corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoT-Mobile Will Shield You from Internet Outages for $30 a Monthwww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up174
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minus-squarepineapple_pizza@lemmy.dexlit.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoSo I have T-Mobile in a major city. Whenever my ISP goes down, my normally fast 5G slows to a crawl due to the increased load. So it seems like when you need this the most is when youd get the worst performance.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoI live in the middle of nowhere up a gigantic mountain with gigabit fibre and have literally never once had an internet outage WTF is happening in the US that makes outages common?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWe get an outage every month or so, I blame construction, but I honestly don’t know.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s common for that user, not the US.
So I have T-Mobile in a major city. Whenever my ISP goes down, my normally fast 5G slows to a crawl due to the increased load. So it seems like when you need this the most is when youd get the worst performance.
I live in the middle of nowhere up a gigantic mountain with gigabit fibre and have literally never once had an internet outage
WTF is happening in the US that makes outages common?
We get an outage every month or so, I blame construction, but I honestly don’t know.
It’s common for that user, not the US.