Slow broadband is such a pain

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:

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Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
part in the Cornwall trial.

Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just
over 1Mbps.

"The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
crashing because it was so slow."

However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to
more than 11Mbps.

"The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.

"It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."

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Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
to arrive?
--
Martin Jay

On 06/12/2011 in message <(E-Mail Removed)>
Martin Jay wrote:

>Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
>to arrive?

It may do if you're taking part in an advert/promotion :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
This is as bad as it can get, but don't bet on it

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:27:50 +0000, Martin Jay wrote:

> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>
> ----- Begin Quote -----
>
> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
> part in the Cornwall trial.
>
> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just over
> 1Mbps.
>
> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
> crashing because it was so slow."
>
> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to more
> than 11Mbps.
>
> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>
> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>
> ----- End Quote -----
>
> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days" to
> arrive?

I think it's interesting that when we discuss broadband we talk in terms
of speed, is it fast or slow. But really, the 11Mbs broadband in the
story is just as fast as 56k dialup.

Do the signals not travel at the speed of light in both cases?

Martin Jay wrote:
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>
> ----- Begin Quote -----
>
> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
> part in the Cornwall trial.
>
> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just
> over 1Mbps.
>
> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
> crashing because it was so slow."
>
> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to
> more than 11Mbps.
>
> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>
> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>
> ----- End Quote -----
>
> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
> to arrive?
No.

Deux wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:27:50 +0000, Martin Jay wrote:
>
>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>>
>> ----- Begin Quote -----
>>
>> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
>> part in the Cornwall trial.
>>
>> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just over
>> 1Mbps.
>>
>> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
>> crashing because it was so slow."
>>
>> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to more
>> than 11Mbps.
>>
>> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>>
>> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
>> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
>> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>>
>> ----- End Quote -----
>>
>> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days" to
>> arrive?
>
> I think it's interesting that when we discuss broadband we talk in terms
> of speed, is it fast or slow. But really, the 11Mbs broadband in the
> story is just as fast as 56k dialup.
>
> Do the signals not travel at the speed of light in both cases?
>
>
No.

On 06/12/2011 14:27, Martin Jay wrote:
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>
> ----- Begin Quote -----
>
> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
> part in the Cornwall trial.
>
> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just
> over 1Mbps.
>
> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
> crashing because it was so slow."
>
> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to
> more than 11Mbps.
>
> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>
> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>
> ----- End Quote -----
>
> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
> to arrive?

It may appear to cause a 'crash' in the uninitiated if Firefox brings up
a timeout error.

I heard more on this Hayley on the radio on the way home from work and
it appears she works from home. Why on earth does she need to watch
youTube and upload photos to Facebook for her job?

chris wrote:

>
> I heard more on this Hayley on the radio on the way home from work and
> it appears she works from home. Why on earth does she need to watch
> youTube and upload photos to Facebook for her job?

Do you REALLY want me to suggest an answer to that question?

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:57:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Deux wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:27:50 +0000, Martin Jay wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>>>
>>> ----- Begin Quote -----
>>>
>>> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
>>> part in the Cornwall trial.
>>>
>>> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just
>>> over 1Mbps.
>>>
>>> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
>>> crashing because it was so slow."
>>>
>>> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to
>>> more than 11Mbps.
>>>
>>> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>>>
>>> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
>>> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
>>> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>>>
>>> ----- End Quote -----
>>>
>>> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
>>> to arrive?
>>
>> I think it's interesting that when we discuss broadband we talk in
>> terms of speed, is it fast or slow. But really, the 11Mbs broadband in
>> the story is just as fast as 56k dialup.
>>
>> Do the signals not travel at the speed of light in both cases?
>>
>>
> No.

Thanks for your input but as you haven't provided any sort of argument
I'll assume you're ignorant.

Deux wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:57:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Deux wrote:
>>> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:27:50 +0000, Martin Jay wrote:
>>>
>>>> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16038102>:
>>>>
>>>> ----- Begin Quote -----
>>>>
>>>> Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Gaffney is one of around 200 people taking
>>>> part in the Cornwall trial.
>>>>
>>>> Until she got the 4G broadband she was only getting speeds of just
>>>> over 1Mbps.
>>>>
>>>> "The internet was an absolute nightmare," she says. "It just kept
>>>> crashing because it was so slow."
>>>>
>>>> However, since joining the trial her broadband speed has jumped to
>>>> more than 11Mbps.
>>>>
>>>> "The internet really is amazing to what it was before," says Hayley.
>>>>
>>>> "It was things like watching YouTube, uploading photos onto Facebook,
>>>> just uploading the news feed on Facebook, getting my emails without
>>>> getting them a few days later. Before it was so slow."
>>>>
>>>> ----- End Quote -----
>>>>
>>>> Does sluggish broadband cause crashes and email to take "a few days"
>>>> to arrive?
>>> I think it's interesting that when we discuss broadband we talk in
>>> terms of speed, is it fast or slow. But really, the 11Mbs broadband in
>>> the story is just as fast as 56k dialup.
>>>
>>> Do the signals not travel at the speed of light in both cases?
>>>
>>>
>> No.
>
> Thanks for your input but as you haven't provided any sort of argument
> I'll assume you're ignorant.
>
No, just terse.

The SIGNAL travels well below the speed of the carrier medium in the
same way a wave does NOT travel at the speed of spun in water.

A SIGNAL is information and in particular a quantity of information.

It was demostarted some years ago that a Boeing 747 full of DVDS was
faster than the internet to the USA *for that amount of data..*

And light and electricity do not travel at the speed of light in vacuuo
in all media, and the signals on them travel a lot slower

On 06/12/2011 20:21, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> chris wrote:
>
>>
>> I heard more on this Hayley on the radio on the way home from work and
>> it appears she works from home. Why on earth does she need to watch
>> youTube and upload photos to Facebook for her job?
>
> Do you REALLY want me to suggest an answer to that question?

Not really. It was kind of rhetorical.