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Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds (www.pcworld.com)
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Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds::Comcast says Xfinity offers 10G home internet, but the term "10G" is hazy and potentially misleading—especially because it has no relation to 5G for cell phones.

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[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In what world are people getting that kind of speed on 5G? In like a lab with perfect conditions and non-consumer equipment?

It's right in your quote: "Peak theoretical throughput on an uncongested 5G network"

It's the theoretical limit of the technology, not real-world numbers.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Theoretical limit is actually 70 Gbps which is even more laughable.

Honestly this article is for the less tech savvy, which I doubt much, if any, of the current Lemmy user base qualify as. It's not a horrible one as far as that goes.