Hi-speed internet

[stonedmegman]

I had the first high speed ADSL modem Bell put out in '97. 2.2Mb down, 1Mb up, static IP for $64.95/month.

Now it's 500Mb up/down fibre for $74.99/month. Techs will be tweaking it to improve.

[Animal]

I had the first high speed ADSL modem Bell put out in '97. 2.2Mb down, 1Mb up, static IP for $64.95/month.

Now it's 500Mb up/down fibre for $74.99/month. Techs will be tweaking it to improve.

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

[stonedmegman]

I had the first high speed ADSL modem Bell put out in '97. 2.2Mb down, 1Mb up, static IP for $64.95/month.

Now it's 500Mb up/down fibre for $74.99/month. Techs will be tweaking it to improve.

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

Not in this day and age.

The same company has a 1 GB up/down also.

[Reservoir Dog]

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

Those are pretty good numbers for dial-up.

[Animal]

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

Those are pretty good numbers for dial-up.

its AT&T. I think I'm going to call them.

[CentralTexasCrude]

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

Those are pretty good numbers for dial-up.

its AT&T. I think I'm going to call them.

Didn't they give you a discount for living in the Boonies?

[Animal]

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

Those are pretty good numbers for dial-up.

its AT&T. I think I'm going to call them.

Didn't they give you a discount for living in the Boonies?

No, my boonies location has Starlink which is around 100. this speed with AT&T is on the edge of Fort Worth.

[rule34]

I had the first high speed ADSL modem Bell put out in '97. 2.2Mb down, 1Mb up, static IP for $64.95/month.

Now it's 500Mb up/down fibre for $74.99/month. Techs will be tweaking it to improve.

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

At what price? And how much is your starlink?

[8-TrackJones]

It seems it's never as fast as they claim. "Your mileage may vary" comes to mind. In this case, it's speed. Mediacom offers 1 gig for $139.00 a month. That may or may not include Wireless 360. Which is just a wifi extender in your home.

[stonedmegman]

It seems it's never as fast as they claim. "Your mileage may vary" comes to mind. In this case, it's speed. Mediacom offers 1 gig for $139.00 a month. That may or may not include Wireless 360. Which is just a wifi extender in your home.

This stands true with twisted copper pair.

But with fibre it's usually pretty close.

[B-Tender]

I have 414 download, and 13.4 upload.

[CentralTexasCrude]

I guess my question is this- Unless you are doing some kind of high end multi-player gaming. Why in the Hell do you need those (300+) speeds? Past a certain point, I'm not sure you would notice much difference.
Plus your whatever system you are using has to be able to handle it or it's useless.

[stonedmegman]

I have 414 download, and 13.4 upload.

Why is your upload so low?

[Animal]

I had the first high speed ADSL modem Bell put out in '97. 2.2Mb down, 1Mb up, static IP for $64.95/month.

Now it's 500Mb up/down fibre for $74.99/month. Techs will be tweaking it to improve.

i have 9 down and 9.5 up. is that good?

At what price? And how much is your starlink?

the 9 up and down is AT&T and i think it just goes through the phone line. I don't think they hava any kind of high speed or fiber or anything in this industrial area.

at my very very rural ranch property i have starlink and its a little over 100 up and down. It costs $125 per month.

[B-Tender]

I have 414 download, and 13.4 upload.

Why is your upload so low?

Don't know, it's always been that way here with Cox cable.

[Reservoir Dog]

It seems it's never as fast as they claim. "Your mileage may vary" comes to mind. In this case, it's speed. Mediacom offers 1 gig for $139.00 a month. That may or may not include Wireless 360. Which is just a wifi extender in your home.

This stands true with twisted copper pair.

But with fibre it's usually pretty close.

If you have fibre to your modem you should get pretty close to what they say.
But if you have fibre-to-the-curb or fibre-to-the-house, then the phone lines or coax in the walls of your house will bring you down a fair bit.

[QillerDaemon]

[stonedmegman]

It seems it's never as fast as they claim. "Your mileage may vary" comes to mind. In this case, it's speed. Mediacom offers 1 gig for $139.00 a month. That may or may not include Wireless 360. Which is just a wifi extender in your home.

This stands true with twisted copper pair.

But with fibre it's usually pretty close.

If you have fibre to your modem you should get pretty close to what they say.
But if you have fibre-to-the-curb or fibre-to-the-house, then the phone lines or coax in the walls of your house will bring you down a fair bit.

I have fibre to the modem.

[Charliesheen]

49.4 & 11.7

$20

I’m ok with it.

[rule34]

Just checked and 105 download and 27 upload. It's wireless and the tower is 3.5 miles away. 20 dollars a month.
They are currently running fibre optic in my entire county, pop 6000. supposed to be done by march. That will cost a lot more than I am paying now, I'm good with what I have.




Now cell phone service on the other hand...............

[Weavagra]

I'm not home to check but mine looks like this also. Switched to fiber on the 500 plan. It's always over 700.

[stonedmegman]

They did a modem software update and it is getting er.

[CentralTexasCrude]

And since nobody answered from before, I'll bring it up again. What's the use of having blazing internet speeds (248, 351, 622, 731, whatever), when your receiving devices (PC, cell phones, smart TV's, tablets, whatever) can only handle something much less (105, 130, 165, 200, whatever)?

[Reservoir Dog]

With numbers like that, you could probably host an internet message board.

[stonedmegman]

And since nobody answered from before, I'll bring it up again. What's the use of having blazing internet speeds (248, 351, 622, 731, whatever), when your receiving devices (PC, cell phones, smart TV's, tablets, whatever) can only handle something much less (105, 130, 165, 200, whatever)?

I have 500 up/down. I'm getting 475. What can't my PC handle?