at old-style antennas, whether from the home or broadcast stations got me wondering about any engineering/designing prospects...

One of the biggest problems with this is that we're running out of frequencies to broadcast. Seems like everything runs under 2.4, tv, wi-fi, your fridge and microwave, tons of stuff. We need more frequencies in order to make this happen. It's feasible as-is, but yea that's a hurdle, 5Ghz may take care of it, but its just not mature enough yet.

 

[Tommy Fits]

I think where this thread got thrown off is people started talking about their own speeds. I expect most of to have decent speed. But there are way more out there who have slow unreliable internet with no way of upgrading bc of infrastructure. shyt most people can't even get near 10 mb/s dl speeds. Lets talk about that.

Yup, I'm at work, I work right outside JFK Airport in Jamaica Queens and these are my speeds right now

 

[Rekkapryde]

i can barely watch a gif

because of at&t and charter communication foolery. they say they cant provide service to my street. so they say i have to go with charter and get charged business rates...

the struggle is real.... breh

 

[Rekkapryde]

Yup, I'm at work, I work right outside JFK Airport in Jamaica Queens and these are my speeds right now

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

Yup, I'm at work, I work right outside JFK Airport in Jamaica Queens and these are my speeds right now

Those cheap b*stards how do they expect you to get work done with those shytty ass speeds.

I imagine you're not the only one on the line either. But verizon dsl.

Your job won't even commit for that fios...

Breh my upload is faster than your DL

 

[Type Username Here]

Yup, I'm at work, I work right outside JFK Airport in Jamaica Queens and these are my speeds right now

My God.

Free Market Capitalism working.

 

[The War Report]

Another shinning example of corporations fukking over the American public and them doing nothing about it.

 

[Type Username Here]

Another shinning example of corporations fukking over the American public and them doing nothing about it.

Free market!

 

[Serious]

Poor me. What will I ever do with these terrible speeds.

I aint even mad though: