i think mad needs an oxford comma! 
not yet, mad! but i might get beeped tomorrowG'mornin, snails...
A bit brrr this morning. Don't forget to check your tire pressures.![]()
Hey Tibs?
How come Oktoberfest starts in September?

Maybe same reason Christmas started here in August? Tibs: WEGMAN'SHey Tibs?
How come Oktoberfest starts in September?
OK. (no jokes, Bear, I'm just using terms here that are actually common lingo, so spare meOh, Mr. @AttyPops ... tell me, tell me do...
Why do I see THIS:
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But my new "smart"phone says the house wi-fi is at 75Mb/s ???
(I'll have to be sure there is not a "." before the 75... .75 sounds more
reasonable.)

money, naturally!Hey Tibs?
How come Oktoberfest starts in September?
I didn't do a test... I'm just looking at the wi-fi connection details for theahem - the smart phone download test does not represent wifi but the actual connection speed. or did you really put your phone in wifi mode to run the test, bear?![]()
Right. Because your local WIFI is one network, the internet is ANOTHER network. Your effective rate when testing internet speed is the SLOWER of the two.I'm ASSuming that means the phone
is getting 75 out of the router. Yet only getting 2.5 via internet cable.
So... the 74 or 75 is the router's capability?... but the ISP is crap? (KindaRight. Because your local WIFI is one network, the internet is ANOTHER network. Your effective rate when testing internet speed is the SLOWER of the two.
Factoid: that's where the term ROUTER comes from, it's routing information between the two networks.Your local stuff stays local, the internet stuff stays away from you EXCEPT for what you ask for, or who asks for you (and there's firewalls and filtering and stuffis).
The WIFI network's capability. If you plug in directly via a wire (ethernet), you'd get either max 100 Mb/s or max 1000 Mb/s (probably 1000 max). That's still on the LOCAL (house) network.So... the 74 or 75 is the router's capability?... but the ISP is crap? (Kinda
knew THAT for years... the ISP thing.)
yup!So... the 74 or 75 is the router's capability?... but the ISP is crap? (Kinda
knew THAT for years... the ISP thing.)