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Ask Slashdot: What Is an Acceptable Broadband Latency?

Posted by timothy on from the insert-rant-about-3g-dongle-speeds dept.

holmedog writes "A simple question with a lot of answers (I hope). I recently had issues with my DSL broadband at home, and after a month of no resolution, I was told 300ms latency (to their test servers) was the acceptable range for Centurylink 10.0Mbps. This got a shocked reaction out of me to say the least. I would think anything over 125ms to be in the unacceptable range. So, I have come to you to ask: What do you consider to be acceptable broadband latency and why?"

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  1. Latency by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First pos... Dammit!

  2. Nothing but the best for me. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there isn't a perfectly linear tube filled(emptied?) with hard vacuum between their GBIC and my GBIC, providing the lowest possible roundtrip time(that fiber crap can slow your photons by 30-50%), the connection isn't good enough.

    1. Re:Nothing but the best for me. by Sarten-X · · Score: 4, Funny

      Denon makes one of those, I think, and for only a few thousand dollars more it can include a high-speed copper track to provide a stable surface the electrons can travel on.

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      You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
  3. Re:300 Acceptable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pinging DamonHD [794830] with 32 bytes of data:

    Rgds
    Damon
    Rgds
    Damon

  4. Re:Latency by owenferguson · · Score: 0, Funny

    Statistical whore? 83.45% of the time, that's the best type of whore to be!