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Elmer J Fudd
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What speed internet?
Comments (7)chisue, 5 kattywhompers up and 50 whojoclumpets down is a very fast connection. To put it in context, it takes 5-6 whojoclummpets down for a best-quality Netflix stream, so 50 would support 8 or more (but not wirelessly, limited by most home routers to 12-15 in total). If you could share the connection, what you have would support email reading by dozens and dozens of people at the same time. zep, internet speeds are in megabits per second, not megabytes per second. The difference is small m vs large M, and 8 bits to the byte. 8 megabits is one megabyte....See MoreHelp with adding cable in prep for high-speed internet
Comments (8)Couple notes: I've used the T&B Snap N Seal coax connectors with a lot of success. The tool may be more expensive than the Klein one, but it's what all the installers that have worked on our DTV over the years have used. I bought one many years ago, and I think they've at least gotten cheaper. I wouldn't do anything that requires that you have to terminate Ethernet cable into male connectors. This is a pain to do, and pre-terminated patch cables are cheap. Terminating into female Keystone wall jacks is much easier- just maintain the twist of each pair as close to the termination as you can (there are many videos on doing this). I like the impact version of the punch-down tool- not sure if a different version will cut the wires. I bought one of the cheap ones from HD that had bad reviews and it's held up so far- maybe it would be bad if you used it all the time for dozens/hundreds of terminations. We have an old house (built in '49) and I've wired or rewired a big chunk of it. I've also put a lot into improving the insulation and air sealing. For that reason, I would hesitate to use open back wall boxes. I have had great success with retrofit or "old work" boxes- it's so much easier to just cut out an old box (hack saw or reciprocating saw to the nails), reach in to fish new wires, then slip a retrofit box into the hole. I tend to do some combination of a gasket under the wall plate, caulk, and/or expanding foam in the holes in the back of the box. It's great to get it right the first time, but I also wouldn't hesitate to cut a hole in the wall or replace a box to get what I needed later. Lastly, Russ is talking about 120V AC (lights, receptacles, etc) or 240V AC (dryer, oven, e.g.) when he says "HV." I'm used to working with industrial facilities where these are still considered low voltage, and there's 4160V or 12kV that's "medium voltage." High voltage is utility transmission wiring. Good suggestions otherwise....See Morestreaming music and internet speed
Comments (2)You didn't bother to say a) how much speed you are paying for and b) whether or not you are actually getting that speed...so the question is impossible to answer. But I'll make a guess and say that your bandwidth is probably not the problem. If you are trying to stream directly from the site...you may have a browser problem. Try a different web browser. Is a separate media player involved in this process? Maybe you need an upgrade or a different one. Any error message? If yes, you should post it. If no, you should say so....See MoreWhat's a reasonable internet speed?
Comments (13)What's called "internet speed" isn't speed at all but rather capacity or quantity capacity of data. For data flow, it's measured in bits per second, for internet connections, most often megabits - Mbps-(one million bits) per second. A 1 Mb connection moves digital data signals at the same speed as a 2 Mb connection. The 2 Mb connection is twice the size so in a given period of time, it can move twice as much data. It has double the capacity, and that's what's casually called twice the speed but it's not a matter of speed. It's helpful to think of different pipe diameters with flow at always the same rate to understand the concept. Bigger pipe, more water flows through it. Smaller pipe, a given amount of water or data will take longer to pass through The word used for delay in data transmission is "latency". Some amount of latency is normal. Signals travel at the speed of light but distance, bandwidth of the pathway and delay from the equipment the signal passes through all have an effect. I see systemic latency when downloading podcasts, as an example. For a given say 40 MB file, some will download quickly and some noticeably slower. The difference is usually the responsiveness and setting for bandwidth max permitted for an individual user session that's set by the source site. Few internet sites that receive user sessions return data at anything near a large rate. Because they don't need to. I'd guess that few go at more than about 15 Mbps and most are well below that. An exception would be sites that serve-up large downloads all day, like operating systems and programs from Microsoft and Apple and others. Most casual and commerce-oriented sites go at much lower rates. Many people have bandwidth far in excess of what they ever use. For two people in a house, even if watching TV individually, anything over 20 or 30 Mbs goes mostly unused....See MoreElmer J Fudd
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