Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds::Comcast says Xfinity offers 10G home internet, but the term “10G” is hazy and potentially misleading—especially because it has no relation to 5G for cell phones.

  • InvaderDJ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s contentious because it is intentionally confusing and doesn’t need to be.

    They can just call it DOCSIS 4.0 and tell their actual speeds. It’s not like they need to hide it. Comcast and other cable providers are finally getting multi gig speeds and their piss poor upload speeds are being raised. Meanwhile fiber providers like Verizon FIOS have yet to roll out consumer multgig outside of NYC and still don’t have IPV6 available everywhere.

    • whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      How is it intentionally confusing?

      Providers have been using G for speeds for a long time. Just because the media became obsessed with 5G for some reason, which uses G for Gen, doesn’t mean the other use of G became intentionally confusing.

      They can just call it DOCSIS 4.0

      And nobody, including myself will know what it means without searching. The actual speed is 10G. As in 10gbps.