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Is this a "decent" internet connection?

TantalizedMind

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I have Road Runner from Time Warner Cable. I don't think there are any other choices really. Verizon is DSL, so that is not an option.

UPDATED RESULT: Chose NY, NY not NH.

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"Heres my stuff I want to show off"-thread.

Yes it's a fast connection. Pat yourself on the back. There are people with slower connections, there are people with faster connections. And thus balance was restored!
 
PING is a bit on the above avg side of the fence otherwise pretty 'standard' speed test. Is that the only server you have that's nearby?
 
Mine on a bad day.

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fireshot91 said:
It's a decent connection.

The upload speed is lacking, and the download speed is alrightish.
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Alrightish?? I'd LOVE to have download speeds like that. Australia's internet sucks. I pay $80 a month for only 12gb download usage and I get 150kb download speeds if I'm lucky.

This was a good day. But this was over the wireless (which I use more than I do the modem).
 

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emt1 said:
I win. :D

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Jeeze. Nice!

Check this out.

http://www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/

Sigbritt Löthberg's home has been supplied with a blistering 40 Gigabits per second connection, many thousands of times faster than the average residential link and the first time ever that a home user has experienced such a high speed.

But Sigbritt, who had never had a computer until now, is no ordinary 75 year old. She is the mother of Swedish internet legend Peter Löthberg who, along with Karlstad Stadsnät, the local council's network arm, has arranged the connection.
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Do you know how MUCH pornography she can download almost instantaneously?
 
I find it interesting how some people have great downloads but horrible uploads or mediocre upload and similar download speed.

uberamd said:
If you want to compare to me, then no.

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But for a standard user, its fine.
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Afraid someone might get the same cable company as you and download fast too? :(
 
spaceboots06 said:
I find it interesting how some people have great downloads but horrible uploads or mediocre upload and similar download speed.



Afraid someone might get the same cable company as you and download fast too? :(
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Upload is mainly used for servers, not normal web activity. Most providers limit upload because its not as important to 99% of users in comparison to download.

And cable company? Heh, most home users can't push over 100Mbps due to the fact that they are using 10/100 ethernet ports on their router, and cable modem.
 
uberamd said:
Upload is mainly used for servers, not normal web activity. Most providers limit upload because its not as important to 99% of users in comparison to download.

And cable company? Heh, most home users can't push over 100Mbps due to the fact that they are using 10/100 ethernet ports on their router, and cable modem.
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Ah, you're at work right now and don't want to compromise where you work? I initially thought you were at home and didn't want others to get the same service provider as you.
 
spaceboots06 said:
Ah, you're at work right now and don't want to compromise where you work? I initially thought you were at home and didn't want others to get the same service provider as you.
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I'm the "new" old guy, instead of sitting on his porch yelling at kids to get off his lawn I am sitting on my computer yelling at kids to get off my network connection.
 
I just chose NY, NY and got a better speed even though it says it is 50 miles longer to that location than NH was. They must have better speeds in the cities? Would that make sense?

 
I'm supposed to be getting 20Meg broadband from virgin, since they said we could have it for just £4 more a month... But they didn't tell us when, and I haven't noticed any difference... >_> <_<
 
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