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Comcast is rolling out 'ultra-low lag' tech that could fix the internet
Your FaceTime calls might be about to get better.
Comcast is officially starting to roll out the “pioneering new, ultra-low lag connectivity experience” to cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Philadelphia, Rockville (in Maryland), and San Francisco. As Mitchell explains, it can’t bend the laws of physics to make data travel faster than the speed of light, but it can reduce the extra delays in the middle that have been slowing your connections down. While the bandwidth upgrades we’ve seen over the years from dial-up to broadband have increased the amount of information transmitted, this change will actually make the internet feel faster for once.
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