5M/800k, 200 gigabyte limit, $29.99 + $7.00 band rate. Best deal available in Toronto that I'm aware of.
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Virgin Media 20Mb - £not entirely sure 
It's part of a package where I get "Large" TV, phone and the 20Mb interwebs for £46 p/m.
It's part of a package where I get "Large" TV, phone and the 20Mb interwebs for £46 p/m.
How? Such a service doesn't exist
1.5meg down / 800k upload for $30 a month
fastest we have as we are out of the main town area. I think that in town they are up to like 10 meg down and 800k up for like around $40 a month...
fastest we have as we are out of the main town area. I think that in town they are up to like 10 meg down and 800k up for like around $40 a month...
How? Such a service doesn't exist
They did launch a 16mb asdl service last month. Maybe that's it
It used to be 8 and 16 before they upped it to 10 and 20, I think? Maybe that's what is being referred to?
Anyway, I pay 17 a month for 10mb. Which gets me 1.1mb a second on torrents (bit/byte difference taken into account, of course) what do you get on legal torrents with your 20?
Nope, they've never done 8 or 16 (fibre), I've been with VM for years (as Telewest and NTL previously).
They've had 512k, 1Mb, 2Mb, 4Mb, 10Mb, and 20Mb IIRC (50Mb coming soon).
Legal torrents?
I've probably seen ~2MB in total before. Fastest I've ever tested the connection at using speedtest.net was ~14.5Mb.I pay 30 a month (~$38) for 16MB but that also includes telephone. If I wasn't so lazy I could change to cable and get 32MB for the same price but at the moment I've no need for the extra speed and the service I have is excellent and has never given any problems!
25GB for $80 on Bigpond ADSL with speeds of no more than 241kbps. However, we're not using anything near 25GB a month, so my parents are going to inquire about getting ADSL+2 in our house, and to find out if it's available. Hopefully the speeds will pick up at least a little bit after we get ADSL+2. We used to have Optus cable in our old house. Unlimited for $70 a month, with speeds at around 9000kbps. Loved it. Unfortunately, Optus cable wasn't available in our new house, so we couldn't get it again.
Speedtest results from about 2 weeks ago on Bigpond:
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However, we're not using anything near 25GB a month, so my parents are going to inquire about getting ADSL+2 in our house, and to find out if it's available. Hopefully the speeds will pick up at least a little bit after we get ADSL+2. We used to have Optus cable in our old house. Unlimited for $70 a month, with speeds at around 9000kbps. Loved it. Unfortunately, Optus cable wasn't available in our new house, so we couldn't get it again.Speedtest results from about 2 weeks ago on Bigpond:
Not bad, but probably not worth it for me, although I would probably get about 18mb so around 2.5mbs from a torrent. Which is tempting.
I use private torrent sites (for legal stuff only, of course. You pirating bastards!) which max out my connection, maybe it's worth the extra bit of cash a month. It's funny because I remember when I first started on the internet I said to my mate 'If I could just get a steady 30kbps I'd be well happy'.
EDIT:
I'd actually probably get the full 20!
Virgin Media: £32/mth…
Only way I may get it cheaper is by signing up for another 12 months. And since we'll be moving soon that won't help.
But I can't complain about their speeds here.
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Only way I may get it cheaper is by signing up for another 12 months. And since we'll be moving soon that won't help.
But I can't complain about their speeds here.
25GB for $80 on Bigpond ADSL with speeds of no more than 241kbps.
Speedtest results from about 2 weeks ago on Bigpond:
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Ok i think you win on whos being bent over the most.
RI, i pay about $55/month for broadband internet AND extended basic TV (65 channels) - i should note that somehow Cox messed up and i am getting about $45 of TV for about $10. I will also note that i will in no way let them know about that.
we did have digital cable and DVR and broadband but $150 to Cox was ridiculous.
we did have digital cable and DVR and broadband but $150 to Cox was ridiculous.
Virgin Media: £32/mth
Only way I may get it cheaper is by signing up for another 12 months. And since we'll be moving soon that won't help.
But I can't complain about their speeds here.
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'bout what speed for torrents?
I live in Peru so here the internet is a piece of [removed]
I pay (in us dolars) 35 USD
for 3mb down and I dunno 300kb in up.
Its crap....
I pay (in us dolars) 35 USD
for 3mb down and I dunno 300kb in up.
Its crap....
Thats not that bad.
I've thought about printing off these posts and going into the cable company's local office. It's just stupid. They have the network infrastructure to provide higher speeds for cheaper. For $45 i think i should get at least 3 down and 512 up. The up speed i'm so very concerned about.
Sounds like a good deal.
Around $45 for cable internet. Daytime speed tests show more than 20Mbps download 1024kbps upload speed, but with cable you'll never know what you'll get at night when more people start getting online. Still, when I am working from home it seems I get better speeds than my friends on DSL.
I just called embarq and i can get 3meg DSL and a home phone for $60.
They guy said i can get just the DSL line and the basic telephone line, but it would be $58 so there really isn't any point.
They guy said i can get just the DSL line and the basic telephone line, but it would be $58 so there really isn't any point.
I have a 1.5 mbps down, 512 up (same as you) and I pay about 29 USD/month for it. And I live in México.
Well, I can download 20GB of data in 10 minutes. (I'm actually just talking out of my ass, as I'm sure you know
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