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Starbucks and other public hot-spots question.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:00 pm
Does anybody ever use these places, how is the connection? Is it slow because of a large number of users?
Also do they put any sort of blocks on the internet searches or what web sites you can visit?
Thanks.
Also do they put any sort of blocks on the internet searches or what web sites you can visit?
Thanks.
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Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:02 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
I've used star ucks and I had to reconnect every 15 minutes because of them. Not horrible but a pain in the arse
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:03 pm to tduecen
That's all I needed to hear, thanks I think i will need to pursue other options.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:05 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Depends on what time of the day you are going. It can be pretty speedy if it's not crowded.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:07 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Have any Panera Bread's near you? The ones here have wifi and a lot of my teacher friends will meet with other teachers there because it's usually pretty reliable.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:09 pm to BluegrassBelle
I'll look into that, thanks.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:12 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
quote:
Does anybody ever use these places, how is the connection?
Used to all the time. Never had a problem tbh.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 8:15 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Starbucks always works fine for me. McDonald's has good Wifi if you're in a good part of town where someone won't kill you for your laptop.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 8:53 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Lowe's has wifi and it's on a 2 hour timer.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 9:25 pm to Gator5220
Most non-industrial wifi access points are built for 10-15 devices with a double radio and it only has a certain amount of throughput that can be shared on a hub like (half speed) connection.
So... For example
So if Starbucks has a 20 Mbps connection and has one Wireless AP you and 20 other devices are on that you are all completing at half speed for a small portion of that 20 MBps. Also interestingly if one device operates at a lower end wifi capability (I.e. iPhone 3GS that only is 802.11b/g capable) that brings down the entire speed that anybody can connect on.
So... For example
So if Starbucks has a 20 Mbps connection and has one Wireless AP you and 20 other devices are on that you are all completing at half speed for a small portion of that 20 MBps. Also interestingly if one device operates at a lower end wifi capability (I.e. iPhone 3GS that only is 802.11b/g capable) that brings down the entire speed that anybody can connect on.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:09 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
The free connection at McDonalds in usually pretty good.
Starbucks is always ridiculously slow, but they are in the process of transitioning from AT&T to Google, so it should get much faster.
Starbucks is always ridiculously slow, but they are in the process of transitioning from AT&T to Google, so it should get much faster.
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