• CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    yes but how often does your internet go down?

    I have a 1Gb connection. I work in software development. I live in a nice neighbourhood. My internet goes down all the time.

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      4 hours ago

      I live in a major city that’s been carved up by the local monopolists like a turkey, and none of them have even installed coverage in all the areas they’ve claimed and which their “competitors” won’t touch. Some people just can’t have a good connection because of their address.

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      6 hours ago

      Im sorry to hear that. Maybe this is a product aimed at 1st world countries. Expected downtime for 1st world countries is normally under an hour a year and I think people can live with that.

      If your internet is shit you do not need to buy this.

      • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        I do live in a 1st world country. I enjoy socialized (free) health care. And actually my country has some of the best internet in the developed world.

        Maybe this is a product aimed at 1st world countries.

        I guess that rules out the USA.

        Expected downtime for 1st world countries is normally under an hour a year

        Citation needed.

        If your internet is shit you do not need to buy this.

        Nobody should buy this.

          • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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            40 minutes ago

            My specific issue is a buried line at some point between my house and the next ISP demark. I did say “all the time”, but that was hyperbolic. It only goes down when it rains or when snow is melting, which suggests a cable somewhere is cracked and water gets in and degrades the signal.

            It happens maybe once a week in the spring, and is back as soon as I reboot the router.

            But your assertion that just because a single person’s internet goes down that the entire country’s internet is not “the best” is childish and a reductionist argument.