I haven't been able to get cable modem at my condo for the past year since SBC had signed some exclusive deal with the complex where nobody in the complex could get internet service from anyone else. Luckily, the contract was voided a month ago, and Comcast began to wire in their service here. Woohoo, finally I can watch videos on youtube without having to wait!
In order to lure in new customers, the Comcast sales rep are here this afternoon at the clubhouse to take in orders.
While I was there, this nerdy looking guy (he kinda looked like Jim Carrey from dumb and dumber) asked this sales rep lady a question: "Do you have someone technical here who can answer about bandwidth and latency?" The lady turned around and said "I'm not sure, but there are definitely technicians here who can answer your questions."
Since I had done some research the night before, I went ahead and told the guy that downstream would be 6Mbps and upstream would be 386kbps, and that is much better than our current DSL (386k upstream and 386k downstream).
Then... He asked the inprobable question: "What about the latency?"
WTF dude. Latency to what? Google? Your favorite porn site? The comcast backbone? Who the HELL cares. Do you really think you will get anything more than 30ms to your backbone? What are you, a die hard counter strike player who sucks so much to the point where you need 10ms less latency to shoot some dude in the head while you're camping? All I care about is the ability to watch streaming videos online and download tv shows at lightning speed! PERIOD!
Ok I'm done ranting. I'm looking forward to welcoming the comcast technician in the next hour with a wonderful can of Coca Cola.
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