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Post Your Connection Speed Part Two

cambookpro

cambookpro

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Post Your Connection Speed Part Two

.macbookpro. said:
Thats not over WiFi is it? I only get 100Mb/s over wifi, and constant disconnections from our 3 Airport Expresses and Smart TV. Hopefully the Airport Extreme arriving tomorrow will sort it out, otherwise its £150 wasted.
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Yep, over WiFi.
We went from Sky to Virgin's TiVo TV box as it's much cheaper, and they installed a new SuperHub while they were at it. The old one we got ~90Mbps downstairs and ~20Mbps upstairs over WiFi; now, we get ~130Mbps downstairs and ~75Mbps upstairs. That Speedtest was literally on top of the router.

It hasn't been dropping out like the last one either, though I did have to disconnect and reconnect on my iPad once or twice.

However, hopefully next year, I'll get a new ac Time Capsule and just have the SuperHub in modem mode - I've always found Apple's routers to be the most reliable.
 
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.macbookpro.

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cambookpro said:
Yep, over WiFi.
We went from Sky to Virgin's TiVo TV box as it's much cheaper, and they installed a new SuperHub while they were at it. The old one we got ~90Mbps downstairs and ~20Mbps upstairs over WiFi; now, we get ~130Mbps downstairs and ~75Mbps upstairs. That Speedtest was literally on top of the router.

It hasn't been dropping out like the last one either, though I did have to disconnect and reconnect on my iPad once or twice.

However, hopefully next year, I'll get a new ac Time Capsule and just have the SuperHub in modem mode - I've always found Apple's routers to be the most reliable.
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Just set up the new Airport Extreme.

Same location as before,(about 15m away with walls in between) but now get ~ 50Mb/s faster over wifi. No drop outs after half a day, but there is a problem between this and our LG WebOS TV. I reckon its to do with the AE's single network for both 2GHz and 5GHz.
 
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EOB

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Connected over wifi, I must say I am satisfied with my speeds, especially when I am only paying 60/month for it. Plus I cannot get any other ISP in the area :(

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puckhead193

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had fios installed yesterday 150/150 plan :eek:
 

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mellofello

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Out of curiosity how long did it take to download ios8 for you guys with these monster connections?

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Micky Do said:
Slower than 96% of Thailand……. but paying as much as most. No phone, cable or wifi to my apartment, so "mobile broadband" is the only option…. up to 7.2 Mb/sec. advertised but currently getting just 3.5% of that. Cannot say that is it false advertising, strictly speaking, but somewhat misleading none the less.

Cloud computing, cloud storage, streaming, download Mavericks… forget it.

http://[URL=http://www.speedtest.ne...www.speedtest.net/result/3611241829.png]Image[/URL][/URL]
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I was just in Thailand 2 weeks ago. I was surprised that there were still billboards everywhere for 3g service. I roamed with my us plan and it swapped through about a dozen carriers. All of them were universally crap.

I think I could deal with it to live there though. Beautiful country.
 
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mellofello said:
I was just in Thailand 2 weeks ago. I was surprised that there were still billboards everywhere for 3g service. I roamed with my us plan and it swapped through about a dozen carriers. All of them were universally crap.

I think I could deal with it to live there though. Beautiful country.
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Thailand has a history of being relatively early to adopt technology, then not moving with the advances. After living here off and on for about 15 of the past 35 years, I still appreciate its beautiful veneer, while being well aware of the strengths, weaknesses and perplexities that underpin it.

Sunset scene, from my desk:

[URL=http://s1306.photobucket.com/user/AjarnMick/media/From%20my%20apartment/S0029836_zps1504c97a.jpg.html] [/URL]

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3773382952] [/URL]

Slightly faster than the last time I tested, but still slower than 93% of Thailand!
 
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HDFan

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Comcast 150 Mbps service.
 

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MacHead84

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I am a guest in the land of smiles
Micky Do said:
Slower than 96% of Thailand……. but paying as much as most. No phone, cable or wifi to my apartment, so "mobile broadband" is the only option…. up to 7.2 Mb/sec. advertised but currently getting just 3.5% of that. Cannot say that is it false advertising, strictly speaking, but somewhat misleading none the less.

Cloud computing, cloud storage, streaming, download Mavericks… forget it.
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mellofello said:
I was just in Thailand 2 weeks ago. I was surprised that there were still billboards everywhere for 3g service. I roamed with my us plan and it swapped through about a dozen carriers. All of them were universally crap.

I think I could deal with it to live there though. Beautiful country.
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Micky Do said:
Thailand has a history of being relatively early to adopt technology, then not moving with the advances. After living here off and on for about 15 of the past 35 years, I still appreciate its beautiful veneer, while being well aware of the strengths, weaknesses and perplexities that underpin it.

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3773382952][url=http://www.speedtest.net/result/3773382952.png]Image[/URL][/URL]

Slightly faster than the last time I tested, but still slower than 93% of Thailand!
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I live in Bangkok and I can't complain about my Home Network or my 3G service.







:)
 
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Micky Do

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MacHead84 said:
I live in Bangkok and I can't complain about my Home Network or my 3G service.
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Bangkok is well blessed with all the mod cons. About the only thing that's slow is the traffic.

My Internet speed this evening is OK (albeit slower than 68% of Thailand), but in a few days, once I reach my 4GB data limit the speed will be capped at 385 kb / sec….. In practice it will be about two thirds of that on a good day.

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3953663692] [/URL]
 
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