This is sort of an outgrowth of a question I posted on alt.online- service.comcast, 7/19/2023. My question now relates more to Windows 10.
A friend is considering purchasing a home in Camino, California. That's about 10 miles from Placerville. Because this will be an AirBnB home, internet and TV are very important.Â
The current resident (seller) has ATT internet (copper cable) and ATT
DirecTV (satellite). So, TV will suffice.
About internet, I called ATT to see what internet speeds are available at this home, and I was told there's only one plan, which provides 'up to 18 Mbps' and that's when connected to the gateway.Â
He worries that speeds may
be extremely slow, and especially slow when connected via WiFi,
rather than
directly to the gateway (ethernet). He wonders if 18 Mbps will be enough for streaming, as many do these days, not caring for cable.
I was able to check on the wifi speeds, but don't understand what I
recorded. Here's what happened.
I and the buyer's agent arrived at the seller's home. The seller had
given both of us his password so we could both connect simultaneously and
see if the 18 Mbps ATT speed was enough for streaming both of us at the
same time. The agent has an Apple laptop and wireless streamed a Netflix child's cartoon to her laptop.
With my Windows 10 Home laptop, I connected to youtube.com and streamed a
Tom Petty video.
Neither of us had any trouble with buffering or dropped signals. Both of
us had uninterupted streams.
I launched Task Manager on my laptop, and clicked on the Performance tab.
The performance tab showed that the Wi-Fi strength was strong, and
receiving speeds were no greater than 40 Kbps. I don't know what the receiving speeds were on the agent's Apple laptop.
Why did my Task Manger show only 40 Kbps (and all was working just fine),
when ATT provides 18 Mbps, and all that I've read says one needs at least
50 Mbps to stream?
This is sort of an outgrowth of a question I posted on alt.online- service.comcast, 7/19/2023. My question now relates more to Windows 10.
A friend is considering purchasing a home in Camino, California. That's about 10 miles from Placerville. Because this will be an AirBnB home, internet and TV are very important.Â
The current resident (seller) has ATT internet (copper cable) and ATT
DirecTV (satellite). So, TV will suffice.
About internet, I called ATT to see what internet speeds are available at this home, and I was told there's only one plan, which provides 'up to 18 Mbps' and that's when connected to the gateway. He worries that speeds may be extremely slow, and especially slow when connected via WiFi, rather than directly to the gateway (ethernet). He wonders if 18 Mbps will be enough for streaming, as many do these days, not caring for cable.
I was able to check on the wifi speeds, but don't understand what I
recorded. Here's what happened.
I and the buyer's agent arrived at the seller's home. The seller had
given both of us his password so we could both connect simultaneously and
see if the 18 Mbps ATT speed was enough for streaming both of us at the
same time. The agent has an Apple laptop and wireless streamed a Netflix child's cartoon to her laptop.
With my Windows 10 Home laptop, I connected to youtube.com and streamed a
Tom Petty video.
Neither of us had any trouble with buffering or dropped signals. Both of
us had uninterupted streams.
I launched Task Manager on my laptop, and clicked on the Performance tab.
The performance tab showed that the Wi-Fi strength was strong, and
receiving speeds were no greater than 40 Kbps. I don't know what the receiving speeds were on the agent's Apple laptop.
Why did my Task Manger show only 40 Kbps (and all was working just fine), when ATT provides 18 Mbps, and all that I've read says one needs at least
50 Mbps to stream?
Thanks.
Neither of us had any trouble with buffering or dropped signals. Both of
us had uninterupted streams.
I launched Task Manager on my laptop, and clicked on the Performance tab.
The performance tab showed that the Wi-Fi strength was strong, and
receiving speeds were no greater than 40 Kbps. I don't know what the >receiving speeds were on the agent's Apple laptop.
Why did my Task Manger show only 40 Kbps (and all was working just fine),
when ATT provides 18 Mbps, and all that I've read says one needs at least
50 Mbps to stream?
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:28:10 -0000 (UTC), Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Neither of us had any trouble with buffering or dropped signals. Both of
us had uninterupted streams.
I launched Task Manager on my laptop, and clicked on the Performance tab.
The performance tab showed that the Wi-Fi strength was strong, and
receiving speeds were no greater than 40 Kbps. I don't know what the
receiving speeds were on the agent's Apple laptop.
Why did my Task Manger show only 40 Kbps (and all was working just fine),
If you watch a bandwidth throughput app while you're streaming, you'll typically
see blips of high bandwidth usage, then almost nothing for a period of time, followed by another blip, and so on. Commonly, streaming works as sort of a sliding window, where when the window slides, you get all of the data for that
window, then the network goes quiet until the next time the window slides.
when ATT provides 18 Mbps, and all that I've read says one needs at least >> 50 Mbps to stream?
There are strong marketing reasons for claiming you need 50 Mbps to stream. In
one scenario, Mom has had a hard day and she's ready to take her glass of wine
and her iPad to the bathtub where she'll stream her favorite rom-com. Meanwhile,
Dad is already streaming his favorite action thriller in the living room while
their teen daughter is doing a live video show for her friends and subscribers
and both teen sons are (separately) streaming pron from the 'Hub. Suddenly, to
keep Mom happy, you need 50 Mbps to stream.
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