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Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds (www.livescience.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

My ISP used to advertise about fiber because their backend is fiber but residential connections are coax with DOCSIS whatever. One of the downsides is assymetric up/download speeds. Upload gets reduced to favour download and you get these whack ratios.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    This is amusing because practically every backend is fiber. You need it for speeds above 10Gbps, and all ISPs will have at least 40Gbps or 100Gbps connections in their data centers, sometimes even faster (QSFP can do up to 400Gbps).

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