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		u678u on March 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Senators call on FCC to raise broadband definit... That doesn't sound right. 1080p60 should only take about 10 Mbps. Gaming should not require much signal. 4k video does take more.

bombcar on March 4, 2021 [–]

Speed is confused for latency - many connections aren't well handled and so if you get close to saturating the connection latency goes to hell - because the ACKs can't get through fast enough.

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