ovirt001 t1_j1a1ubv wrote on December 22, 2022 at 7:45 PM

With an asterisk - "broadband" is defined as 25mbps down and 3mbps up. Thanks to this a lot of cellular connections are counted (which are absolutely not a replacement for landlines).

A_Harmless_Fly t1_j1ats63 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:55 PM

TIL I don't even have broadband. 16~14 down and 1~1.5 up.

MpVpRb t1_j1bur8u wrote on December 23, 2022 at 3:39 AM

>which are absolutely not a replacement for landlines

YES!!! This is true

KingsMountain t1_j1d6q7y wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:51 PM

Why not? I switched from Att DSL to T Mobile Home Internet and am very happy

V-Right_In_2-V t1_j1duz2v wrote on December 23, 2022 at 4:05 PM

I was hoping to make that same switch but it didn’t work out for me. The speeds were terrible. I have a buddy who lives in a remote area in the mountains but he is right next to a tower and it works flawlessly for him. I live in the city and I guess stupid nimbies don’t look seeing towers here, so it’s terrible where I live

Aqualung812 t1_j1eeejt wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Because all wireless Internet technologies, including Starlink, have a very finite amount of shared bandwidth.

You likely are happy switching from DSL to T-Mobile 5G or even LTE, but if everyone around you did the same, you'd be back to DSL speeds.

Fiber to the home is the only solution that doesn't have shared bandwidth and fast speeds.