What is latency (and why does it matter)?

With households using the internet more and more for things like education, work, video games, and movies, it’s good to know about one of the key contributors that can affect your experience: latency.

In this short video, we'll define latency, discuss why it matters, and see when it has the greatest impact.

To learn more about Quantum Fiber, visit Q.com.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro to latency
00:14 Bandwidth vs. latency
00:34 What increases latency?
00:53 Quantum Fiber

[GoatMeal]

Just got this installed and ping shoots up to 1000 ms every 10 seconds on all devices. dog sh**

[Jwebbplayz]

Just got fiber installed yesterday. I was with Comcast & XB7 gateway was in basement so house was wireless. Was around 32 to 40ms on ping. Not bad.
With this new system I see 16ms to 38 ish but with online gaming “wireless” we see frame freezes now and I know it’s not cause the speed, it’s because there’s to much bloatware or algorithms running in the terminal & this is with terminal in basement with. Pod connected upstairs… I’m seeing the same speed wireless as I did with Comcast. 300mbs on a wireless device. This internet is pretty much made to be hardwired on everything, that’s when you experience its purpose .