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Originally Posted by jrref
Great information but I just want to note that although your problem was WiFi related if you are on a cable system, since it's shared with everyone in you area, at peak times you could get some buffering. The cable companies are not upgrading the cable infrastructure so as more people stream, buffering is more of a concern. That said, if you can get fiber internet, that will solve the buffering problem because it's a dedicated system.
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Do you have any numbers for the buffering on cable systems you keep referring to? Mathematically possible, yes, but has it actually become noticeable to the user?
Also, at some point fiber systems are also shared. Yes, that point may be farther from your house and the shared bandwidth might be a larger number but it is still shared.
It would be interesting to see the provisioned rates versus the experienced rates for both cable and fiber in a typical suburban area.
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