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Damn. 9.5Mbps downstream and 7.5Mbps upstream!

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Descartes

Lifer
The condo I'm in has a connection directly to the "SONET Fiber Ring backhaul" (so they say), and I'm getting some incredible speeds. Downloading the Battlefield 2 1.21 patch (~350MB) at ~400KB/sec from a server in California (I'm in Georgia).

:cookie:
 
Originally posted by: thereds
You moved from OK to GA?
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Nope, just here for work. It's an unfortunate reality that I have to maintain multiple residences when I spend as much time as I do in a client's location. I still have my home in the great state of Oklahoma.
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: tfinch2
9.5 Mbps and you are only downloading at 400 KB/s? I don't see what the big deal is...
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Obviously it depends on the server, its location, etc.
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No kidding, but unless you are downloading at speeds equivalent to 9.5 Mbps, there is no use mentioning it as well... 😕
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
The condo I'm in has a connection directly to the "SONET Fiber Ring backhaul" (so they say), and I'm getting some incredible speeds. Downloading the Battlefield 2 1.21 patch (~350MB) at ~400KB/sec from a server in California (I'm in Georgia).

:cookie:
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400KB might have been cool in like 1998. I burst up to 2 MB/s and I average about 700KB/s, and even that's not really that impressive.
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: Descartes
The condo I'm in has a connection directly to the "SONET Fiber Ring backhaul" (so they say), and I'm getting some incredible speeds. Downloading the Battlefield 2 1.21 patch (~350MB) at ~400KB/sec from a server in California (I'm in Georgia).

:cookie:
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400KB might have been cool in like 1998. I burst up to 2 MB/s and I average about 700KB/s, and even that's not really that impressive.
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No internet in the US is really "impressive" Maybe in Korea, Japan, and Sweden where they get 100 mbit lines in their homes. US is so far behind 🙁
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: tfinch2
9.5 Mbps and you are only downloading at 400 KB/s? I don't see what the big deal is...
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Obviously it depends on the server, its location, etc.
Click to expand...

No kidding, but unless you are downloading at speeds equivalent to 9.5 Mbps, there is no use mentioning it as well... 😕
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Get over it. I wasn't referring to the 400KB/s so much as I was the capacity. I'll find a server that has the ability to transfer at the same speeds if it pleases you.
 
Originally posted by: nboy22
No internet in the US is really "impressive" Maybe in Korea, Japan, and Sweden where they get 100 mbit lines in their homes. US is so far behind 🙁
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Holy crap. Do they really get that fast? For reals? I know England's internet sucked, I figured most of Europe's did too.
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: nboy22
No internet in the US is really "impressive" Maybe in Korea, Japan, and Sweden where they get 100 mbit lines in their homes. US is so far behind 🙁
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Holy crap. Do they really get that fast? For reals? I know England's internet sucked, I figured most of Europe's did too.
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yeah.. If I remember correctly it was SU-net or whatever that Sweden has.. Korea has all those 100 mbit lines in their house.. the killer is that they pay like 35 bucks a month for 100 mbit in their homes, just think if the whole world was mainly like that.
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: nboy22
No internet in the US is really "impressive" Maybe in Korea, Japan, and Sweden where they get 100 mbit lines in their homes. US is so far behind 🙁
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Holy crap. Do they really get that fast? For reals? I know England's internet sucked, I figured most of Europe's did too.
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IIRC, Denmark is to have 1GB down/up to every home by 2010. I'll look for the article.

To nboy22,

Many of those countries, such as South Korea, have governments that invested to give them speeds at those prices. The government looked at the internet like an infastructure investment, similar to highways in the US. Not a bad investment, IMO.
 
Originally posted by: nboy22
yeah.. If I remember correctly it was SU-net or whatever that Sweden has.. Korea has all those 100 mbit lines in their house.. the killer is that they pay like 35 bucks a month for 100 mbit in their homes, just think if the whole world was mainly like that.
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That's insane.
 
Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Do you really need 100 Mbps internet to your home? If so, what would you use it for?
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its made stuff like streaming video services viable. while here we're lucky to get 1.5mpbs down..atleast for me ..🙁 384kbps up... ack streaming video let alone hd or whatever services they've talked about for years here are totally unviable because of our pathetic bandwidth
 
Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
Do you really need 100 Mbps internet to your home? If so, what would you use it for?
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Not to mention the cost of implementing such infrastructures in a large country like US. South Korea/european countries are tiny.

Besides, they're gona cap it somehow. I'd rather have a 6mb connection with no limitations. damn rogers...
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: kalster
In Sacramento we have Surewest that gives 20 mb/20 mb connection, fiber
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Do you yourself have Surewest?
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My friends are work have it, they dont service my particular area as yet, I have comcast myself
 
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