Comments on: Digital Britain

By: Nick Jones

Nick Jones — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:35:06 +0000

I think part of the challenge is that both ISPs and wireless operators would rather talk about the headline maximum speed rather then real-life average speed or the quality of experience from the user perspective. Maybe we need some new standard for a more comprehensive measurement of network performance that factors in latency and average performance not peak performance. Sounds like a job for OFCOM in their new role of monitoring the quality of the nation’s network infrastructure.

By: Digital Britain

Digital Britain — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:31:12 +0000

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By: Paul Leman

Paul Leman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:20:35 +0000

The 2Mbps issue is odd. Various industry “experts” say this is OK but as you say its snail-like – the network of yesteryear. I guess that latency, contention and capacity is hardly ever mentioned because it would show just how lousy ISP offerings actually are.