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intense.ego
January 9th, 2008, 11:41 PM
I was just curious as to what your internet connections are like. I live in London and have a 24mbps connection for £18 a month ($35). I am happy with it because there is not download limit whatsoever and no throttling either.

gn2
January 10th, 2008, 01:04 AM
But you live in London = YUCK!

I'll stick with my rural 7meg ta!

-grubby
January 10th, 2008, 01:12 AM
you guys seem to have such fast internet connections.
Mine is "only"' 1.5 megs down and 512k up (though i only get about 256K :()
Overall i would say that it's fast enough to suit my needs

Joeb454
January 10th, 2008, 01:14 AM
Well to you english guys up top - BT Total Broadband's highest option...and it's free :D My dad works for BT :p

And to anybody else, that currently works out at an 8Mbps down and 512kbps up...actually getting what's advertised is amazing in the UK...but that is luckily what I get :)

inversekinetix
January 10th, 2008, 01:23 AM
very very very fast. 4,000yen a month (about US$45 UK £18)

max speed ever down was 60MB/s
max up 22MB/s

I regularly get movies (7-800MB) in 5 mins.

No Cap No Throttle.

hhhhhx
January 10th, 2008, 01:43 AM
very very very fast. 4,000yen a month (about US$45 UK £18)

max speed ever down was 60MB/s
max up 22MB/s

I regularly get movies (7-800MB) in 5 mins.

No Cap No Throttle.


I'M moving to Japan :)

iPower
January 10th, 2008, 03:10 AM
10Mbit up and down $25 no limit and no isp firewall :popcorn:

i can get 100Mbit up and down if i want to ^_^

Shazaam
January 10th, 2008, 04:33 AM
*almost hides head in shame*
56k dialup. :(
Don't laugh it's $9.95US/mo.

hellion0
January 10th, 2008, 04:35 AM
At the moment, 5Mbps down/512kbps up, $50/month. No usage/speed caps.

I'm moving soon, though. Then I get to mooch off my girlfriend's connection for a few months.

bufsabre666
January 10th, 2008, 04:37 AM
4g down, 384k up

29.99 a month

fios is coming in july though =)

fedex1993
January 10th, 2008, 05:18 AM
Well since nothing else is availble where i live ecept satilite or dsl. So i chose Att Dsl buisness at home. about 7368kps and 768kps up which is only about 30 bucks which is pretty good for the price. once i get more options i am going to get an nice interent connection like my old house

zero-9376
January 10th, 2008, 05:26 AM
im in queensland australia and paying $50AUD/month for 512k with a limit of 30GB (15peak/15offpeak). i recently tried to find a budget plan for a friend and the best i could find was $30, 256k and 20gb. dsl pricing in australia is ridiculous!!!

Papi-KB7VGW
January 10th, 2008, 06:14 AM
My dsl here is Portland, Oregon is $40.00 mo US and runs 768K down and probably <512K up. I must say that since Verizon upgraded me to a type ll modem, my download has been better at 930K - 1M.

-grubby
January 10th, 2008, 06:42 AM
My dsl here is Portland, Oregon is $40.00 mo US and runs 768K down and probably <512K up. I must say that since Verizon upgraded me to a type ll modem, my download has been better at 930K - 1M.

that sounds expensive to me. For that price (I currently pay $30 a month, or at least my parents do :)) I could get 6 megs down and 1.5 megs up

santiagoward2000
January 10th, 2008, 06:46 AM
:( I only have a 512kbps connection and it costs $120 (about U$S40)... that's what I get for living in the middle of the woods :lolflag:

gupta_sumesh63
January 10th, 2008, 07:06 AM
Here in India I have 256kbp dn and 128k up and pay about $15US per month. Max limit is 150MB per day with no limit from 10.00 p.m to 8.00 a.m.

Lostincyberspace
January 10th, 2008, 08:26 PM
that sounds expensive to me. For that price (I currently pay $30 a month, or at least my parents do :)) I could get 6 megs down and 1.5 megs up
That sounds expensive to me. I currently pay $15.99 a month and get 50+ megs down and 50+ megs up

inversekinetix
January 11th, 2008, 01:44 AM
That sounds expensive to me. I currently pay $15.99 a month and get 50+ megs down and 50+ megs up

50Mb or 50 MB? whats your ISP?

days_of_ruin
January 11th, 2008, 03:49 AM
dial-up:(

Lostincyberspace
January 11th, 2008, 04:18 AM
50Mb or 50 MB? whats your ISP?
50 Mb like every one else. and by the way right now it is a promotional offer but it is with mstar, over a fiber optic network. I could get a gigabit though. for about 100 a month or so I think. Cant remember right now.

CCNA_student
January 11th, 2008, 04:35 AM
My internet connection is 1.544Mbps download, 128kbps upload, with no limits on downloads for about 20$ a month.

Seguaro
January 11th, 2008, 04:58 AM
My service is throttled at 8 Mbps down with bursts of up to 15 Mbps and 768 Kbps up and no daily limits for about $70.00 USD a month.

bomanizer
January 11th, 2008, 05:01 AM
I've got 1mb/s up and 1mb/s down and in reality it is more like 100/100kb/s. My wireless router goes all the way to 54mb/s, so that's not the bottleneck. I can't remember the exact amount we pay, but it's somewhere in 15-20€/month.

BlueSkyNIS
January 11th, 2008, 05:01 AM
My connection is 512k down and 64k up no limit :-[ here in Serbia. 18 euro per month :-(

Jolly-Swagman
January 11th, 2008, 05:12 AM
im in queensland australia and paying $50AUD/month for 512k with a limit of 30GB (15peak/15offpeak). i recently tried to find a budget plan for a friend and the best i could find was $30, 256k and 20gb. dsl pricing in australia is ridiculous!!!

You need to take a look see at AAPT for what you are paying/month you could get faster 1.5MB down for less

xgary
January 11th, 2008, 06:03 AM
1M connection
100k download limit
$11/mo
:(

Famicommander
January 11th, 2008, 07:53 AM
This is my laptop:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/214103972.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
My wired PC connection is much faster.

Amstell
January 11th, 2008, 08:24 AM
very very very fast. 4,000yen a month (about US$45 UK £18)

max speed ever down was 60MB/s
max up 22MB/s

I regularly get movies (7-800MB) in 5 mins.

No Cap No Throttle.

I miss the connections of Japan. So fast and reliable. I have a 10mb pipe in my house so not complaining to much but do have to share it so that sucks. $15 a month. I won't complain.

oomingmak
January 11th, 2008, 08:05 PM
I'm in England.

My ISP connection is 16Mbit down and 1Mbit up, unlimited usage (no caps or throttling / traffic shaping). Contention is 20:1

It costs £24.99 per month inc. VAT (~$50.00 USD)

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 02:49 AM
I forgot to mention that I have 1.3mbps up. Anyone in England who is unhappy with their connection should look at BE* (bethere.co.uk). They are reliable and cheap for the speeds they provide. Don't forget however, that you are not really going to get the advertised speed.


1M connection
100k download limit
$11/mo
:(

Do you mean 100gb download limit because 100k is way too little.


I've got 1mb/s up and 1mb/s down and in reality it is more like 100/100kb/s. My wireless router goes all the way to 54mb/s, so that's not the bottleneck. I can't remember the exact amount we pay, but it's somewhere in 15-20€/month.

I thought 100/100mb/s speeds were available at that price in Finland?

faraaz
January 13th, 2008, 02:54 AM
http://www.speedtest.net/result/221568179.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

10000 Kbps for 65 CHF a month...

Sunflower1970
January 13th, 2008, 05:49 AM
Images is of my laptop speed. Desktop is faster, though...

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=56253&d=1200199614






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TeaSwigger
January 13th, 2008, 06:14 AM
Incoming: 1536 kbps
Outgoing: 384 kbps

AT&T's DSL service for $19.95 (which I thought was a great value until I read about their wavering respect for my privacy).

xArv3nx
January 13th, 2008, 06:19 AM
Horrible.

During daytime, it goes down to 30-40kb/s. (Max is 160kb/s) Paying approximately 30-40 bucks a month for it.

Faster than dialup my ***.

gn2
January 13th, 2008, 11:41 AM
Anyone in England who is unhappy with their connection should look at BE* (bethere.co.uk).

Not available everywhere in the UK though, only at cherrypicked exchanges. :-(

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 11:58 AM
But they are expanding so hopefully it will be more widely available.

To all the Americans, why is is that there is such a disparity with speeds and prices with your connection?

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 12:22 PM
But you live in London = YUCK!

I'll stick with my rural 7meg ta!

Here you......what does that say aboot us Landeners doon here:lolflag:


Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:02:48 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 471 ms = 2174.1 KB/sec, approx 17915 Kbps, 17.5 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 469 ms = 2183.4 KB/sec, approx 17991 Kbps, 17.57 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 432 ms = 2370.4 KB/sec, approx 19532 Kbps, 19.07 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 876 ms = 2337.9 KB/sec, approx 19264 Kbps, 18.81 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 18676 Kbps, 18.24 Mbps

I`ll swap our 20Mb........"up to",.......for them thar hills & glens any day o the week:)

7Mb would(does) do us fine in reality,as would the 4Mb we really only pay for mind you.
This whole 20Mb lark is all well & good.........IF you actually utilise it on any kind of regular basis.:???:
We dont have p2p apps or newsgroup accounts hammering the bandwidth all day,every day so it`s very rarely we ever use any 20Mb.

Even if myself and all the kids have our own pc`s etc on we still rarely use 20Mb.

Having eventually bought myself the shiney new board,x2cpu,2g Ram,case,psu,card reader etc etc etc i`m finding everything has become just a wee bit faster........including those silly bb speeds,

oomingmak
January 13th, 2008, 12:31 PM
Not available everywhere in the UK though, only at cherrypicked exchanges. :-(
A lot of their previous plans for expansion seem to have been put on hold (if not scrapped altogether).

bufsabre666
January 13th, 2008, 12:31 PM
But they are expanding so hopefully it will be more widely available.

To all the Americans, why is is that there is such a disparity with speeds and prices with your connection?

our coutry is 200x as big as yours, its harder to get service to non-urban locals

but like in my city adelphia ((now time warner)) made a deal with the city and only they can offer super high speed internet ((i hardly think cable qualifies)) to individual users. this contract expires in july so well get fios then, 20mbps down 10mbps up for ~40

but mainly the prices depend on location

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 12:34 PM
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:02:48 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 471 ms = 2174.1 KB/sec, approx 17915 Kbps, 17.5 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 469 ms = 2183.4 KB/sec, approx 17991 Kbps, 17.57 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 432 ms = 2370.4 KB/sec, approx 19532 Kbps, 19.07 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 876 ms = 2337.9 KB/sec, approx 19264 Kbps, 18.81 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 18676 Kbps, 18.24 Mbps
,

How do you do this specific speed test? Also, what is your isp?

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 12:40 PM
our coutry is 200x as big as yours, its harder to get service to non-urban locals

but like in my city adelphia ((now time warner)) made a deal with the city and only they can offer super high speed internet ((i hardly think cable qualifies)) to individual users. this contract expires in july so well get fios then, 20mbps down 10mbps up for ~40

but mainly the prices depend on location

I know that, but there is also a large disparity between the speeds you can get in different cities. Like, earlier on in the thread, a guy from Dallas got 7mbps down and 768 kpbs up for $30, whereas Lostincyberspace got 50mb/s up and down for $16 (or $50 without promotion).

bufsabre666
January 13th, 2008, 12:43 PM
I know that, but there is also a large disparity between the speeds you can get in different cities. Like, earlier on in the thread, a guy from Dallas got 7mbps down and 768 kpbs up for $30, whereas Lostincyberspace got 50mb/s up and down for $16 (or $50 without promotion).

dial up < satalite < dsl >=< cable < fibre

its differnt connections from differnt companies so it cost differnt, i know in alot of other coutries they have govt set rates but not here

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 12:48 PM
How do you do this specific speed test? Also, what is your isp?

I`m with Virgin Media and that test is the one on their own servers so possibly a little bias but i never actually rely on any speedtests to give me a proper indication.......much better to download a couple of large files with a multi threaded download manager.

The "Down them all" firefox extension then downloading some ISO`s from Virgin Mirrors.....or sites you know capable of 20Mb is the best bet imho.

billgoldberg
January 13th, 2008, 03:24 PM
I'm must have one of the baddest internet connections in the western world.

The 2 major isp's (together they have something like 99% of the market) ask €40-€45 ($ 66.56 US) per month for 4.6mbit/sec and 265kb upload with an 10gb limit. (after that you are on 26kb/sec download).

They both keep insisting that 10gb is more than enough for everybody and ask 1 euro per gb extra if you want to keep using the same speeds.

So i'm pretty pissed about that.

There are some very little players on the market but i'm still have 6 months before the contract expires.

The quality of the connection is top notch. In all these years I have never had any connection problems and always get the max speeds.

oldb0y
January 13th, 2008, 03:45 PM
http://www.speedtest.net/result/221711992.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I've got 10Mbit up/down. It's fibre to the home, so often I get a bit more than promised:-D

jeffus_il
January 13th, 2008, 03:55 PM
http://www.speedtest.net/result/221714139.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
A little jealous of some of you guys, but then this is a slow part of the world.
ADSL (of course) You can see the asynchronousity with a big A!

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 04:11 PM
I'm must have one of the baddest internet connections in the western world.

The 2 major isp's (together they have something like 99% of the market) ask €40-€45 ($ 66.56 US) per month for 4.6mbit/sec and 265kb upload with an 10gb limit. (after that you are on 26kb/sec download).

They both keep insisting that 10gb is more than enough for everybody and ask 1 euro per gb extra if you want to keep using the same speeds.

Since June of last year we should have only paid the £25 cost of a 4Mb line for our 20Mb connection but then because of the way our bills were seperated,due to previous incompetence on their part ...we have TV & Phone too...we`ve really only been paying £6 for unlimited 20Mb BB.

Soon goes back up to £25 though.....i think......you never quite know with this lot:)

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 04:19 PM
According to the Virgin Media website, the 20mbps connection without TV or phone is £37 per month. How did you get the whole package for only £25?

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 04:42 PM
According to the Virgin Media website, the 20mbps connection without TV or phone is £37 per month. How did you get the whole package for only £25?

We were originally given a free upgrade from their £25 4Mb service to their £35 10Mb service(due to incompotence on their part of course) but because of the way they were billing us they took the £10 saving out of our TV/Phone side of things...........hence anyone at VM looking at our actual Broadband account in future was still seeing us paying £35.
That carried on when they upgraded the 10Mb service for £35 to a 20Mb service for £37.

Even at the actual £25 i was`nt happy when that good 10Mb became the so-called 20Mb.It was often as low as 1Mb....The speed of our old 1Mb Set Top Box Broadband connection there,the free one that never went off after the original upgrade from the 1Mbstb to the 4Mb,via the modem.Still with me????....i have trouble following it all myself:)

Anyway,because of those dire 20Mb speeds we had for some time they halved the price of our actual £37 Broadband bill.

The reality is that the 1Mb Set Top Box connection would suffice:???:

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 04:53 PM
I just wanted to know because I have heard that cable is more reliable than ADSL and that speeds remain constant pretty much throughout. I thought that if it was only a few quid more it may be worthwile to change to Virgin Media 20mbps. But it seems as if I wouldn't get the discount you have so I will stick to BE. At least until VM brings out their 50mbps connection later on in the year. Also, do you ever experience the heavy throttling that some VM customers complain about?

FunkyJack
January 13th, 2008, 05:15 PM
ADSL 30$ per month
2 Mbps down, 256 Kbps up
and only 5GB download limit :cry:

oldb0y
January 13th, 2008, 05:21 PM
In my part of the country, there is a local electricty-company, which has started to offer internet, IPTV, and regular phone. At first we had a 4Mbit line, then they upgraded it to 6Mbit, and now it's 10Mbit. All this time they never raised the price for it:) And cable or ADSL can't really compete with fibre

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 05:48 PM
I just wanted to know because I have heard that cable is more reliable than ADSL and that speeds remain constant pretty much throughout. I thought that if it was only a few quid more it may be worthwile to change to Virgin Media 20mbps. But it seems as if I wouldn't get the discount you have so I will stick to BE. At least until VM brings out their 50mbps connection later on in the year. Also, do you ever experience the heavy throttling that some VM customers complain about?

It`s usually beenVM users considering a move to BE and not the other way round:)
I only really know Cable BB though and have never had anything less.
I know what enough of our friends,family & neighbors various adsl connections are like to know which side of the fence i`m staying on....for now anyway.

intense.ego
January 13th, 2008, 06:10 PM
But what is your opinion of and experience with VM? Is their connection reliable and do they throttle much?

bonzodog
January 13th, 2008, 07:22 PM
Here in Galway, Ireland (west coast), I'm on NTL/Chorus Cable, now owned and run by european media group UPC (known as Chello in central europe).

I have a 3Mbps down and 256Kbps up for 19.99 Euros a month. Service is fairly reliable, but it's one of the fastest around here.
There are people using Clearwire Wi-Max connections which are 1Mbps down, 128K up, and they are paying 30 Euros a month for it!.

ezphilosophy
January 13th, 2008, 07:55 PM
http://www.speedtest.net/result/221794638.png

Test is from Shanghai to Okinawa

I pay RMB 175/month - unlimited (about USD$25)

xpod
January 13th, 2008, 08:17 PM
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:05:51 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 730 ms = 1402.7 KB/sec, approx 11558 Kbps, 11.29 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 748 ms = 1369 KB/sec, approx 11281 Kbps, 11.02 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 782 ms = 1309.5 KB/sec, approx 10790 Kbps, 10.54 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1621 ms = 1263.4 KB/sec, approx 10410 Kbps, 10.17 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 11010 Kbps, 10.76 Mbps

Even dropping to half of the 20Mb that it should be is not something i could really ever complain about.
I did when it was sub 1Mb of course but i dont believe anyone should ever just accept less than that which they have paid for just becuase it`s being offered cheaper.
I only did so after weighing up the pro`s & con`s of moving elsewhere,to adsl.
I dont use Linux just because it`s free and i certainly dont accept whatever VM provide mearly because it is a bit cheaper.
I do so because overall the whole of our services,as a package,have not really been tooo bad.
We have had our problems and i have acted...or re-acted accordingly:)

Virgin are the only viable cable option and when everythings taken into account...i think I have the baddest connection in the Western World........West o the Millenuium Dome anyway.:lolflag:

>waits for 100Mb swede to show up)<

intense.ego
January 14th, 2008, 09:55 PM
Do most of you use a wireless connection or wired?

oldb0y
January 14th, 2008, 10:33 PM
I have wired-connection to my home, from there on it's mostly wireless, exept for a desktop.

lisati
January 14th, 2008, 10:37 PM
Do most of you use a wireless connection or wired?

I use ADSL through my phone company, my desktop is wired into it through ehternet, my laptop can use wired or wireless (which I've let my neighbour onto) - The ISP I use has had its problems, the Telco it's attached to used to be state owned (back in the 1980s) but now custormer service is (adjectives deleted)

bufsabre666
January 14th, 2008, 10:39 PM
desktop uses wired, my old laptop was always wireless

Æniad
January 14th, 2008, 10:40 PM
Verizon wireless card and it sucks.

http://torrentfreak.com/verizon-bans-p2p-streaming-services-and-online-gaming/

*Not that I follow the terms of conditions*

xpod
January 15th, 2008, 01:10 AM
But what is your opinion of and experience with VM? Is their connection reliable and do they throttle much?

I missed your question it seems,i do apologize for that.

My experience is`nt too bad overall.The connection itself has only ever been down once in nearly 2 years although we have had the two connections for most of that time,both the original 1Mb Set Top Box connection and the Stand Alone Cable Modem we now use,mostly.
The only time our actual speeds have been questionable was after they upgraded their 10Mb tier to a 20Mb tier last June.
Their own network apparently was`nt ready but things have improved for us quite dramatically this last month or two so we can only hope they stay that way.
Their starting 50Mb soon and are already doing trials down Kent way.:???:
The reality is that we could get by on the 1Mb stb just fine.

Virgin have stm during evening hours though so what Traffic Managment you encountered would obviously depend on which connection you were on and of course....how much you actually downloaded.
http://abcde.co.uk/virginmedia/stm.html

If your hammering p2p 24/7(or at least during those hours) then your going to be traffic managed of an evening but it`s never something that really affects us.
Any dubious downloading is done while we sleep.

kool_kat_os
January 15th, 2008, 01:11 AM
the fastest internet in the world...presenting 3megabyte down 256K up......Wooooo!!

kool_kat_os
January 15th, 2008, 02:17 AM
10Mbit up and down $25 no limit and no isp firewall :popcorn:

i can get 100Mbit up and down if i want to ^_^

How do u get it so cheap?

intense.ego
January 15th, 2008, 06:42 PM
How do u get it so cheap?

He's probably somewhere in Scandinavia, Japan, the Netherlands, or France even.

intense.ego
January 15th, 2008, 06:43 PM
I missed your question it seems,i do apologize for that.

My experience is`nt too bad overall.The connection itself has only ever been down once in nearly 2 years although we have had the two connections for most of that time,both the original 1Mb Set Top Box connection and the Stand Alone Cable Modem we now use,mostly.
The only time our actual speeds have been questionable was after they upgraded their 10Mb tier to a 20Mb tier last June.
Their own network apparently was`nt ready but things have improved for us quite dramatically this last month or two so we can only hope they stay that way.
Their starting 50Mb soon and are already doing trials down Kent way.:???:
The reality is that we could get by on the 1Mb stb just fine.

Virgin have stm during evening hours though so what Traffic Managment you encountered would obviously depend on which connection you were on and of course....how much you actually downloaded.
http://abcde.co.uk/virginmedia/stm.html

If your hammering p2p 24/7(or at least during those hours) then your going to be traffic managed of an evening but it`s never something that really affects us.
Any dubious downloading is done while we sleep.


Thanks for the help xpod. I think I will stick with BE* because I do download a lot an I don't want to be monitored and have restricted speeds.