Raccoonn@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoEthernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squarecerevant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up108arrow-down2·8 months ago“Hey dad, the WiFi in my dorm room keeps cutting out” “Have you gotten your Ethernet hooked up yet?” “Hey dad, when I try to stream TV, it keeps buffering” “Have you gotten your Ethernet hooked up yet?” Someday they’ll get it.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down6·8 months agoTo be fair, a decent WiFi setup shouldn’t do that either.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·8 months agoThere are no decent WiFi setups in college dorms.
“Hey dad, the WiFi in my dorm room keeps cutting out”
“Have you gotten your Ethernet hooked up yet?”
“Hey dad, when I try to stream TV, it keeps buffering”
“Have you gotten your Ethernet hooked up yet?”
Someday they’ll get it.
To be fair, a decent WiFi setup shouldn’t do that either.
There are no decent WiFi setups in college dorms.
Key word, shouldn’t