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Originally Posted by HarryT
The key word there is "congested". Congestion causes latency issues and it's high latency, not slow speeds, that are the cause of constant stopping and starting while streaming. This is particularly true for cable Internet.
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I understand your argument, and agree to an extent, but the fact is that 20Mbps really isn't that fast if you consider that there will always be a certain amount of latency and other factors relating to things like infrastructure, provider company reliability, equipment used, etc. When you take all that into account, 20Mbps can actually be under the minimum limit of what one needs for RELIABLE internet speed/service, especially when streaming. What works for one person in their location can be a total failure for another person in a different location and set of circumstances. A broad statement that 20Mbps is all you need for reliable streaming, implication being that "you" is taken as universal, is not an accurate statement IMO. It probably is enough in many, possibly even most, cases, but certainly not all cases, not by any means. There are a lot of people living in extremely high population areas, especially in large urban cities that can have issues with 20Mbps.