I thought (briefly) about applying QoS, but I live alone so if anything starts competing for bandwidth it must have been me who started it, so it’s up to me to stop it
Speed tests- afaik tbb use exclusively their own servers. Partly so that, if something goes wrong, they know they can fix it and partly because of Seb’s (self-confessed) paranoia about security. If he could find a way to block all external connections whilst maintaining internet access, he would
. And as for Ookla-based tests… they’re good for bragging rights but useless for anything diagnostic, they discard nearly half the data-
Ookla methodology.
The congestion I’m getting is more than it really should be, but not enough to cause problems. I suppose I could ask for a backhaul change, but considering the alternatives I’d rather stick with the devil I know
(For the moment anyway.)
On a more general note, I think the increasing affordability of 4K smart TVs is going to give some ISPs (no names...) real problems with the amount of bandwidth/customer they provision…
I did Notice that Zen have quite a few area codes being worked on
Have you got the link for that, sounds useful?