[Elecraft] OT: Fixing Slow Internet

[Ray Sills]

Indeed… why not use wireless?  Turns out, my wireless connection (compared to wired ethernet) is -faster-!   And, when I’m at my 4-land QTH, my only internet service is via an Xfinity hot spot, which I can purchase by the hour, day, week, or month, as needed.  The only aspect about that service is that it is enabled on a single device, so we use my wife’s laptop whilst there.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211


> On Dec 7, 2016, at 9:32 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> On Wed,12/7/2016 6:15 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
>> I will not use wireless.
> 
> Why not? I use nothing but, and it's plenty fast enough for us to stream video. There is noise associated with wired Ethernet. While choking the Ethernet cable can knock it down, not always completely.
> 
> As to telephone cable -- CAT5 and other structured cable is excellent for use in telephone wiring, and has far better bandwidth than almost anything else that could be used. Certainly better than standard Telco pairs. The fact that it's very good twisted pair also helps it resist RF and noise coupling.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
>