How fast is your broadband?

DownPW

50Euros/per month with Amazon Prime and netflix SD include Add 3euros for Netflix HD

gotwf

Ya' gets what yer' gouged fer' .... if'n yer' lucky!!!

In this instance, looks like I was. Sad days for the Internet in North America, eh?

julian

@DownPW that is all.

cagatay

we are flying in turkey

DownPW

@julian

Yep that all
In France with the operator named "Free"

julian

@DownPW Why is it called "Free"? Shouldn't it be called "Libré"

Working out of a coworking space today...

hmm...

omega

My first coaxial broadband was 0.5 Mbps, that was a real improvement over dial up hands down.

A few years later and a differing location, connection available offered a base that gave real world 6Mbps but ADSL, and around that mark web surfing really did feel instant and responsive, that's about 10 years ago.

Since then browsers have gotten more bloated, OS's too and the average web page layered with all kinds of elements, the rise of streaming and gaming add in the need for VPN's these days, is it actually overkill for basic web, yes it is and that's why I don't really need 1Gbps.

Meanwhile, I got a generic mailer for 1Gbps offer today for 50 euro bucks a month (switch over offer), other offers range around 60-70 eurobucks a month, 500 Mbps, around 30-45 eurobucks, all on fibre.

omega

@omega said in How fast is your broadband?:

Of course, back on topic, even using VPN I'm getting 190 D : 19 U today, but it's summer and it's quiet everywhere right?

My BB has halved since this test, I can't get past 60Mbps D/L at the moment, but the latency and pin rate went to pot, which IMHO is worse.

omega

The latest and greatest in these parts is 1Gbps FTTH for €40 per/month (100Mbps upload)

Surprisingly good too when testing, fast.com has often hit 1.2/1.3 Gbps whatever that might be worth but generally speaking, even with the hit VPN brings you can often achieve 500 Mbps picking the right servers, and sometimes there is no hit to the ping time, but of course it can more often be 80% less.

julian

Since I created this topic, my internet plan and price are unchanged $65 CAD for 60 Mbps.

@baris got a bit of a break, though. Our ISP got bought out by one of the large telecoms.

phenomlab

@julian said in How fast is your broadband?:

Since I created this topic, my internet plan and price are unchanged $65 CAD for 60 Mbps

julian

@phenomlab tell me about it

<baris>

$60/month.

Still a ripoff. If I want fiber at my address need to pay $120/month

phenomlab

@baris is there an installation charge? That's common in the UK.

<baris>

@phenomlab yeah there is. There is no competition here so 3 companies just rip Canadians off

phenomlab

@baris pretty much the same in the UK.

brazzerstop

In my country 8$ (USD)/month for plan with speed 10 Mbps.

julian

@brazzerstop still cheaper than Canada

julian

@phenomlab said in How fast is your broadband?:

@baris pretty much the same in the UK.

But do your ISPs do dumb things like call non-fiber internet "Fibe" to fool people into thinking they have fiber?

phenomlab

@julian oh yes. Copper phone lines to carry fiber, which would be a miracle in itself. Those in the trade know that there's FTTC and FTTH - and the only ones capable of delivering true fiber speeds in the UK without it costing a fortune are cable companies like Virgin for example.

Even back in 2007, the minimum speed to the house in Japan was 100Mbps...