Once again... I <sigh>

MY network cable does not alter the speed of my internet connection from the outside of my house to a far end pinging server. It would alter the speed in which my data is transmitted from my Linksys router to my client computers. WHAT gets displayed is not at the mercy of HOW it is displayed.

My in house wired speed is 1gb.



My in house wireless speed is 866.7.



Note that neither of those has anything to do with my internet connection speed.

There is a difference between what goes from end to end and what you see in house. What you see in house is from your router to your clients. What a speed test calculates is your terminus to their terminus. So your (insert ISP name here) hardware to the speed test point. And please do NOT call that box a "cable modem". By definition, a modem converts analog signal to digital. Cable and fiber is digital from end to end. There is no MOdulate/DEModulate process involved.

This is all early level MCSE testing stuff. Like test 2 if not 1. (It has been many years since I took them. 22-23 years maybe.) Your WAN speed has zero to do with your LAN speed. Your inhouse cabling is LAN, not WAN. Your ISP does not provide your LAN speed.

I can't STAND all the advertising and the false claims. "We're fastest!" "Our call clarity is better." Really? So if I am too far from a tower on ATT and the call has echo on it you are telling me that at the same distance from a Verizon tower the call would NOT have that echo on it? This is ALL math and physics. Branding changes nothing.

I remember when I accepted an interview with then Time Warner. I took it mainly to get a free lunch out of them. (Hey. I was unemployed! He DID look at me funny when I ordered a steak!) I asked him to sell me their products as if I was a new customer. "Phil" went on and on about how they were faster than ANY other internet provider in the known universe. As I finished dessert (strawberry shortcake), I said "Can I ask YOU some questions now, Phil?" He said "Sure." "Can you explain to me how if Bob to my left has Time Warner and is provisioned for 12mbps and Joe to my right is also provisioned for 12mbps but with another ISP that Bob's connection is going to be any faster than Joe's?"

He immediately went all deer in the headlights and tried to doubletalk his way around it.

I gave him a "Talk to the hand" gesture and said "Just stop. I don't know how close you read my resume but you are flat out lying to me and asking me to do the same. 12 meg is 12 meg no matter who it comes from. Your claims about faster wireless are also not true. Your in house wireless is subject to things like distance from the router and density of the walls. YOU don't make Linksys routers. YOU have nothing to do with wireless speed inside a house on a home network. And to be honest, I only took this interview to work you for a steak lunch. I am WAY too good for you, Phil. Take it easy." I absolutely HATE how internet providers put out misinformation to a public that will believe anything. They have confused the public to a level where the average guy doesn't understand that wifi is NOT data. Wifi is a wireless connection that connects to a wired connection. What you get on your cell phone away from your home network is data, not wifi. But the public is generally uneducated about this stuff and will believe whatever hype/crap TV ads feed them.

Now that I have the reborn TWC as my provider, I am sure that every monitor in the building has my phone number on it with a note that says "If this guy calls, DON"T answer. He is a PITA!" On the extremely rare occasion that I need to call an ISP I don't need some minimum wage phone answering clerk telling me they are going to schedule a tech visit. I know how to use Sam Spade network diagnostic software better than they do. If I have speed issues I can find the IP of the router where the problem is. And it ISN'T at my house.

Now if AT&T comes through with fiber in my area, I will be their first customer. All they have on my street is 1.5 mbps DSL and it will be a cold day at the Equator before I ever have copper phone wire carrying my internet. I must be 15000 feet from the CO if that's all they can offer me.

Last edited by eddie1261; 11/19/20 10:42 AM.