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Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« on: July 26, 2011, 09:12:38 AM »
Some of you already know that I've been sitting on a shitty internet for a long time now, but finally I've gotten a well deserved upgrade. 

Bye bye 2/0,5 MB mobile internet with 10 GB limit each month.

Hello 100/10 MB internet.  :D

Yeah I know, careface.. but at least share my joy!
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2011, 10:17:03 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 11:49:00 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2011, 12:26:32 PM »
I'm too ashamed to even attempt to post my internet speed...
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2011, 01:34:20 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 01:36:54 PM »
Yeah, I hate my shitty speeds.

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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2011, 01:40:20 PM »
Quote from: Nick on July 27, 2011, 01:36:54 PM
Yeah, I hate my shitty speeds.



My ping is higher than yours, but my download is 2.33 and my upload is .41


I win the lame internet speed test.
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2011, 01:53:45 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2011, 01:55:23 PM »
Quote from: Adami on July 27, 2011, 01:40:20 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 27, 2011, 01:36:54 PM
Yeah, I hate my shitty speeds.



My ping is higher than yours, but my download is 2.33 and my upload is .41


I win the lame internet speed test.
You know the aim is to have a low ping, right? The lower, the faster.
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 04:34:19 PM »
At work so I cant test, but I get up to 15 MB down and 2 MB up. I have optimum online cable modem... my coworkers say my internet is slow, but I work in a data center where we normally set up 1GB and 10GB connections... so yeah I work with network junkies.
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2011, 04:35:21 PM »
Quote from: MetalJunkie on July 27, 2011, 01:55:23 PM
Quote from: Adami on July 27, 2011, 01:40:20 PM
Quote from: Nick on July 27, 2011, 01:36:54 PM
Yeah, I hate my shitty speeds.



My ping is higher than yours, but my download is 2.33 and my upload is .41


I win the lame internet speed test.
You know the aim is to have a low ping, right? The lower, the faster.

What I don't know about this stuff can......well there's a whole lot I don't know, including that. But it does go to prove my point that I win the lame connection contest.
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2011, 04:37:42 PM »
Oh yeah, I actually never posted mine in the first place.
I am running internet a bit now, so it's not 100% accurate, but still:



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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2011, 05:14:46 PM »
I hate Canadian ISPs so much. One of the whopping two we have to choose from here just started advertising their brand new, 'blazing fast' 15 megabit connection, all for an 'amazing low price' that feels like being gouged in the eye.

Edit: I just tested my connection on that site; It was even more shockingly bad than I thought it would be.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2011, 11:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Zantera on July 27, 2011, 04:37:42 PM
Oh yeah, I actually never posted mine in the first place.
I am running internet a bit now, so it's not 100% accurate, but still:





Damn, you Europeans have great internet.  Us Americans are stuck on pour network infrastructure that doesnt seem likely to be upgraded for a bit. 

Here is mine I just tested, not the 15 MB down I stated earlier, but not bad at 10 MB.  With the cable modem, I get a lot of fluctuation, but between 10-15 is the norm.  Sucks that my one year introductory rate for my internet ends after this month.  Goes from 30 to 50 bucks a month  :angry:

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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2011, 01:04:17 AM »
I was talking to a friend in Lebanon the other day, and she had something like a .2 mbs download rate.

So yes, huzzah for having good internets.
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« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2011, 01:22:10 AM »
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2011, 02:48:32 AM »
Another great thing about the internet here (in Sweden particularly) is that the price is fairly low compared to other countries.
You guys in USA seem to have rather expensive net, personally I pay 320 Swedish KR per month, which in Euros would be 35€, or in Dollars it would be ~49$. (according to google at least)

So hell yeah.  :hat
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« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2011, 06:33:47 AM »
The most irritating thing in Canada is that they claim that it would be too expensive to upgrade the infrastructure because of the size of the country. That sounds reasonable at first... until you learn that the infrastructure is literally already in place to reach about 98% of the population, as was mandated by the government years ago. They literally just choose not to use the better infrastructure.
Recently, they've finally started using the fiber op lines that, again, have been there for years and years.

Their 'High Speed Ultra' connection is fucking 7 Mbps down, 640Kbps up, which is $54.99 CAD per month with a 12 month contract ($64.99 without).

The absolute highest speed they offer is 70/30, which is literally $100 per month.

It's pretty much the same across the country, except in most parts of the country, they get the joy of super restrictive bandwidth caps on top of that.

Over the last 10 years, Canada's internet infrastructure has gone from being one of the best in the world to an absolute embarrassment. It would be slightly less irritating if they didn't try to convince us that 10Mbps is some amazingly fast speed practically out of the future.
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« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2011, 06:35:48 AM »
I need an internet upgrade  :|

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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2011, 07:53:58 AM »
Quote from: TL on July 28, 2011, 06:33:47 AM
The most irritating thing in Canada is that they claim that it would be too expensive to upgrade the infrastructure because of the size of the country. That sounds reasonable at first... until you learn that the infrastructure is literally already in place to reach about 98% of the population, as was mandated by the government years ago. They literally just choose not to use the better infrastructure.
Recently, they've finally started using the fiber op lines that, again, have been there for years and years.

Their 'High Speed Ultra' connection is fucking 7 Mbps down, 640Kbps up, which is $54.99 CAD per month with a 12 month contract ($64.99 without).

The absolute highest speed they offer is 70/30, which is literally $100 per month.

It's pretty much the same across the country, except in most parts of the country, they get the joy of super restrictive bandwidth caps on top of that.

Over the last 10 years, Canada's internet infrastructure has gone from being one of the best in the world to an absolute embarrassment. It would be slightly less irritating if they didn't try to convince us that 10Mbps is some amazingly fast speed practically out of the future.

Actually Bell Aliant is capable of offering speeds of ~170mbps in very certain areas. In Quebec Bell can do 175. For some reason in Ontario the best we can get is 50 (and that's what I have)

But yes our internet in Canada is a joke.
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2011, 09:42:40 PM »
Hey, guys. Is this good?

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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2011, 09:50:19 PM »
Quote from: Implode on July 28, 2011, 09:42:40 PM
Hey, guys. Is this good?


Well, it makes me feel better about my shitty internet.

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Actually Bell Aliant is capable of offering speeds of ~170mbps in very certain areas. In Quebec Bell can do 175. For some reason in Ontario the best we can get is 50 (and that's what I have)
From what I've seen, they claim being capable of a 170mbps connection, but there's usually an asterisk next to it clarifying that 170 isn't commercially available. Even if the 170 is available now, it's no doubt prohibitively expensive.

Honestly, we should nationalize internet infrastructure in Canada. The government paid for most of the infrastructure anyway.
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2011, 09:52:20 PM »
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2011, 07:02:13 AM »
Quote from: TL on July 28, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
Quote from: Implode on July 28, 2011, 09:42:40 PM
Hey, guys. Is this good?


Well, it makes me feel better about my shitty internet.

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Actually Bell Aliant is capable of offering speeds of ~170mbps in very certain areas. In Quebec Bell can do 175. For some reason in Ontario the best we can get is 50 (and that's what I have)
From what I've seen, they claim being capable of a 170mbps connection, but there's usually an asterisk next to it clarifying that 170 isn't commercially available. Even if the 170 is available now, it's no doubt prohibitively expensive.

Honestly, we should nationalize internet infrastructure in Canada. The government paid for most of the infrastructure anyway.

I used to work for Bell and in my entire time there I only spoke to one customer who even qualified for 50mbps. He lived in Brampton, which I thought was a little odd. I don't know how much Aliant charges for the 170mbps, but Bell was charging something to the tune of $230 a month for the 175. And even more ridiculous was that that 175mbps connection came with a whopping 100GB of usage...with overage charges of a dollar per gig...with no limit on how high the overage can go  :lol
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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #25 on: August 12, 2011, 03:12:43 PM »
Quote from: cramx3 on July 27, 2011, 11:20:54 PM
Quote from: Zantera on July 27, 2011, 04:37:42 PM
Oh yeah, I actually never posted mine in the first place.
I am running internet a bit now, so it's not 100% accurate, but still:





Damn, you Europeans have great internet.  Us Americans are stuck on pour network infrastructure that doesnt seem likely to be upgraded for a bit. 

Here is mine I just tested, not the 15 MB down I stated earlier, but not bad at 10 MB.  With the cable modem, I get a lot of fluctuation, but between 10-15 is the norm.  Sucks that my one year introductory rate for my internet ends after this month.  Goes from 30 to 50 bucks a month  :angry:

https://www.speedtest.net/result/1405614837.png

Moved my wireless USB adapter from the back to the front of my PC:

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Re: Internet upgrade - AWESOME
« Reply #26 on: August 12, 2011, 04:42:55 PM »


So what is the ping and why is mine so high (someone mentioned earlier that the lower it is, the better). Any way I can lower it? I am running a 7 year old computer with Windows XP and it goes slow sometimes.
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« Reply #27 on: August 12, 2011, 06:08:18 PM »
Ping is the latency between your computer and a destination on the internet.  It can be introduced by network hardware on your end (modem, WiFi router, network card, etc.) as well as by your ISP.
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« Reply #28 on: August 12, 2011, 07:21:10 PM »


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« Reply #29 on: August 12, 2011, 07:35:22 PM »

Yayyy third world country
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« Reply #30 on: August 13, 2011, 08:46:50 AM »
Quote from: TL on July 28, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
Quote from: Implode on July 28, 2011, 09:42:40 PM
Hey, guys. Is this good?


Well, it makes me feel better about my shitty internet.

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Actually Bell Aliant is capable of offering speeds of ~170mbps in very certain areas. In Quebec Bell can do 175. For some reason in Ontario the best we can get is 50 (and that's what I have)
From what I've seen, they claim being capable of a 170mbps connection, but there's usually an asterisk next to it clarifying that 170 isn't commercially available. Even if the 170 is available now, it's no doubt
prohibitively expensive.





Honestly, we should nationalize internet infrastructure in Canada. The government paid for most of the infrastructure anyway.


Try uniserve.ca also known as inter.net they use bells lines(like everyone else) but don't rape you for it. It's month to month no contract, and they're pretty good about their caps for what they charge. It still throttles at the usual times though...nature of the beast here in Canuck land I'm afraid.
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« Reply #31 on: August 13, 2011, 09:00:59 AM »


Not bad for being a neighbor's unsecured wireless network.
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« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2011, 10:01:46 AM »
It doesnt get too much faster then this in Australia:



I love my isp but speeds and caps here are just dumb.
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« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2011, 11:00:23 AM »


this is plugged in, usually I'm wireless on my laptop and performance takes a hit.
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« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2011, 11:28:59 AM »


having this upload speed is great for Xbox LIVE! Wireless BTW.
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