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MpVpRb t1_j1bur8u wrote

Reply to comment by ovirt001 in US home broadband penetration reaches 90% – study by Sorin61

>which are absolutely not a replacement for landlines

YES!!! This is true

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KingsMountain t1_j1d6q7y wrote

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

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V-Right_In_2-V t1_j1duz2v wrote

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

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Aqualung812 t1_j1eeejt wrote

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.

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