| jimminy_kriket Canada. September 02 2007 02:43. Posts 4673 | Profile Blog # |
![[image loading]](http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/Images/commentarynews/broadbandspeedchart.jpg)
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/blog/blog.aspx?id=1088
I dont know about you guys, but I find this pretty shocking. Im paying around $30 a month for a 5mbit connection, of which I only recieve about 4.
According to the article in both japan and korea pay under $1 for each Megabit. Assuming they pay around $.80 that means for $80 they get a 100mbit connection..
$80 here in Canada gets you about a 25mbit connection (at least where I live) and you would almost never see the full 25mbits.
So I ask you teamliquid, how fast is your internet?
![[image loading]](/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=3016)
Poll: How Fast is your Internet?
(Vote): <1 Mbits
(Vote): 2Mbits
(Vote): 3Mbits
(Vote): 4Mbits
(Vote): 5Mbits
(Vote): 6-10Mbits
(Vote): 10-15Mbits
(Vote): 30-60Mbits
(Vote): 60-100Mbits
(Vote): HIGHER?! (pics or it didnt happen)
+ Show Spoiler +If you don't know how to test your connection go to Speakeasy.net and pick the server closest to you. You will get a speed in kilobytes per second, just divide it by 1000 to get your Mbit rating.
Edit :I wasn't thinking, for those of you outside of North America DSLReports has a great list of servers to test off of.Last edit: 2007-09-03 03:56:23 |
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| Cambium Japan. September 02 2007 02:45. Posts 15724 | Profile Blog # |
5 Mbps
so... 5000/8 MB/s
Japan is hardcore...Last edit: 2007-09-02 03:31:15 |
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| Cpt Obvious Germany. September 02 2007 02:47. Posts 3073 | Profile Blog # |
The internet I'm using right now is so slow, the page is still loading while I type this.
My normal internet connection is a shared 100 MBit. Usually I get up to 1 MB/s download-speed.
My father however only has DSL 1000, which gives no more than 100 Kb/s. Still fast enough for most things. |
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| Luddite United States. September 02 2007 02:49. Posts 2153 | Profile Blog # |
| The thing is, those of us in the USA and Europe are actually being hampered, internet-wise, by the fact that our countries have been rich for a long time. The reason is that, back in ye olde days, our countries built huge, well-developed telegraph networks of copper wire. When it came time to make the internet, people just thought "ooh, copper wire, let's use that", and ignored the fact that copper wire built for telegraphs doesn't really make the best interent connection. In Japan and Korea, they didn't have that, so they had to build a new network, based on fiber optics, specificically for internet, which works much better. |
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| XCetron September 02 2007 02:51. Posts 5197 | Profile # |
| I pay $20 -$25 for a 2.5mb dl connection. |
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 Auspicious United States. September 02 2007 02:52. Posts 175 | Profile # |
| 100 MBit. Internetwork transfers I'm usually able to maintain download speeds of around 50-60 mb/s. Download speed is also dependent on your disc write speed, not only your internet connection. |
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| turk United States. September 02 2007 02:53. Posts 383 | Profile # |
can someone please explain the bits and bites difference thing?
this is what i got:
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| jimminy_kriket Canada. September 02 2007 02:55. Posts 4673 | Profile Blog # |
| True, but in order to max out a modern hard drive you would need to download at around 480Mb/s (60MBytes/s) |
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| Hittegods Stockholm. September 02 2007 02:55. Posts 4615 | Profile # |
| 100mbit is the only way to go, and fiber removes the hassle of dsl. |
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| jimminy_kriket Canada. September 02 2007 02:57. Posts 4673 | Profile Blog # |
| Turk, that isnt bad (compared to NA standards). That would classify you as a 2Mbit. Now try and imagine 60... |
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| BuGzlToOnl United States. September 02 2007 02:58. Posts 5916 | Profile Blog # |
7.186 MB @ work.  |
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| CharlieMurphy United States. September 02 2007 03:00. Posts 22893 | Profile Blog # |
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
I can't show right now cause I'm DLing a huge ISO file. Which fucking froze at 96%..
its about 1.5D/0.6U
I am using time-warner cable (So Cal) which was added on to our current TV plan for only 19.99$ a month.
seems like a very good price?
It doesn't surprise me that asian countries are leading in internet tech. They lead in almost every other tech (cell phones, computers, etc) by like 2 years.
Its obviously a lot cheaper to fiber optic-ize those countries because they are a lot smaller when compared to the entire US.
I'm sure the government and military has just as fast speeds though. They're dicks like that.
PS- Yet another reason to move out of the USA.Last edit: 2007-09-02 03:32:34 |
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| XCetron September 02 2007 03:01. Posts 5197 | Profile # |
On September 02 2007 02:53 turk wrote:can someone please explain the bits and bites difference thing? this is what i got:
I beat your DL by like 300 by loses to your upload by 200, wth. |
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| niteReloaded Croatia. September 02 2007 03:04. Posts 4880 | Profile Blog # |
| i pay like 40$ for a 1Mbit connection. fuckin T-Com thieves. Last edit: 2007-09-02 03:04:29 |
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| DeadVessel United States. September 02 2007 03:08. Posts 6269 | Profile Blog # |
| I had about 4.5Mbits so I just put 4. |
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| nontoxic United States. September 02 2007 03:08. Posts 30 | Profile # |
Download Speed: 7681 kbps (960.1KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 491 kbps (61.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
about 35 bucks a month |
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| CharlieMurphy United States. September 02 2007 03:11. Posts 22893 | Profile Blog # |
My friend said he had Comcast which got bought out by roadrunner (time-warner)
He lives a few cities over and pays 40$ a month for 5781 dl, 489 ul |
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| Silent_Marine Vietnam. September 02 2007 03:11. Posts 271 | Profile # |
| LOLz , In Viet Nam I pay like 100$ in 2 months for 2Mbps line with download everage 100KB/s and play SC always lag ( no matter where my opponent comes from .... ) |
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| NrG.Bamboo United States. September 02 2007 03:14. Posts 2443 | Profile Blog # |
Last Result:
Download Speed: 4801 kbps (600.1KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 942 kbps (117.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Not sure how much we pay though lol. I'll ask my mom when shes home ;] |
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