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Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll
By wooferhound, Section Remote Living Posted on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 07:07:41 AM MST
What is your Normal Internet Connection Speed

Many of our users have slow internet connections because they are located remotely. I would like to know what is your internet connection speed. The Poll is on the rightside of this page and scroll down a a little bit

Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:28:32 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.earth.org.uk/

Please note that some of us connect to the Net more than one way. When I am at home I use my 1Mbps SDSL, but out of the office I use wireless which is more like 200kbps and for which I potentially pay for every byte downloaded.

Rgds

Damon

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by AbyssUnderground on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:41:42 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.repowered.co.uk

At home I have 4Mbps cable and at work 6.2Mbps ADSL.

I also run several dedicated servers with symmetrical 10Mbps and 100Mbps lines.

Damon, how much does your 1Mbps SDSL cost?

http://www.repowered.co.uk - My Renewable Energy site.
msn[at]m3ezw.co.uk - my msn if you want a chat.
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:44:41 AM MST
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Lots! Probably in 1 month what you pay for your home connection in a year!

(I run servers from home, so need the uplink speed and a low contention ratio.)

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by AbyssUnderground on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:48:51 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.repowered.co.uk

I used to find my cable line with 0.4Mbps did me great for 2 years of running my websites. Very rarely down, 99.8% uptime in two years I had.

I take it yours are more mission critical than mine? I could just about live without mine if I needed to.

http://www.repowered.co.uk - My Renewable Energy site.
msn[at]m3ezw.co.uk - my msn if you want a chat.
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:23:17 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.earth.org.uk/

Hi,

Apart from anything else my cable provider will not allow hosting of Web sites on their normal Internet service. I went all the way up to the CEO to try to get sense from them over many years, but failed.

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by AbyssUnderground on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:30:42 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.repowered.co.uk

My cable providor (Virgin Media, previously NTL) doesn't care as long as you're not spamming and accept that you have to secure any FTP servers you use and that it is in no way supported by them.

Running a mail server was impossible though due to non-configurable reverse DNS and no static IP.

http://www.repowered.co.uk - My Renewable Energy site.
msn[at]m3ezw.co.uk - my msn if you want a chat.
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 06:30:37 AM MST
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I am still running a mail server as residue from having been an ISP... Static addresses and inbound services and a formal AUP that allow them are/were important! B^>

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#29)
by Tinbendr (tinbendr at cableone dot net) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 02:35:17 PM MST
(User Info) http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums

Cable, about 3 mbps, or so they tell me. About $50 a month.
Located North central Mississippi.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Need another hobby

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#50)
by martin1 on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 04:33:19 PM MST
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I use 3G mobilephone connection. The ad said 3.6 Mb but the speed is usually around 600 Kb. Only 20€ a month.

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by gizmo on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:05:12 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.thebackshed.com

I live 30 km from town, but cant get ADSL or ISDN. I use a Next-G wireless connection, 256k both ways, cost $49 per month. Speeds not the problem, 256k is fast enough for internet surfing, its the data usage thats gets ya. 1Gig per month is free , after which I have to pay 30cents per meg. Now my windows update wants me to download a 525Meg service pack for Office 2007, thats more than half my monthly limit, so no I'll give that update a miss thanks.

Glenn

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#24)
by asheets on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:06:56 PM MST
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Yeesh... 525MB isn't a service pack -- that's a reinstall!!! Does MS still offer the free + SH+H update CDs with their products? If not, let me know and I'll download the thing and mail the disk to you.
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by fcfcfc on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 05:23:53 AM MST
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Hi: I am on cable modem. They keep upgrading the speeds so I think I am in the 1 to 2 mbps range, but I suspect my downlink speed is greater than my uplink speed. Response is decent. Cost is $50 a month.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by thefinis (thefinis@hotmail.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 05:27:43 AM MST
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Wireless service but I have its cheapest and slowest 256 download and 128 upload but no limits on how much it is used. Cost is $29 US a month next step up is double speeds at $45 and 4 ranges/rates available. Works good for most everything but is a little slow on big files. After having dial up it is just fine. Too far out for DSL and barely in range of the wireless tower which works line of sight. Lucked out have friends closer to tower that can't get it due to lay of the land.

Finis
Texas born and bred

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by bob golding (photoman290 at yahoo dot com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 06:42:29 AM MST
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betweem 50 and 60KB on gprs though my mobile phone. 5 pounds a month on top of my normal line rental as long as i only use it betwem 7 pm and 7 am and weekends. 3 pound a megabyte in the daytime!

cheers
bob golding

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by Boss (brians.outfit(at)gmail.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 06:58:35 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.outfitnm.com

Our Internet isn't particularly fast, but it is a completely owner built solar powered WiFi. The signal is relayed up and over a mountain from town 15 miles away in two hops. 384 down 384 up wireless $40.00 per month normal fee I get it free as a perk to my job as a wireless Internet installer.
Brian Rodgers

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by TomW on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 07:30:19 AM MST
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"Hillbilly Wireless" here, 3 hops to town. TomW >> silo >> silo >> 200 foot radio tower>>ISP. Used to be a perk from the ISP I helped build. But I pay him his "dialup" fee in 6 month chunks because I can afford it. Was free for years because I worked with them a lot off and on with no pay.

Its not real fast but its lots faster than my only other option [dialup]. I get a static IP too which normally is a "premium".

Because you asked.

Cheers.

TomW

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#25)
by asheets on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:08:22 PM MST
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What are you using for the silo repeaters?
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#38)
by TomW on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 05:05:51 PM MST
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Just some older cheap 2.4 ghz stuff with omnis to clients and grids for point to point. Forget the brands but came from Canada. I use a grid on my end which helps cut thru the fog rain etc. Biggest issue is line of sight in this hilly terrain need to zig zag to get around 2 major hills. He connects a couple small towns to his noc with runs over 15 miles point to point. Mostly a matter of finding existing structures to put gear on. Water towers, etc.

Cheers.

TomW

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#44)
by asheets on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 10:35:27 AM MST
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I assume solar or wind powered, or is the silo gear connected to the grid?
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#45)
by asheets on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 10:37:04 AM MST
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I forgot... the reason I ask is that I'm having problems keeping my small D-Link repeater online. I have 20W of solar on the roof, but within a few days the batteries need a grid recharge.
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#47)
by TomW on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 10:45:53 AM MST
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Silo gear is grid connected with a smallish UPS.

My end runs off my secondary [12 volt] bank.

Cheers.

TomW

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#48)
by AbyssUnderground on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 11:22:39 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.repowered.co.uk

20W of solar won't power a (roughly) 1A @ 12v router/access point. You need more solar to power it. Remember how much DamonHD struggles to power his laptop which uses 20-25W.

http://www.repowered.co.uk - My Renewable Energy site.
msn[at]m3ezw.co.uk - my msn if you want a chat.
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#49)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 12:31:16 PM MST
(User Info) http://www.earth.org.uk/

You'll need to multiply up the unit's consumption by 24/x where x is the number of sun-hours that you get each day, plus a fudge factor for losses in batteries, etc, eg maybe an extra 20%.

Rgds

Damon

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#14)
by pepa on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:10:51 AM MST
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48.0Kbps dialup, pepa

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by gameman on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:30:52 AM MST
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i have cable with 1.5mbps but i also have internet phone service which cuts my speed down to about 1 meg .
when i got the cable internet i told them i just wanted the internet service not any tv channels but that said it would cost 20.00 for about 80 channles or 25 to take the channels off so i took the channels

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by RCpilot (rcpilot (at) rollanet (dot) org) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:27:01 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.rollanet.org/~rcpilot

Cable Modem, 5MB coming in, 256K going out. They cap it so you can't run file sharing servers, etc. Cost is $36 a month but it's in a package with Cable TV, Phone and Internet.

Kelly
Pray every day!

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#17)
by jaskiainen (jaskiainen74inhottestmailcompany) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:38:12 AM MST
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At home 1Mb cable 29€ and by mobile phone depending on location 100-300 kb 10€/month unlimited use.
Best regards jaskiainen

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#18)
by Bruce S (bruce(dot)stahl <at>gmail (dot)(com)) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:39:05 AM MST
(User Info)

My connections are two:
Work: OC3 :-)
Computers connections are at 1gigabit max; but are limited to 100M.
Home: Because I need to connect to work servers: DSL 6M

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#41)
by Boss (brians.outfit(at)gmail.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:59:20 PM MST
(User Info) http://www.outfitnm.com

Okay you win! 45 meg! fiber no less.
Brian Rodgers

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#19)
by deloiter (iowa50070@aol.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 08:58:31 AM MST
(User Info)

We have a wireless ISP in our area. I typically see about 650kbps downlink and 550kbps uplink. This is nothing like DSL but still adequate for most operations. As opposed to a satellite, this works fine with VPN and latency sensitive applications.
deloiter

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#20)
by AbyssUnderground on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 09:47:47 AM MST
(User Info) http://www.repowered.co.uk

I have 4Mbps cable with 400Kbps upstream for $50 (£25).

My ISP offers higher tiers (20Mbps with 768Kbps upstream) but its $70 (£35).

All tiers have traffic throttling to 25% of the speed between 4pm and 9pm if you download more than a certain amount (depending on tier) between that time.

Mbps is throttled back to 1Mbps and 128Kbps upload if you download 350mb or upload 150mb
Mbps is throttled back to 1Mbps and 128Kbps upload if you download 800mb or upload 350mb
Mbps is throttled back to 5Mbps and 256Kbps upload if you download 3gb or upload 1.05gb

My ISP are also trialing 50Mbps on the new DOCSIS3 platform in some areas of the UK.

The throttling sucks but its rare it happens if all you do is browse. Save downloading for night and early day time.

http://www.repowered.co.uk - My Renewable Energy site.
msn[at]m3ezw.co.uk - my msn if you want a chat.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#21)
by kurt on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 11:03:29 AM MST
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6meg down 650k up dsl

http://www.reresource.org/

IRC

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#22)
by RodN (_NOSPAM_info AT bnservices DOT it_NOSPAM_) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 12:47:40 PM MST
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10 Mbps optic cable :)

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#23)
by asheets on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:04:25 PM MST
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Wireless 5M Down, 1M up. I'm really close to the company's tallest tower, with perfect line of sight and happenstance good polarization. Perfectly horizontal shot, since my roofline just happens to be the same hight above sea level as their tower (I'm on a hill -- most of my neighbors down the hill get really poor signal). It also helped a bit that my dish is as big as it can get without having to be licensed (working on the license now, so that my planned amplifier will be legal).

I run WWW, FTP, mail, netmeeting/h323, and VOIP phone services, plus repeat some of my extra bandwith through a small POP for the neighbors who otherwise have nothing.

$100/month for the connection, static IP, bandwidth, no limits, phone, and 24/7 contact with a real engineer if I ever (rarely) need it.
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#26)
by veewee77 on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 01:59:02 PM MST
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I have DSL at my house, but even so, I try my best to make things that I am sending to someone else as bandwidth efficient as possible. I am not sure of my speed but I think it comes in around 1.5MB down and 256K up or something like that. . .never bothered to check. . . it does what I want. . .

Doug

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#27)
by coldspot on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 02:02:20 PM MST
(User Info)

cable
100.0 Mbps

As Fast as it gets-lol (3.00 / 0) (#28)
by Devo on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 02:10:17 PM MST
(User Info)

We are top knotch high tech out here in the boon docks we have a hamster running a wheel to power the phone line & when it works we log in at 115 kbs whoooo.

Devo

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#30)
by methanolcat (methanolcat (at)yahoo(dot)com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:35:56 PM MST
(User Info)

Dial up here with only other option at this time being satellite so the best I have ever been able to connect at is 38.4 kbps, 24 kbps right now.

Sounds horrible I know, but works pretty good on this site as long as the pic's aren't too big and even if they are they are usually worth waiting for, so no major complaints here. I wouldn't even try to download a video of any kind though.

methanolcat

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#31)
by Peppyy on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:45:06 PM MST
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We have our local phone company dsl and I am a dsl pioneer, (says so on the shirt they gave me) They are currently claiming 24MB/sec and although I am a good distance from the office our VTEL DSL is about 18mb/sec down and 3mb/sec up but it is hard to find a server with the bandwidth to test it correctly.Boy an I gonna miss that when I have to go back to dialup.

I find my Linux machines test much higher than the win machines too for some reason?
Pep

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#46)
by asheets on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 10:38:52 AM MST
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Windows machines have their tx/rx windows set for dialup. Get a utility like Dr. TCP to adjust it upwards a bit.
_____________________________

Alan Sheets
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#32)
by cjbotkin (cjbotkin@comcast.net) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:48:01 PM MST
(User Info)

Hi,

We run a Comcast cable "business" connection, which is just one step up from standard home cable ISP.

9M to 11M up and 2.7M down -- fast!

$74/month for the connection, static IP, bandwidth, no limits, phone, and 24/7 contact with a real engineer if I ever (rarely) need it.

Minneapolis.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#34)
by cjbotkin (cjbotkin@comcast.net) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:49:15 PM MST
(User Info)

Here's are two "speed test" sites for everyone.

www.speedtest.net/

www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#33)
by phil b (philb7369at-no-more spam-yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:48:16 PM MST
(User Info)

48K home/100Mbs work
Normally, the 48K gets the most workout.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#35)
by Jeff (ruralmcguyver at yahoo dot com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 03:50:49 PM MST
(User Info)

Supposedly 56k dialup. Actual connection speed says around 30-36k. Actual transfer rate is rarely over 4k, most of the time it's 1.2k. Next to useless for most things, but all I can get for free!
Rural McG

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#36)
by luckeydog (bryan@coloradowindpower.com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 04:18:40 PM MST
(User Info) http://www.coloradowindpower.com

DSL fast enough that I have no complaints.

Luckeydog

.
wind gens are much funner to watch than solar panels. Broomfield,Colorado

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#37)
by commanda (alwynne at unwired dot com dot au) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 04:36:21 PM MST
(User Info)

Home:
Unwired (Pty Ltd) wireless broadband.
Break Free 512/128 3GB 512/128 AU$54.95 3 mailboxes.

Work:
ADSL something or other. We actually have several connections. My desktop seems unusually slow at the moment, I think it's a DNS problem of some sort.

Amanda

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#39)
by spinningmagnets (velmis1450bc(at)aol(dot)com) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 05:18:25 PM MST
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Stock built-in laptop "dial-up" modem. labelled as 56 K, actual speed bears a relation to political promises in an election year. Looking for an excuse to upgrade to DSL, must confer with wife. located in a city, south-west Utah.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#40)
by dastardlydan (dastardlydan1@verizon.net) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 06:27:59 PM MST
(User Info)

I have FIOS Verizon
It is super fast,don't know
if its the new IE 7 or what.
from the time I ckick onthe home page,and log on ,and go to this
poll it has taken 22 min.

Allways get message( waiting for
http//www.fildlines.

this worst than Juno dialup.

don't know how to fix it

DanM
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DastardlyDan . This is only a test, had it been the real thing , you would have got instructions.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#42)
by disaray1 on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 06:11:01 AM MST
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Cable, 1mbps down, 5ookbps up.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#43)
by Farmer on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 08:24:06 AM MST
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Hughes Net satellite It is a great connection at $99/month. We use it for telephone via Vonage as well.

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#51)
by elvin1949 (elvin1949@yahoo.com) on Wed Jan 9th, 2008 at 10:21:07 PM MST
(User Info)

I have a true hotrod here.
21.6 kbps right now.
On a good day 24 kbps.
2 times in the last 6 months got 26.4 WOW.
Down load a picture,ranges from 1.6 to 3.8 kbps.
I think i need to call wildblue,BUT i only pay 5 dollars a month now SO.
I'm on a fixed income [small] think i will stay where i am.
later
Elvin

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#52)
by RogerAS (theropod at yahoo dot com) on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 at 06:18:54 PM MST
(User Info)

Elvin,

Do more ersearch before going down the wildblue highway to hell road. I have it. I hate it. Not reliable, not fast up or down. Looking into cell tower driven service. Would rather have POTS and a modem.

Your results may vary, but read the fine print in contract. You still have to pay even if the bird gets whacked by an asteroid!

In my opnion wildblue flat out sucks.
Roger AS
8 Years off-grid & counting
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#53)
by elvin1949 (elvin1949@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 at 10:22:54 PM MST
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Rodger
I have seen all the post about your experiences with wild blue.That is one of the reason's i am waiting.My younger brother got it bundled with
sat.TV.I am waiting to see how he come's out.
So far so good [he did not have to buy the equipment].
later
Elvin

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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#54)
by twombo on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:32:04 AM MST
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How does the phone work over the satellite connection? I have Wildblue at 1 meg but my daughters think I should have a phone in case of emergency (worrywarts)!

Is the signal delay noticable or difficult?

Thanks

Mike

Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#55)
by RogerAS (theropod at yahoo dot com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 06:32:04 PM MST
(User Info)

Hey,

It doesn't work, vonage internet phone, that is. Too much latency. Look at broadbandreports.com. We cannot watch uTube, listen to real audio or deal with any streaming media. I'm not kidding, it sucks big ones.
Roger AS
8 Years off-grid & counting
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Re: Your Internet Connection Speed - Poll (3.00 / 0) (#56)
by bj (jackbp996@msn.com) on Mon May 26th, 2008 at 05:22:04 AM MST
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Woofer---spent a couple of years on dail-up--painful. A new company
started up in the area, satellite driven. Advertized speeds were 58.2
M.B./sec. Has been about there for a year. Cost is $60 a month. Of course, the speed is always better @2 in the morning, but I am up at
time a lot of days. Anyway, Here is Lamont, Alberta, Canada.
Just an answer to your Poll.
Thanks, and take care.
bj
thanks all bj

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Your Internet Connection Speed
Slow - dialing less than 28k baud
Trying - dialing up to 56k baud
Better - DSL up to 760k baud
Good - DSL above 760k
Great - Cable Modem
Greatest - T1 connection or better

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