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minus-squarepcr3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s crazy how many people equate Mbps latency. Broadband companies spread this lie that faster is better. You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps. Only thing more Mbps helps with is downloading larger files faster.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoStill remember playing WoW on under 5Mbps, updating was painful but otherwise playing was fine
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoAlso helps with streaming and many, many other services Having said that, though, yeah… 99% of the population doesn’t need more than 10Mbit / person
It’s crazy how many people equate Mbps latency. Broadband companies spread this lie that faster is better.
You can game lag free and have VoIP calls with zero interruption on 5Mbps.
Only thing more Mbps helps with is downloading larger files faster.
Still remember playing WoW on under 5Mbps, updating was painful but otherwise playing was fine
Also helps with streaming and many, many other services
Having said that, though, yeah… 99% of the population doesn’t need more than 10Mbit / person