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> Generally when accessing things abroad or somewhat far away the throughput will drop to 150-500Mb/s.

Isn't that usually caused by TCP and bandwith-delay product and not the connection itself?



A combination of that and congestion on transit providers, I think.

The biggest issue with a really fast connection is that your wireless becomes the bottleneck, even if you buy really expensive gear.


wireless and fiber? that's like putting ice cubes in wine


Sure is, but it's kind of impractical to always have a wire connected to your laptop. Sort of defeats the purpose of a portable computer.




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