Internet - Are You Paying For Too Much Speed?

[CBus660R]

One of my biggest beefs with Web page writers is that they seem to work on the assumption that everyone is using a Cray with an infinite bandwidth Internet connection. Not so much for most of us, I suspect. Web page writers should be forced to learn efficient coding at the far end of a 28.8 kbps twisted pair. Until they can pass that test, they shouldn't be allowed to write anything for the Internet proper.

That's a big problem with computers in general. As soon as the hardware advances, the code jockeys take advantage of it and everything slows right back down. Intel comes out with their next generation processor and Microsoft responds with the next generation of Windows that it winds up being a push as far as performance goes.

What I found that helped my house with 4 people including 2 teenagers on XBox Ones who constantly game online was to invest the $200 in my own high end router and ditch the basic router that the cable company provided. Once I did that, they no longer get dropped from their session and mom and I can still watch Netflix while surfing the web on our laptops and smartphones without any slow down issues.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

When I use the internet most anywhere away from home-
I miss my high speed hook up!
Not sure if I'm paying for too much speed,
But you don't miss the water til the well runs dry!
Once you get accustomed to the speed, you will miss it when it's not available.

 

[bigwheelzip]

What I found that helped my house with 4 people including 2 teenagers on XBox Ones who constantly game online was to invest the $200 in my own high end router and ditch the basic router that the cable company provided.

Gotta love the looks of these new Routers. Looks like something the NSA would have installed in Berlin.