Speed.net -- Top countries by download speed

[Brainonska511]

I only get 768/384 DSL service from ATT. The only upside is it is only $20/month. Used to have 6/1.5 cable (with powerboost), but a lot of times, it was more like 1/.5 (until they upgraded the network in the area, 3 weeks before I canceled the service altogether due to moving).

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

It's stupid comments like this, that help the industry from actually deploying 100mbps in the US. Having 100mbps isn't always about downloading one file from one site. It is also about being able to do several things at once without topping your line out.

Many providers are offering 100 Mbs broadband service in the US today and cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0. There is no evil conspiracy, it just takes time and a tremendous amount of money/work to rollout these new technologies.

Not to mention all the work that has to be done to the entire network as a whole to handle these speeds at the access layer (service to your residence).

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

It's stupid comments like this, that help the industry from actually deploying 100mbps in the US. Having 100mbps isn't always about downloading one file from one site. It is also about being able to do several things at once without topping your line out.

Many providers are offering 100 Mbs broadband service in the US today and cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0. There is no evil conspiracy, it just takes time and a tremendous amount of money/work to rollout these new technologies.

Not to mention all the work that has to be done to the entire network as a whole to handle these speeds at the access layer (service to your residence).

Yet many other nations were able to do it much more quickly. It's all about politics and greedy companies unwilling to invest in new infrastructure that would render their own networks obsolete.

 

[techs]

Cue the internet provider apologists...

 

[techs]

Easy fix.

Comcast today announced speeds of up to 100,000 gigabits per second.
* Of course your speeds may vary.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

It's stupid comments like this, that help the industry from actually deploying 100mbps in the US. Having 100mbps isn't always about downloading one file from one site. It is also about being able to do several things at once without topping your line out.

Many providers are offering 100 Mbs broadband service in the US today and cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0. There is no evil conspiracy, it just takes time and a tremendous amount of money/work to rollout these new technologies.

Not to mention all the work that has to be done to the entire network as a whole to handle these speeds at the access layer (service to your residence).

Yet many other nations were able to do it much more quickly. It's all about politics and greedy companies unwilling to invest in new infrastructure that would render their own networks obsolete.

What part of "most cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0" don't you understand? What do you mean unwilling to invest in new infrastructure when it's being done at such a rapid pace?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Slow download speeds prevent revolution. Ask Iran what happened when they upgraded to docsis 3.0 :|

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: spidey07

What part of "most cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0" don't you understand?

The "dramatically and swiftly" part. ROFL!!!! The only thing cable providers do dramatically and swiftly is to raise rates and tack a dozen new fees onto your bill.

 

[gdextreme]

AAAAh my country ranks 101!!!!! I'm actually amazed average download speed is 1mbps. What sux is that if you want an unlimited data usage plan the fastest speed you get is 512kbps. There is one 16mbps connection but with only 4GB of data usage per month!! I could use all that in 2-3 hours!!

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: spidey07

What part of "most cable companies are dramatically and swiftly moving to docsis 3.0" don't you understand?

The "dramatically and swiftly" part. ROFL!!!! The only thing cable providers do dramatically and swiftly is to raise rates and tack a dozen new fees onto your bill.

Comcast is looking to have 100% of their subscriber base to 3.0 by 2010. I'd call that dramatic and swift considering that's somewhere around 16 million subs.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Almost all of these countries are the size of a postage stamp relative to the USA. Or put another way, some of them are no bigger than many US States or even major US cities.

In many of these foreign countries, 90% of the population is stacked-up inside each other's ass. Rural populations are more likely to have no internet service at all to drag down the averages. Its all about population density.

the united states is actually (one of) the most urbanized countries in the world. even in 'rural' states, almost noone lives in rural areas.

Huh?

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census/cps2k.htm

Seems 20% of the population is rural...

 

[SilentZero]

Meh...mine is rated 31.03 mb/s down and 3.34 mb/s up (Verizon FiOS) here in upstate NY.

 

[grrl]

Why is there such a discrepancy between download and upload speeds?

 

[StinkyPinky]

Originally posted by: grrl
Why is there such a discrepancy between download and upload speeds?

A lot of customers use ADSL which is much higher speed downpipe than up.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: grrl
Why is there such a discrepancy between download and upload speeds?

Because you have many different channels/frequencies that can be used in broadband. It's much better for a home user to have a high download as that is their traffic patterns - a lot more down than up. To increase upload you would have to decrease download.

This is not a concern with baseband technologies (or network communications in general) as they are symmetrical by nature.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: grrl
Why is there such a discrepancy between download and upload speeds?

Because you have many different channels/frequencies that can be used in broadband. It's much better for a home user to have a high download as that is their traffic patterns - a lot more down than up. To increase upload you would have to decrease download.

This is not a concern with baseband technologies (or network communications in general) as they are symmetrical by nature.

That makes sense. So, with broadband it's because the ISP sets it up that way, but with baseband you can't adjust channels?