Internet Speed.

HardWareBoss · May 12, 2005

Since we have alot of traffic here. What's you net speed and cost? Verizon wants $200 USD per month for 30 mbps download and 5 mbps upload. On Fiber Optic.

pauldh · May 13, 2005

10Mbps down / 1Mbps up. $50 a month Optimum Online Cable (OOL).

Those optical speeds are something else, but I'd rather give up some speed and save money. Say $30 a month for 5Mbps/1Mbps.

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eden · May 13, 2005

I still hate you as much as ever.

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Ned_Flanders · May 13, 2005

- I pay £40 for 2Mb, around $65-70 I believe.

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TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

Let's see some screenies (no buffer blasting guys, real speeds) of course here at work I'm limited by the tests, but here's one from the other day (too bad I can't use full Java at work or I'd use the major BroadBandReports ones);

<A HREF="http://img63.echo.cx/img63/4961/tspeedtest7ic.jpg" target="_new">http://img63.echo.cx/img63/4961/tspeedtest7ic.jpg</A>

At home I'm 2/0.7 and it's.... FREE! :evil:

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TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

Hint, I work for a communications company. :lol:

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! - <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com/" target="_new">RED GREEN</A> GA to SK :evil:

RX8 · May 13, 2005

yo ned u wolly ur from england and you pay £40, LMAOAU.

BT do 2mb for £25 a month (USA DOLLER $45)and it smashes all other cable company for ping and reliablity.

time 4 u to change.

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phial · May 13, 2005

<A HREF="http://img63.echo.cx/my.php?image=toasttest1le.png" target="_new">pwned biatchos</A>

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RX8 · May 13, 2005

haha u geek.

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phial · May 13, 2005

LMAo screw you hippeh

<A HREF="http://img63.echo.cx/my.php?image=toasttest22ym.png" target="_new">btw heres my real results, i faked the last ones.</A>

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TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

You do realize mine had a 1 in front of the 7, right?!? :tongue:

BTW, even while having 2 server connections up I got this;
<A HREF="http://img17.echo.cx/img17/3747/phialdefiled0fo.jpg" target="_new">http://img17.echo.cx/img17/3747/phialdefiled0fo.jpg</A>

:tongue:

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! - <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com/" target="_new">RED GREEN</A> GA to SK :evil:

TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

LOL!

Mine weren't faked.

Did you cache exploit?

BTW, try a few different sites for your top speed, I found that the actual Toast.net ones (there are 2 if you go to the 'more sites' option) are fastest and II got me the above result.

PPS, look at the name of the jpg. :evil:

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! - <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com/" target="_new">RED GREEN</A> GA to SK :evil:

phial · May 13, 2005

HAHAH :lol:

defiled?!? please be gentle with me .... lmao no... what you do is , well look at the end of the url once you run the test at Toast.net .. your speed is measured by how fast the page is loaded (dunno of its the time recieved, or the total time rendering because machine speed can have a great effect on this) so if you edit the last digit down say half a second then itll display what kind of bandwidth you would be getting if it came up that fast

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pauldh · May 13, 2005

No cap unless you abuse your upload amount. Alot of people were ticked when they started capping for excessive uploading, but hey it's cable so they have my blessings to go ahead and cap my neighbors if they are running servers or providing a fat filesharing pipe at our whole nodes expense.

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pauldh · May 13, 2005

Sheesh, with those speeds, running speed tests at work must be on most new employee/geeks to do list when they take the job. Then it switches to downloading everything you could ever want/need. Got a USB 2.0 DVD burner handy?

The free at home broadband sure is a nice perk too!

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eden · May 13, 2005

I hate you too, OFFICIALLY!

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TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

Haha, ok, that's a pretty simple exploit.

Yeah I thought the jpg needed a unique name, and voila.

Gentle, sure gentle like Ebola!

EDIT;

running speed tests at work must be on most new employee/geeks to do list when they take the job.

Yeah, except like I mentioned Java's completely handcuffed at work, and none of the BroadbandReports tests work. The best is downloading demos from ATi and the like. Now that I added my external DVD burner (bought over Xmas [LG w/ RAM]) to the work machine I can download the files that used to stiffle me before (too many >1gb files [I did have my jump drive trio w/ 1GB of LAxar 32x]).

There are other perks like TVoverIP (similar to ExpressVu selection), but I can't get it in my new area (low end copper twisted pairs, no fibre link).

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! - <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com/" target="_new">RED GREEN</A> GA to SK :evil:

Edited by TheGreatGrapeApe on 05/12/05 11:38 PM.

TheGreatGrapeApe · May 13, 2005

Well think of it this way, WE supply the University with their connection. :lol:

The biggest barrier between me and the .net at work is the connection out of the back of my Hell desktop. My absolute max has been just under 40Mbps IIRC. It's most fun comparing long haul download rates for ATi and M$ stuff, truely gives you and idea of sustained rate, and it's usually above 12Mbs, and that may be more limited by M$ and ATi and their traffic than me.

- You need a licence to buy a gun, but they'll sell anyone a stamp (or internet account) ! - <A HREF="http://www.redgreen.com/" target="_new">RED GREEN</A> GA to SK :evil:

ChipDeath · May 13, 2005

yo ned u wolly ur from england and you pay £40, LMAOAU.

BT do 2mb for £25 a month (USA DOLLER $45)and it smashes all other cable company for ping and reliablity.

time 4 u to change.

BT's capped at 15GB/month total traffic (combined Upload/Download). That said, there are other providers giving 2Mb unlimited for less. My brother's just switched to MetroNet (although he's only on a 512Kb service), so I'm seeing how that goes before I make the switch myself (I'm on BT). They (MetroNet) have a pay-as-you-go type scheme, where they charge £X per GB, but they cap the charge at around £32 (for the 2Mb Service), so if you use less than (IIRC) 15GB or so then you pay less.

There are others. <A HREF="http://www.ispreview.co.uk" target="_new">http://www.ispreview.co.uk</A> seems a good source for info, if anyone else is interested.

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Ned_Flanders · May 13, 2005

BT's sh!t is capped.

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HardWareBoss · May 13, 2005

Better than me. 5Mbps down / 386K up. $40 per month.

HardWareBoss · May 13, 2005

Can't read the tiny print. How do you get your home free????

HardWareBoss · May 13, 2005

You can't get more speed???

RX8 · May 13, 2005

Unlimited for me, i am on a old contract ha ha.

but still u are paying way over the odds for a connection at that speed, look at the links below there are some good deals ATM.

www.broadbandsuppliers.co.uk
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/isps/summarylist.asp

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Caimbeul · May 13, 2005

"yo ned u wolly ur from england and you pay £40, LMAOAU.

BT do 2mb for £25 a month (USA DOLLER $45)and it smashes all other cable company for ping and reliablity.

time 4 u to change."

Whilst it is indeed reliable it is capped at 15Gb per month you can exceed this put you are charged for doing so.

Ned that really isnt a good deal you are getting. Try pipex - better pricing at the moment but. All BT and pipex connections (possibly others too) are being upgraded/doubled very soon for free 512 goes to 1mb 1mb to 2mb etc mine just went from 512k to 1mb gratis with pipex....this may be old news to many though.

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