On 2026-04-04 3:55 p.m., rbowman wrote:
On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 07:50:32 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
I always figured that my having an iPhone was going to make it difficult >>> to transfer things to the PC, but it's actually easier than it was with
my Android phones in the past. Once you get the Apple software, the
process is incredibly easy.
I plug my Samsung Android phone into the computer's USB port where it's
seen as a mass storage device. Incredibly difficult. The same goes for all >> my mp3 players except the iPod Shuffle that needed hideous iTunes software >> to transfer anything.
The reason it is easier with the iPhone over the Android is because it
can differentiate the content being transferred and where it should go whereas with the mass storage device option, you have to select and
transfer manually. It's not that hard, but you can imagine why it would
be cumbersome for some users.
On 2026-04-04 9:16 p.m., chrisv wrote:
CrudeSausage wrote:
I've _never_ needed more speed
than what 4G offers, so I'm quite happy to revert to a technology which
works better.
Has anyone ever needed what 5G offers? Maybe 0.01% of users, maybe.
If you're streaming 4k video to your phone, you might need 5G. Of
course, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 720p and 4k
on a small screen like that anyway, but people love to create their own needs and would insist that the resolution be higher.
On 2026-04-05, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-04 9:16 p.m., chrisv wrote:
CrudeSausage wrote:
I've _never_ needed more speed
than what 4G offers, so I'm quite happy to revert to a technology which >>>> works better.
Has anyone ever needed what 5G offers? Maybe 0.01% of users, maybe.
If you're streaming 4k video to your phone, you might need 5G. Of
course, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 720p and 4k
on a small screen like that anyway, but people love to create their own
needs and would insist that the resolution be higher.
It's kind of like "needing" 10 GBps Internet.
On 2026-04-06 10:17 a.m., RonB wrote:
On 2026-04-05, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-04 9:16 p.m., chrisv wrote:
CrudeSausage wrote:
I've _never_ needed more speed
than what 4G offers, so I'm quite happy to revert to a technology which >>>>> works better.
Has anyone ever needed what 5G offers? Maybe 0.01% of users, maybe.
If you're streaming 4k video to your phone, you might need 5G. Of
course, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 720p and 4k
on a small screen like that anyway, but people love to create their own
needs and would insist that the resolution be higher.
It's kind of like "needing" 10 GBps Internet.
I'm not sure if it's still the case, but the only way you can even get
the 10Gbps is by connecting directly to the router and having the
necessary port on your computer. I'm sure there are some computers
shipping with a 10gbps Ethernet port, but I don't have one.
On 2026-04-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-06 10:17 a.m., RonB wrote:
On 2026-04-05, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-04 9:16 p.m., chrisv wrote:
CrudeSausage wrote:
I've _never_ needed more speed
than what 4G offers, so I'm quite happy to revert to a technology which >>>>> works better.
Has anyone ever needed what 5G offers? Maybe 0.01% of users, maybe.
If you're streaming 4k video to your phone, you might need 5G. Of
course, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 720p and 4k >>> on a small screen like that anyway, but people love to create their own >>> needs and would insist that the resolution be higher.
It's kind of like "needing" 10 GBps Internet.
I'm not sure if it's still the case, but the only way you can even get
the 10Gbps is by connecting directly to the router and having the necessary port on your computer. I'm sure there are some computers shipping with a 10gbps Ethernet port, but I don't have one.
Yeah. I've never looked into this because there is no way I would ever need 10 GBps Internet. But I have wondered what kind of wiring, routers and network cards would be required.
At Thu, 9 Apr 2026 05:19:47 -0000 (UTC), RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-06 10:17 a.m., RonB wrote:
On 2026-04-05, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-04-04 9:16 p.m., chrisv wrote:
CrudeSausage wrote:
I've _never_ needed more speed
than what 4G offers, so I'm quite happy to revert to a technology which
works better.
Has anyone ever needed what 5G offers? Maybe 0.01% of users, maybe.
If you're streaming 4k video to your phone, you might need 5G. Of
course, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 720p and 4k >> >>> on a small screen like that anyway, but people love to create their own >> >>> needs and would insist that the resolution be higher.
It's kind of like "needing" 10 GBps Internet.
I'm not sure if it's still the case, but the only way you can even get
the 10Gbps is by connecting directly to the router and having the
necessary port on your computer. I'm sure there are some computers
shipping with a 10gbps Ethernet port, but I don't have one.
Yeah. I've never looked into this because there is no way I would ever need >> 10 GBps Internet. But I have wondered what kind of wiring, routers and
network cards would be required.
I have 10Gbit/s fiber Internet. I liked the ISP so much
I co-founded it. ;)
We're using *pon -- passive optical network -- to deliver the service
to a neighborhood, with a special cable that splits the
fiber into individual subscriber pigtails, which go to the houses.
I upload video to YouTube like greased snail snot. Same goes for
installing a game with Steam -- it takes seconds or minutes to
download, not hours.
I gave a brown-bag lunch talk at HP when they were still HP,
and explained our philosophy of "no caps" and letting
the customer go as fast as they can on their connection: it's
not the availability of broadband that drives bandwidth usage,
but applications. With people uploading their videos to social
media nowadays, a 10Gbit/s _symmetric_ connection is highly
desirable.
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