How fast is European internet?

[SUBMAN1]

This is what I'm pulling down this morning in the states. I might get a bit better at any given time of the day, but this is what I get right now. As most people will know who live in the states, I'm near the top end of the game:

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5906/speedp.gif


I'm just kind of curious as to how fast European internet is as compared to us?

-S

PS. Mine is that everyday all day. This is not a burst speed like Comcast has. Mine is at this full time.

[Platapus]

I see that my old 300 baud modem does not make the scale any more. :D

[SUBMAN1]

300 baud? I might be able to pull a 2400 baud out of the closet. I see a 33.6 on my desk here. I can't personally touch 300 though! Wow! Older than my old Supra 2400 baud modem!

This is the site I was using to test:

http://myspeed.visualware.com/index.html

-S

[Biggles]

It's fast enough:O:

Nice avatar you got there btw.

[Rilder]

around the middle of ISDN and Satalite on that chart here.

Wisconsin: Bringing down the average Internet speed since 1990.

[SUBMAN1]

....Wisconsin: Bringing down the average Internet speed since 1990.

:haha: :har:

-S

[Takeda Shingen]

I know that this is about European bandwidths, but I feel the need to vent. I sadly sit upon 28.8 kbps dialup. Nothing greater is available to my current residence. There have been rumors of the arrival of FIOS soon, but I have heard them before. Repeatedly. To top it off, this within what are considered the 'cosmopolitan' Philadelphia suburbs. Bah. I don't even have municipal water. When the power goes out, it's back to the 13th century.

[Platapus]

I got 19.5 for download. Plenty fast enough for the "artistic" websites I visit. :D

[Carotio]

cable modem, currently 4096/512 down/up
about 50$ pr month, way too expensive compared to competitors, but difficult to choose another ISP where I live...

[SeaWolf U-57]

Im with Orange and my speed is 100 Mbps :salute:

[goldorak]

Adsl2+ 12Mbits download/ 1 Mbit upload at 39 € per month.
No caps, full bandwidth always available (up and down), no traffic shaping of any kind. Isn't life wonderfull ? :woot:

[SUBMAN1]

Im with Orange and my speed is 100 Mbps :salute:

Is that both ways? I hear they have this in Canada on the East Coast.

-S

[SeaWolf U-57]

Is that both ways? I hear they have this in Canada on the East Coast.

-S
no i think the upload is slower but i cant remember how much:nope:
Edit i think 52

[SUBMAN1]

What package is that? The fastest Orange has advertised is 8 Mbit.

-S

[stabiz]

I think the Swedes have som crazy internet thing going on. Here i only have 20Mb down and 1Mb up.

[TigerShark808]

I know that this is about European bandwidths, but I feel the need to vent. I sadly sit upon 28.8 kbps dialup. Nothing greater is available to my current residence. There have been rumors of the arrival of FIOS soon, but I have heard them before. Repeatedly. To top it off, this within what are considered the 'cosmopolitan' Philadelphia suburbs. Bah. I don't even have municipal water. When the power goes out, it's back to the 13th century.

That's so sick.

I live in Hawaii and pretty much thru most of the 90's all you could get was dial up 28.8kbps.
I thought.. because I was told... that Hawaii, due to being 21hundred miles out in the pacific, that the cables were not laid yet across the pacific and we in Hawaii were behind the rest of America. We soon caught up around year 2000.

I think its sick that any place on the American MAINLAND should be stuck without any other option but to use dial up. So sad. :(

[Pwnerator]

70kb/s down, 12 up :damn:

But its my current residence... everything great about it, except internet speed.

[Sledgehammer427]

I got satellite and its basically crap.

basically because I get to combine the wonderful thing called a wireless network, protected, but still shoddy, an old house, and, last but not least, a 12 gig DL limit, no prob unless you do a lot of D2D stuff

[Dowly]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/541234233.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It's supposed to be an 24/1. :haha: (8/1 would be only 2€ cheaper so. :O:)

[ETR3(SS)]

around the middle of ISDN and Satalite on that chart here.

Wisconsin: Bringing down the average Internet speed since 1990.
Dude, that is so ridiculously true it's not even funny. We first got internet in 99 and Dial-up was the ONLY thing available...:damn: Now we have DSL but I had faster speeds on the boat...at sea...submerged.

[SeaWolf U-57]

What package is that? The fastest Orange has advertised is 8 Mbit.

-S

ok now i have got it straght just run a speed test and the results were
6310/380Kbps Down/Up :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Telewest/Virgin Media cable:

20Mb/s D/l and a ****ty 0.75 Mb/s U/l

[Fish]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/541481376.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

36 euro, month.

[Task Force]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8334/speedgkp.jpg
well... my stupid isp runs faster sometimes... ive gotten my DL into the teens, and my upload over 3mbs...

[Arclight]

8Mb down, 1Mb up, guaranteed, no caps/limiting/whatever other nonsense (25,- Euros p.m./~35,- USD).

Can switch to other providers that offer 20Mb down for the same or less, but actual speed greatly varies depending on your location. And you usually get stuck with some "fair-use" policy and P2P-traffic throttling , not too mention more down-time and expensive customer support. My connection has never failed me yet... my router crapped out once though. :hmmm:

As far as I know, 100Mb connections are only available to schools and universities, that sort of stuff; my last school had one of those. Never saw it offered to consumers.

[SUBMAN1]

So Europeans are slower than us? That is not what I thought. Maybe it is that we have caught up to them? Probably the likely scenario.

Anyway, Somewhere on the East Coast of Canada is a place where they are testing 100 Mbit. I'll like one of those guys to do the test, but good luck finding one of those people on the board. I think they are rare.

-S

[Thomen]

So Europeans are slower than us? That is not what I thought. Maybe it is that we have caught up to them? Probably the likely scenario.

Anyway, Somewhere on the East Coast of Canada is a place where they are testing 100 Mbit. I'll like one of those guys to do the test, but good luck finding one of those people on the board. I think they are rare.

-S

It depends on where you live, like it is in the US. Friends of mine, living in Germany near the borders to Netherlands report around the same speed on DSL as we got on cable. My parents DL/UL speed is downscaled because ,as the ISP told them, the cabling inside their house can't handle even the minimal 8.000 DSL that is available where they live.

[SUBMAN1]

It depends on where you live, like it is in the US. Friends of mine, living in Germany near the borders to Netherlands report around the same speed on DSL as we got on cable. My parents DL/UL speed is downscaled because ,as the ISP told them, the cabling inside their house can't handle even the minimal 8.000 DSL that is available where they live.

I'm not so sure. Cable doesn't have the bandwidth to support my scores above. I have fiber.

-S

[Thomen]

I'm not so sure. Cable doesn't have the bandwidth to support my scores above. I have fiber.

-S

If it is not available everywhere, it is a moot point. ;) I am sure there will be people that get the same speeds. Some cities were allready converted to fiber optics 10 years ago.
If you take the average, then the Euros beat the average US, especialy considering that you just need to get out into the woods, and you are most likely stuck with dial up.

But I will admit, nice speeds ya got there.

[Arclight]

As far as I know, fiber connections aren't available to consumers here; It's either ADSL or cable. Like I mentioned, the only ones benefitting from a direct fiber connection are schools and such.

Super-speeds are nice, but I'm perfectly happy with my 8Mb; never feel like I have to wait a long time for anything. Considering people either pay more for the same or less for less at other providers, I has nothing to complain about. :)

What are you forking over every month for that connection, Subman? :06:

[SUBMAN1]

... What are you forking over every month for that connection, Subman? :06:

It's about $95 per month for now, but that includes unlimited phone service to anywhere in the US, Canada, Porter Rico (is that how you spell it?), etc., and that includes 400 or so channels of TV with about 200 in HD, and my crazy inet speeds.

So technically, I have 3 services instead of only 1 in that price. Just trying to save a buck is all.

-S

[bookworm_020]

Broadband???? Here in Australia we consider ourselves lucky to have anything past a can and string.:damn:

[kiwi_2005]

Broadband???? Here in Australia we consider ourselves lucky to have anything past a can and string.:damn:

Yeah same. Our broadband is crap unless we go with telecoms new fast broadband with wicked speeds full of awesomeness and pay an arm and leg to use it! And still its slower compared to the US :har:

[Arclight]

It's about $95 per month for now, but that includes unlimited phone service to anywhere in the US, Canada, Porter Rico (is that how you spell it?), etc., and that includes 400 or so channels of TV with about 200 in HD, and my crazy inet speeds.

So technically, I have 3 services instead of only 1 in that price. Just trying to save a buck is all.

-S
Well, that's a good deal you have there. :yep:

I pay 35,- (~50,-USD total) for internet+telephone. If I want to make free calls to other landlines, it's another 10,- (didn't take that option since my average bill is about 1,- ). On top of that another 8,- for basic cable from a different company. Would be about 75,-USD total.

For those 20 bucks more, you have 3x the bandwith and over 10x more TV channels. :o

[Sledgehammer427]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/541769075.png

so just keep on talking about how slow your cable is :har:

[OneToughHerring]

So Europeans are slower than us?

No, they are faster.

http://www.speedtest.net/global.php

[danlisa]

No, they are faster.

http://www.speedtest.net/global.php

According to the results collected by people using Speedtest. Which I can assure you is not an accurate indication of BB speeds across the continents.

As far as speeds are concerned, it goes like this:

Asia (Japan esp) > US > Europe >>>>>>>(won't worry about the colonies);)

However, I have to say the question of BB Speed is really moot as I could demonstrate comparable speeds in Europe, US and Asia. It's just that the minority can attain those where as the majority are certainly on a lower service level.

The US and Europe dropped the ball about 20yrs ago when BB was first discussed, whereas Japan spent billions on a BB infrastructure to service every resident with a minimum service of 50MB down.

[antikristuseke]

I have a 12mbit/1mbit cable connection, fast ennough.

[OneToughHerring]

danlisa,

oh didn't notice that one.

Then again, what list of speeds/continent would be reliable then? Not that I don't believe you.

[Tchocky]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/541741657.png

[Dowly]

danlisa,

oh didn't notice that one.

Then again, what list of speeds/continent would be reliable then? Not that I don't believe you.

I dont think it is possible to have an reliable list. Because of the simple fact that different countries have their lines in different conditions.

So, on paper, you could come up with a list, but it wouldnt be accurate.

[danlisa]

danlisa,

oh didn't notice that one.

Then again, what list of speeds/continent would be reliable then? Not that I don't believe you.

This is the problem when we are faced with the question "who got the fastest BB?". ;)

There is no all encompassing list.

The answer can only be attempted by judging the regions BB infrastructure line capabilities, which is as I posted above.

Although, Europe does lead the US for coverage, just our speeds are lower.

Edit - Um, what Dowly said.

[Dowly]

Na na naa :O:

[OneToughHerring]

Yup, I agree that's it's difficult to define.

Problem in Finland is that the commercial connection providers don't really compete against each other, they all offer roughly the same thing for the same price, pretty much a price cartel. The competition is in the cell phone connections where I guess the biggest profits are to be made.

I wish the net connections were a thing that the nation would provide for it's citizens, not a place for private companies to form a cartel.

[Hakahura]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407756817.png


Hope this is wrong, can't believe I'm paying for this!

Time to look around!http://www.speedtest.net%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/407756817.png%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D

[danlisa]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407756817.png


Hope this is wrong, can't believe I'm paying for this!

Time to look around!http://www.speedtest.net%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/407756817.png%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D

That's probably correct for this time of day. Many UK ISP's throttle speeds during work hours and peak hours in the evening especially if you are in rural areas on a small exchange. If you're living in any major city, they're fleecing you, move on.

Currently the most 'fair' (i.e no throttle, limit usage or scheduled slowdowns) ISP's in the UK are BE Broadband & Plusnet. Be careful looking at ISP's in rural areas as BT have started charging 3rd parties a rental on the BT lines, which has resulted in a £5 levy per month on every 3rd party ISP package.:x