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Pat MacKnife said:
Ping depends which technology used, like Fiber, cable or copper etc . . .i don't think it depends on which DNS server you use.
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Ping depends on type of technology and the quality of the ISP network you use. You could use fiber and still have high ping if your ISP has bad routing.

Also, I never mentioned DNS. I said I'm connected to Cloudflare Zurich which makes my ping higher, download speeds lower than what I usually have. Here is the perfect example what I mean.

Result from Cloudflare's speed test:

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Result from nPerf:

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Still chugging along and doing great with this. Spectrum's cable internet has always been the most stable for me. I'm using an ASUS RT-BE3600 router, which has also been stable and glitch free :)

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Still chugging along and doing great with this. Spectrum's cable internet has always been the most stable for me. I'm using an ASUS RT-BE3600 router, which has also been stable and glitch free :)

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Happens to me. There's one ISP that offers 300Mbps for the same money others offer 1Gbps or more, but the first one is the most stable even with Wi-Fi, while the others usually suck when not connected wired mode, sometimes even suck when connected. At the end of the day, I don't even download that much stuff lol.
 
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Marko :) said:
The router is definitely overkill for this connection. 😅
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Yes, but it works great for the 3 Echo's I have scattered around the house connected the 2.4 GHz signal (as well as the downstairs desktop PC) and my laptops to the 5 GHz signal, and the Roku Ultra that is connected via Ethernet cable to the TV :) Playing around to create a 6 GHz or 7 signal, is where it would be overkill, it wouldn't matter :)

As well with it including Trend Micro AiProtection.
 
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Yes, but it works great for the 3 Echo's I have scattered around the house...
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Out of curiosity, what do you use Echo's for? Do you really talk to Alexa? My European mindset cannot comprehend that someone has spy device at their home.
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...connected the 2.4 GHz signal (as well as the downstairs desktop PC) and my laptops to the 5 GHz signal, and the Roku Ultra that is connected via Ethernet cable to the TV :) Playing around to create a 6 GHz or 7 signal, is where it would be overkill, it wouldn't matter :)
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Meanwhile I struggle to get 2.4 GHz three walls away. 😂
 
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Marko :) said:
Out of curiosity, what do you use Echo's for? Do you really talk to Alexa? My European mindset cannot comprehend that someone has spy device at their home.

Meanwhile I struggle to get 2.4 GHz three walls away. 😂
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I ask her about the temperatures, forecasts, set timers, who directed that movie, play some of my Spotify playlists (for background music) etc. Impromptu questions without having to get on the laptop. (I don't use my smartphone for stuff like that)

The bigger Echo does sound pretty good. And I do love her sexy British voice..LOL. I didn't and won't upgrade to Prime to get the better AI version, this does all I want it to do:)
 
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Our speed over here is a bit unconventional perhaps.
Like, my raw internet speed is 100 Mbps. That's what I pay for, and that's my default download speed, but we get extra speed on Google services like YouTube, Google Drive, PlayStore, anything that uses Cloudflare, like Cloudflare CDN as well as NetFlix, Facebook, and most servers that are hosted within this country.
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