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World internet speeds
Kids stream like we used to use long distance. And remember the per-minute charges from dialing into AOL or a good BBS?
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If you have 4G LTE cell service in your area or even just 4G, you'd be better off getting your internet through a mobile provider. But then again, not sure what kind of weird technology desert you live in.Smoove_B wrote:Double my speed with a radio antenna? I can't even imagine what that would be like. A new steam game in 2 days instead of 4? What kind of amazing futuristic landscape do you live in? On that train all graphite and glitter? Undersea by rail?
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Yeah, and they all have ipads, so ugh, do they suck up the bandwidth. But I made my desktop take priority in the router.Zarathud wrote:Kids stream like we used to use long distance. And remember the per-minute charges from dialing into AOL or a good BBS?
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That's what's so funny. I'm 0.4 of a mile off of a NJ state highway. I'm rural but I'm not in a unabomber shed off in the woods. I'm right near some type of 4G tower and my signal strength is bananas. My ISP offered to provide me a hotspot via an agreement they have with Verizon. When I called last year, I believe it was a 10 GB cap/month for $80 a month. Oh, the laugh I had over that one.gilraen wrote:If you have 4G LTE cell service in your area or even just 4G, you'd be better off getting your internet through a mobile provider. But then again, not sure what kind of weird technology desert you live in.
This is 100% the fault of the town I live in and their shitty ability to negotiate with the ISPs. Whatever they were doing up until the turn of this last century might have been acceptable, but they never forced the ISPs to expand service as the rest of the world moved into the 21st century close to 20 years ago. It also doesn't help that I'm in a part of the town that is filled with white-haired folks that don't have a need for internet. You really would think I live in a remote part of the country, but it's just poor infrastructure planning.
Anyway, there's been more talk about how ridiculous this all is in the last 6 months than in the 10 years we've been here so I'm really hopeful something is going to change.
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Smoove_B wrote:That's what's so funny. I'm 0.4 of a mile off of a NJ state highway. I'm rural but I'm not in a unabomber shed off in the woods. I'm right near some type of 4G tower and my signal strength is bananas. My ISP offered to provide me a hotspot via an agreement they have with Verizon. When I called last year, I believe it was a 10 GB cap/month for $80 a month. Oh, the laugh I had over that one.gilraen wrote:If you have 4G LTE cell service in your area or even just 4G, you'd be better off getting your internet through a mobile provider. But then again, not sure what kind of weird technology desert you live in.
This is 100% the fault of the town I live in and their shitty ability to negotiate with the ISPs. Whatever they were doing up until the turn of this last century might have been acceptable, but they never forced the ISPs to expand service as the rest of the world moved into the 21st century close to 20 years ago. It also doesn't help that I'm in a part of the town that is filled with white-haired folks that don't have a need for internet. You really would think I live in a remote part of the country, but it's just poor infrastructure planning.
Anyway, there's been more talk about how ridiculous this all is in the last 6 months than in the 10 years we've been here so I'm really hopeful something is going to change.
My parents property backs on to I-94 and they can't get anything other dial up, so they use Virgin Mobile prepaid out of little box that basically gives the 4 gigs a month before throttling them with a device that acts like a phone does a phone acts like hub. It almost suits their needs. It would suit their needs if Windows didn't need to so so many damned huge updates all of the time.
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When Smoove_B had to reinstall crap on his laptop, he came over to my house. It was faster to take 30 minutes to drive to my house, let me take apart his laptop and install more RAM and a SSD, put it all back together, have to burn like 5 different Windows 10 DVDs, install Windows 10 multiple times, install many giant Steam games, and then drive home. Doing all of that was faster for him than installing one game off of Steam would have been on his terrible ADSL connection.LordMortis wrote:I don't stream movies, so I'm pretty happy with 2 up 2 down. It sucks when I buy a new game and have to wait two hours to play it but such is life.
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Just curious.. where do you see the most difference? I would think there aren't too many things that could actually max out 25..I'm getting gigabit, but only because it's cheaper than my current setup which is 50 down. Don't think I've ever come close to maxing it out..RunningMn9 wrote:I have Comcast and started out with 50 Mbps many years ago. For the same price (aside from minor fee bumps here and there) I'm now at 275 Mbps.
If I had to go back to 25 Mbps I would stab someone in the face.
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I remember.. I had to pay verizon $5 extra each month for the areas I dialed into frequently... I also had 4 lines going into my PC to get the best speed possible.Zarathud wrote:Kids stream like we used to use long distance. And remember the per-minute charges from dialing into AOL or a good BBS?
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EPB that I cant get thanks to the state has 1 gig for like $65 and 10 gig for $200
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Game downloads on Steam are where I see the payoff. I don't do much of anything else that uses much bandwidth. We will regularly have 3-4 HD (1 of them 4k) video streams going at once on the weekend and never notice any performance issues.Punisher wrote:Just curious.. where do you see the most difference? I would think there aren't too many things that could actually max out 25..I'm getting gigabit, but only because it's cheaper than my current setup which is 50 down. Don't think I've ever come close to maxing it out..RunningMn9 wrote:I have Comcast and started out with 50 Mbps many years ago. For the same price (aside from minor fee bumps here and there) I'm now at 275 Mbps.
If I had to go back to 25 Mbps I would stab someone in the face.
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I don't think I've ever come close to 25Mbs download from Steam...Is there a log somewhere with history?coopasonic wrote:Game downloads on Steam are where I see the payoff. I don't do much of anything else that uses much bandwidth. We will regularly have 3-4 HD (1 of them 4k) video streams going at once on the weekend and never notice any performance issues.Punisher wrote:Just curious.. where do you see the most difference? I would think there aren't too many things that could actually max out 25..I'm getting gigabit, but only because it's cheaper than my current setup which is 50 down. Don't think I've ever come close to maxing it out..RunningMn9 wrote:I have Comcast and started out with 50 Mbps many years ago. For the same price (aside from minor fee bumps here and there) I'm now at 275 Mbps.
If I had to go back to 25 Mbps I would stab someone in the face.
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Yeah, the main time you see the difference is downloads. Steam downloads are insane. I cab download in a couple of minutes what it takes Smoove days to download. I also have several HD video streams running in here 24/7.
Also, Steam tracks speed in MB, not Mb. I routinely hit 30 MB/s when downloading through Steam, which is about 240 Mbps. A 25 Mbps connection would top out at around 3 MB/s.
Also, Steam tracks speed in MB, not Mb. I routinely hit 30 MB/s when downloading through Steam, which is about 240 Mbps. A 25 Mbps connection would top out at around 3 MB/s.
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Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray
The raccoon and the groundhog neatly
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Case in point, here I am this morning, updating a game at what is my typical, maximum speed:
We can have one TV or portable device streaming a show. Two devices? Not possible. Streaming a show and me trying to download anything from STEAM? Or if heaven forbid Win10 decides it wants to start downloading an update? Trouble.
We can have one TV or portable device streaming a show. Two devices? Not possible. Streaming a show and me trying to download anything from STEAM? Or if heaven forbid Win10 decides it wants to start downloading an update? Trouble.
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RunningMn9 wrote:Also, Steam tracks speed in MB, not Mb. I routinely hit 30 MB/s when downloading through Steam, which is about 240 Mbps. A 25 Mbps connection would top out at around 3 MB/s.
OHHHHHHHH - this explains so much!! Whenever I test, I get around 65 Mbps down but whenever I download a game, it would show between 4-8 and I could never figure out how I was still getting a full game in about 5-10 minutes. Thank you for solving my mystery!
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That is intolerable. I don't know how you deal with that. I just downloaded a 16GB game for fun. Took about 11 minutes, averaging around 24 MB/s. That same game would take 9 hours for Smoove, and about 2 hours at 25 Mbps.Smoove_B wrote:Case in point, here I am this morning, updating a game at what is my typical, maximum speed:
We can have one TV or portable device streaming a show. Two devices? Not possible. Streaming a show and me trying to download anything from STEAM? Or if heaven forbid Win10 decides it wants to start downloading an update? Trouble.
And in banks across the world
Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray
The raccoon and the groundhog neatly
Make up bags of change
But the monkey in the corner
Well he's slowly drifting out of range
Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray
The raccoon and the groundhog neatly
Make up bags of change
But the monkey in the corner
Well he's slowly drifting out of range
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#CapitalizationMattersstessier wrote:RunningMn9 wrote:Also, Steam tracks speed in MB, not Mb. I routinely hit 30 MB/s when downloading through Steam, which is about 240 Mbps. A 25 Mbps connection would top out at around 3 MB/s.
OHHHHHHHH - this explains so much!! Whenever I test, I get around 65 Mbps down but whenever I download a game, it would show between 4-8 and I could never figure out how I was still getting a full game in about 5-10 minutes. Thank you for solving my mystery!
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Dude, I am beyond happy with my 10 Mbps. Games take a while to download, and it teaches us to savor and enjoy them better.RunningMn9 wrote:That is intolerable. I don't know how you deal with that. I just downloaded a 16GB game for fun. Took about 11 minutes, averaging around 24 MB/s. That same game would take 9 hours for Smoove, and about 2 hours at 25 Mbps.Smoove_B wrote:Case in point, here I am this morning, updating a game at what is my typical, maximum speed:
We can have one TV or portable device streaming a show. Two devices? Not possible. Streaming a show and me trying to download anything from STEAM? Or if heaven forbid Win10 decides it wants to start downloading an update? Trouble.
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I think the most I have seen is 1.5MB from Steam.. Gonna have to test a big one tomorrow after the upgrade.
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Ignorance is bliss.RMC wrote:Dude, I am beyond happy with my 10 Mbps. Games take a while to download, and it teaches us to savor and enjoy them better.
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I am trying to get my mind around the most recent comments from the FCC:
F this guy and F the FCC.Americans might not need a fast home Internet connection, the Federal Communications Commission suggests in a new document. Instead, mobile Internet via a smartphone might be all people need.
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But with Republican Ajit Pai now in charge, the FCC seems poised to change that policy by declaring that mobile broadband with speeds of 10Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream is all one needs. In doing so, the FCC could conclude that broadband is already being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion, and thus the organization would take fewer steps to promote deployment and competition.
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I totally F'n agree!! He is one dumb ignorant shit.F this guy and F the FCC.
I pay $39.99 a month for 60 down and 4 up. This is my test results....
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I pay $50 a month for 5Mbps down and who the hell cares up. You can't explain that. But I guess since my iPhone can go faster on Verizon's network, I should be thrilled.
Oh, and look at this - in April of 2017 #1 city with the fastest internet speed was Bradley Beach, NJ -- 450 Mbps. With 11 possible providers for internet, I guess the competition is helping. Me? I have one option. My town has two providers, but the way the agreements were written only one provider is obligated to provide service. I'm sure that's just a coincidence that I'm 90x slower than people living in a town with 4300 people.
Oh, and look at this - in April of 2017 #1 city with the fastest internet speed was Bradley Beach, NJ -- 450 Mbps. With 11 possible providers for internet, I guess the competition is helping. Me? I have one option. My town has two providers, but the way the agreements were written only one provider is obligated to provide service. I'm sure that's just a coincidence that I'm 90x slower than people living in a town with 4300 people.
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My state wont let me get better service next door to me. They act like a bunch idiots and think we have plenty of options. They even tried to lower the average to be called broad band from 25mbs to 10mbs.
These are the prices I could be choosing from.
100/100 $58
1000/1000 $70
10000/10000 $300
They even offer discounts to low income families so like that 100/100 would be $27. I need to call my own pos isp and see if they offer that kinda thing.
These are the prices I could be choosing from.
100/100 $58
1000/1000 $70
10000/10000 $300
They even offer discounts to low income families so like that 100/100 would be $27. I need to call my own pos isp and see if they offer that kinda thing.
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Re: World internet speeds
This is my latest speedtest with Verizon FIOS:
6ms ping
765Mbps down
860Mbps up
My down speed goes between 750 and 850.
Up has been steadier. between 825 and 875
No idea why the upload is faster most of the time.. Had similar speeds the day of install. Tried through their router and mine and also no router, direct to my desktop and 2 laptops.. just kept moving the cable.
It's a lot better than before though.. I may call them to have them check when I feel up to it.
New package is $100 for voice/tv/data
6ms ping
765Mbps down
860Mbps up
My down speed goes between 750 and 850.
Up has been steadier. between 825 and 875
No idea why the upload is faster most of the time.. Had similar speeds the day of install. Tried through their router and mine and also no router, direct to my desktop and 2 laptops.. just kept moving the cable.
It's a lot better than before though.. I may call them to have them check when I feel up to it.
New package is $100 for voice/tv/data
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Seems Pai that instead of doing his job to look out for consumers and help improve stuff he is ignoring all progress and any future work towards a better internet and more coverage and is lowering the bar by saying that mobile covers most people already so its the stats they will use to say we all already have great broadband available to us.I am trying to get my mind around the most recent comments from the FCC:
Its like they would love to do with schools. Instead of having better teachers and working harder to make students better they want to lower the bar by making test easier thereby improving test scores for a win.
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NY State is on pace to have 25 Mbps service to everyone by 2018. The problem?
Of course filling in availability gaps is only half the battle. Most of these areas will still only have the option of one ISP -- and ISP that will face little to no competitive pressure to keep these lines upgrades or to provide lower rates. Still, it's a step forward all the same.
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Is there internet slow for anyone else today? It was slow at home and now at work. I can't find any news of a special DDOS.
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Been slow in my area.
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Looks like a Boy Graph and a Girl Graph... Just sayin.
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Slow again for me tonight. My ping and speeds read normal but OO , Youtube, every website is slow loading everything.
EDIT: In fact its almost unusable now. SO SLOW. Speed test is still reading normal. Tried multiple browsers.
EDIT: In fact its almost unusable now. SO SLOW. Speed test is still reading normal. Tried multiple browsers.
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Did you sneak into Smoove's house?
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Dont think so. This seems faster than 2 tin cans with a string between them.
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I think his provider upgraded him to fishing line. Double the bandwidth of string...Plus I think they installed a high end line tightener...
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Must have raised his rate then.
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Someone used wet string to get speeds of 3.5 Mbps. For reference, I am *slightly* faster at 5 Mbps. Again, my internet speeds are SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN WET STRING.
I feel like I need to send this to the CEO of CenturyLink.
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Maybe your ISP is just using really wet string? maybe some fishing line?
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Re: World internet speeds
Last night I installed a brand-new SB8200 modem in anticipation of the soon-to-come speed bump Comcast is giving us to 100 megs down. The modem was our family XMas present.
I wish I could donate the extra bandwidth to Smoove 'cause I don't even need it.
I wish I could donate the extra bandwidth to Smoove 'cause I don't even need it.
- Punisher
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Re: World internet speeds
Just run some wet string from your house to his!
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