Gemleggat Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 How fast is your internet Connection? Is the old *56k* warning still valid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 How fast is your internet Connection? Is the old *56k* warning still valid? ← Looking at the results so far, it seems not.. but its only 3 users.. not the 4000 odd members we have ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I voted 10Mbps, but mine is more like 11. that makes me feel like the guitarist from spinal tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 (edited) 36 Mbps But the speed test says 1.5 Mbps So I voted for 1 Mbits http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ Thats the speed test^ Edited July 12, 2005 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I still have dialup at home. If I want to look at a lot of pics or listen to sound clips I do it at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 36Mbps rare ol number?! I beleive but dont take my word for it, that the results you get are the actual download and upload limits you could achive at best, regardless of how good your connection actually "says" it is... but im still curious about the 36Mbps bit... ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 (edited) 36Mbps rare ol number?! I beleive but dont take my word for it, that the results you get are the actual download and upload limits you could achive at best, regardless of how good your connection actually "says" it is... but im still curious about the 36Mbps bit... ~~ Slain Angel ~~ ← Who cares im getting fiber optic soon Edited July 12, 2005 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 36 Mbps But the speed test says 1.5 Mbps So I voted for 1 Mbits http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ Thats the speed test^ ← Just ran the test. It said 2.9 Mbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 wow, that was a crappy test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 36 Mbps But the speed test says 1.5 Mbps So I voted for 1 Mbits http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ Thats the speed test^ ← Just ran the test. It said 2.9 Mbps. ← Yeah well I have verizon DSL. I think they should stick to phones and leave DSL alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I can't believe that I still have dialup, but I do. SBC still doesn't have DSL in this area, and I'm in what's considered a suburb of Chicago. 5 miles east of me they have DSL. I have the satelite dish so I can't go through the cable company either. I'm burning daylight here!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 So people don't go off half cocked lets define a couple of things. Mbit or Mb - Mega bit, used to rate bandwidth MB - Mega byte, used to rate pretty much everything else Most cable and DSL providers range from 1 - 5 Mbit The conversion is simple. Mbit / 8 = MB Example: A 3 Mbit connection yields .375 MB bandwidth (less than 1/2 MB a sec) So for example 36 Mbps is probably .36 MB and works out to be 2.88 Mbit (~3 Mbit..pretty normal). Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. Game on!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 (edited) So people don't go off half cocked lets define a couple of things. Mbit or Mb - Mega bit, used to rate bandwidth MB - Mega byte, used to rate pretty much everything else Most cable and DSL providers range from 1 - 5 Mbit The conversion is simple. Mbit / 8 = MB Example: A 3 Mbit connection yields .375 MB bandwidth (less than 1/2 MB a sec) So for example 36 Mbps is probably .36 MB and works out to be 2.88 Mbit (~3 Mbit..pretty normal). Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. Game on!!! ← yeah B is bigger than b Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. I disagree. I have a long time friend in sweden who is on a 10Mbit line and pays only 10 dollars for his fiber optic line Edited July 12, 2005 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I have a cable modem for internet access. Once you get high speed access, using dial-up is TORTURE!! Recently, we switched our phone service over to internet, earthlink I think is the company we use. Anyway, our phone and internet bill total is now 25 to 30 bucks a month CHEAPER, plus we have HIGH SPEED internet. Amazing!! It's all due to massive savings on monthly phone charges from our old phone company, Sprint. I highly recommend checking into the internet phone thing and high speed internet. The only down side to it that I've experienced, is that the phone goes dead when the electricity is knocked out by a storm. People have told us, "Internet phones don't have 911 service, blah blah." Ours has it, and we're saving enough money to buy a Carvin neck or two every year. heh heh heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 So people don't go off half cocked lets define a couple of things. Mbit or Mb - Mega bit, used to rate bandwidth MB - Mega byte, used to rate pretty much everything else Most cable and DSL providers range from 1 - 5 Mbit The conversion is simple. Mbit / 8 = MB Example: A 3 Mbit connection yields .375 MB bandwidth (less than 1/2 MB a sec) So for example 36 Mbps is probably .36 MB and works out to be 2.88 Mbit (~3 Mbit..pretty normal). Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. Game on!!! ← yeah B is bigger than b Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. I disagree. I have a long time friend in sweden who is on a 10Mbit line and pays only 10 dollars for his fiber optic line ← I will repeat myself, T1 or greater connections are by far not typically a home service. Why? Because the average pricing for a T1 is $550 (fractional) to $1200 (dedicated) per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 So people don't go off half cocked lets define a couple of things. Mbit or Mb - Mega bit, used to rate bandwidth MB - Mega byte, used to rate pretty much everything else Most cable and DSL providers range from 1 - 5 Mbit The conversion is simple. Mbit / 8 = MB Example: A 3 Mbit connection yields .375 MB bandwidth (less than 1/2 MB a sec) So for example 36 Mbps is probably .36 MB and works out to be 2.88 Mbit (~3 Mbit..pretty normal). Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. Game on!!! ← yeah B is bigger than b Anyone in excess of 5 Mbit is likely running through a T1 or greater connection and is by far not typically a home service. I disagree. I have a long time friend in sweden who is on a 10Mbit line and pays only 10 dollars for his fiber optic line ← I will repeat myself, T1 or greater connections are by far not typically a home service. Why? Because the average pricing for a T1 is $550 (fractional) to $1200 (dedicated) per month. ← 10Mbit fiber optic is faster than T1 no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemleggat Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 What do you guys think about websites that are made for 800x600 rez? I mean c'mon surley everyone must be running at least 1024x768? No? its just another thing that bugs me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 10Mbit fiber optic is faster than T1 no? ← Technically no. 10Mbit is 10Mbit no matter what it comes from. T1-T3 are rated in MB (Megabytes) not Mb (Megabits) T1 ranges from 256k - 10MB T3 ranges from 10MB - 100MB Fiber is Fiber and is faster than any hard drive you can buy, let alone any other services. Fiber has its ranges as well. Granted bringing Fiber to the home is in the works but TELCOM companies have to rewire everything to do it. That means digging up every service location and replacing it. They did us a couple of years ago so they can provide fiber up to their CO but not beyond it...yet. So Algee, either your friend is, piggybacking off someone elses connection, is filthy stinking rich, or is lying through their teeth. Those companies that do offer Fiber to the home won't even quote a price without a phone call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 What do you guys think about websites that are made for 800x600 rez? I mean c'mon surley everyone must be running at least 1024x768? No? its just another thing that bugs me ← Unfortunately no, there are many people who still run a 800x600 and most often because it's the default for PreWindows XP OS's and most people don't know that they can or should change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 10Mbit fiber optic is faster than T1 no? ← Technically no. 10Mbit is 10Mbit no matter what it comes from. T1-T3 are rated in MB (Megabytes) not Mb (Megabits) T1 ranges from 256k - 10MB T3 ranges from 10MB - 100MB Fiber is Fiber and is faster than any hard drive you can buy, let alone any other services. Fiber has its ranges as well. Granted bringing Fiber to the home is in the works but TELCOM companies have to rewire everything to do it. That means digging up every service location and replacing it. They did us a couple of years ago so they can provide fiber up to their CO but not beyond it...yet. So Algee, either your friend is, piggybacking off someone elses connection, is filthy stinking rich, or is lying through their teeth. Those companies that do offer Fiber to the home won't even quote a price without a phone call. ← Don't foget he's in Sweden. It's much cheaper there. There's no piracy laws either(up until yesterday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Don't foget he's in Sweden. It's much cheaper there. There's no piracy laws either(up until yesterday) ← Could very well be the case being Socialists. They could use some government sponsored connection sharing or something. I honestly don't know. But in the states I've never seen fiber in use other than business and even then only Government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Don't foget he's in Sweden. It's much cheaper there. There's no piracy laws either(up until yesterday) ← Could very well be the case being Socialists. They could use some government sponsored connection sharing or something. I honestly don't know. But in the states I've never seen fiber in use other than business and even then only Government. ← I agree totally. The only reason he is paying for 10Mbit fiber is because of Sweden or something. Who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suregork Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 In Finland we are offered 24 MBit ADSL and it costs about 60-70 euros (~100 dollars) a month. We pay 45 euros a month for 8 MBit ADSL. In Sweden 24MBit ADSL costs about 250 kronor a month, which is about 30 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 In Finland we are offered 24 MBit ADSL and it costs about 60-70 euros (~100 dollars) a month. We pay 45 euros a month for 8 MBit ADSL. In Sweden 24MBit ADSL costs about 250 kronor a month, which is about 30 dollars. ← That pretty much explains it. Guessing they have 8Mbit ADSL for around 10 bucks. thanks for chiming in sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 In Finland we are offered 24 MBit ADSL and it costs about 60-70 euros (~100 dollars) a month. We pay 45 euros a month for 8 MBit ADSL. In Sweden 24MBit ADSL costs about 250 kronor a month, which is about 30 dollars. ← Makes more sense now. I will have to ask him next time I talk to him. He did however move to a new apartment, maybe it's cheaper there? Who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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