Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower

[Onkel Neal]

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/05/network_neutrality_dinosaurs_like_time_warner_and_ at_t_have_nothing_to_worry.html

Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower

Your provider likes it that way. And the government doesn’t care,


The ongoing battle over broadband network neutrality is confusing, and the stakes for consumers and businesses are high. What’s the worst that can happen if network neutrality doesn’t prevail? Yes, you will pay more for worse service, but just how bad will it get? .

America, this is for you. Suckers.:shifty:

[Jimbuna]

Sad to learn but for anyone of you in the UK on Virgin Media Broadband can expect a free upgrade from 30MB to 50MB or 50MB to 100MB (depending on your current package) as of August.

[STEED]

Sad to learn but for anyone of you in the UK on Virgin Media Broadband can expect a free upgrade from 30MB to 50MB or 50MB to 100MB (depending on your current package) as of August.

Nah...its a con. :har:

Times I have seen people boasting about there speed and they check it! :/\\!!

[Sailor Steve]

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[Jimbuna]

Nah...its a con. :har:

Times I have seen people boasting about there speed and they check it! :/\\!!

Just did on three separate sites and links to SubSim and Skype (with Steve) are open :smug:

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[HW3]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3502925122.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3502925122)

And they say this is the best I can get with them.

BTW: it is a DSL connection.

[Wolferz]

My internet connection isn't getting slower. As long as all the neighbors aren't on the loop at the same time.:huh:

If the ISPs refuse to upgrade their infrastructure, they'll get left in the dust of the gravity well. Can you blame them for wanting to cash in on the success of cable TV?
It's kind of funny. My cable provider is also my internet provider and my telephone provider.:D No more Dip Squat Line for this Lobo.:up: Or crumby overpriced land line telephone.
If these fly by night broadband providers don't couple up with a fiber optic cable company they won't survive.

[nikimcbee]

My internet connection isn't getting slower. As long as all the neighbors aren't on the loop at the same time.:huh:

If the ISPs refuse to upgrade their infrastructure, they'll get left in the dust of the gravity well. Can you blame them for wanting to cash in on the success of cable TV?
It's kind of funny. My cable provider is also my internet provider and my telephone provider.:D No more Dip Squat Line for this Lobo.:up: Or crumby overpriced land line telephone.
If these fly by night broadband providers don't couple up with a fiber optic cable company they won't survive.

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=31541&d=1380298216

Maybe if you upgraded????:hmmm:

[TarJak]

Just click on the links that say speed up your pc or network.:arrgh!:

[Wolferz]

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=31541&d=1380298216

Maybe if you upgraded????:hmmm:

LOL :haha: What were those old things? Like 2800 baud?

I get 10.32 Mbs down and 3.24 Mbs up on fiber op cable.:yeah:

[nikimcbee]

2800 baud? You must be rich folk. I'm talking 300 baud.:dead:

[Wolferz]

2800 baud? You must be rich folk. I'm talking 300 baud.:dead:

What?!
All I ever got out of one of those things was dial tone.:stare:

[Jimbuna]

2800 baud? You must be rich folk. I'm talking 300 baud.:dead:

LOL :)

[swamprat69er]

It is not bad speed considering I live in a valley and there is a granite hill between me and the tower. I have had a lot worse speeds from the same provider.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3504233779

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3504233779

[Jimbuna]

I'm noticing a few of the North American download speeds on here aren't that good but the upload speeds easily outpace mine.

[Wolferz]

I'm noticing a few of the North American download speeds on here aren't that good but the upload speeds easily outpace mine.

No matter what speed your ISP says you're supposed to get, you'll only get 80% or less depending on traffic volume. If you're ISP is throttling it backwards but still charging you the top speed price, it's time to change provider if you can.:stare:

[Rilder]

I just got a connection faster than 90KB/s (1.8MB/s (13ish mbps)for the first time in my life, its glorious.

Though I'm still jealous of Chattanooga's Local-Government-Owned Internet. (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/technology/fast-internet-service-speeds-business-development-in-chattanooga.html)

[TarJak]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3507558578.png:smug:

[Betonov]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3507818739.png

[u crank]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3508004291.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3508004291)

Thinking of immigrating to Oz. :O:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3508004291.png (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3508004291)

Thinking of immigrating to Oz. :O:

You wouldn't be able to peddle the dynamo quick enough nevermind keep the lighting and computer on at the same time :)

[STEED]

No matter what speed your ISP says you're supposed to get, you'll only get 80% or less depending on traffic volume. If you're ISP is throttling it backwards but still charging you the top speed price, it's time to change provider if you can.:stare:

Not forgetting here in the UK is you home wired up with fiber optics? I bet the chances are no. Lots of speed to the junction box then all change for the slow lane to you.

[Jimbuna]

Not forgetting here in the UK is you home wired up with fiber optics? I bet the chances are no. Lots of speed to the junction box then all change for the slow lane to you.

Depends on whether you have the latest/fastest router.

[STEED]

Depends on whether you have the latest/fastest router.

You need the wiring as well.

[Jimbuna]

You need the wiring as well.

Rgr that but the latest/fastest come with it.

[TarJak]

You wouldn't be able to peddle the dynamo quick enough nevermind keep the lighting and computer on at the same time :)
I do it with the lights on.:O:

[Jimbuna]

I do it with the lights on.:O:

Me too :smug:

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[TarJak]

Me too :smug:

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I know. I've seen it all before.:O::dead:

[Jimbuna]

I know. I've seen it all before.:O::dead:

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[Chad]

Well, I think I have you all beat :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3508326769.png


I have Google's own Fiber network installed at my house, and this is on my desktop which has a 10/100 MB/s transfer rate. My other computer has a 10/100/1000 MB/s speed and my downloads are literally a gigabyte a second.

[swamprat69er]

Well, I think I have you all beat :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3508326769.png


I have Google's own Fiber network installed at my house, and this is on my desktop which has a 10/100 MB/s transfer rate. My other computer has a 10/100/1000 MB/s speed and my downloads are literally a gigabyte a second.
Lucky you.

[DiscoShrew]

You lucky, lucky man. I wish google fiber would expand so I can ditch my benevolent overlord, Comcast.

[swamprat69er]

The only reason I stay with Telus is because of the mobility feature I have with this stick. I can use it all over Canada with no roaming charges. For us out here in the boonies Telus is the best choice.
Rogers and Bell just don't cut it. Rogers doesn't work at the house and Bell didn't bring their fiber optics line down close enough for me.:(

[Jimbuna]

The only reason I stay with Telus is because of the mobility feature I have with this stick. I can use it all over Canada with no roaming charges. For us out here in the boonies Telus is the best choice.
Rogers and Bell just don't cut it. Rogers doesn't work at the house and Bell didn't bring their fiber optics line down close enough for me.:(

I suppose you have to make do with what you've got...we're probably a tad spoilt for choice on my little island.

[swamprat69er]

That is what I keep telling them at work. I do the best I can with what I have to work with.

[TarJak]

Well, I think I have you all beat :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3508326769.png


I have Google's own Fiber network installed at my house, and this is on my desktop which has a 10/100 MB/s transfer rate. My other computer has a 10/100/1000 MB/s speed and my downloads are literally a gigabyte a second.
But Google controls every single thing that you download or upload.:arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

That is what I keep telling them at work. I do the best I can with what I have to work with.

Funny thing is the buggas never seem to listen or take any notice :hmmm:

[LoBlo]

Nice explanation for those of you that don't know the issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAxMyTwmu_M

lb

[Wolferz]

Nice explanation for those of you that don't know the issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAxMyTwmu_M

lb

That would be all well and good if that little old government agency known as the FCC wasn't already a monopoly top loaded with people from another monopoly. Forget divide and conquer when you can infiltrate and usurp cheaper and still get paid to do it.
The government is a great big monster made up of many little monsters and the people we think we elect to tame the monsters are NOT monster tamers at all. They are monster enablers.:stare:
Write to your elected reps about a problem with one of these agencies and all you'll get in return is a nice form letter apologetically informing you that they have no authority to meddle in the affairs of a government agency. Posting to the FCC website will prove just as futile since the FCC is now loaded with industry insiders who won't get paid by the monopolies that put them there if they do anything to rock the money barge on the Potomac.

[Wolferz]

Per my previous post...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMztMIazG_A

[Jimbuna]

Intersesting video....I especially took note of the facial expressions of those on the chairman and his colleagues alongside him.

[Onkel Neal]

I always read where Japan and Europe have better internet than the US, better speeds, bandwidth and lower costs. The US consumer needs to hold the ISP's feet to the fire and get in line with the rest of the civilized world.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3512037264.png

That may look good, but it comes at a cost of $150 a month.:-?

[Wolferz]

I always read where Japan and Europe have better internet than the US, better speeds, bandwidth and lower costs. The US consumer needs to hold the ISP's feet to the fire and get in line with the rest of the civilized world.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3512037264.png

That may look good, but it comes at a cost of $150 a month.:-?

Admirable sentiment, sir and a great way to get arrested.:timeout:
There's the rub... $150.00 a month. Looks like Pittsburgh isn't the only home of Pirates.:arrgh!: and Transylvania isn't the only home of blood sucking vampires.:hmmm: Trying to fix any of the travesties foisted upon us by these greedy idjits is akin to
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[Wolferz]

Intersesting video....I especially took note of the facial expressions of those on the chairman and his colleagues alongside him.

Same look the Wall Street bankers expressed at the height of the Occupy movement. Bemusement followed by police crack downs.:nope:

You can't tell me those cops don't know who butters their bread.

[Jimbuna]

I'm surprised they weren't wearing handkerchiefs over their faces to hide their identities :)

[Wolferz]

I'm surprised they weren't wearing handkerchiefs over their faces to hide their identities :)

Guy Fawkes masks might have been more appropriate.

Oh, you meant the commission panel members.:yep::O:

[Jimbuna]

Guy Fawkes masks might have been more appropriate.

Oh, you meant the commission panel members.:yep::O:

Scream masks even.

[TarJak]

Found this interesting little article on LinkedIn today. Might be worth voicing your opinions if you are an American citizen: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140528204524-2215425-why-you-should-tell-the-fcc-what-you-think-about-its-net-neutrality-proposal?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0

Other links:
http://www.popvox.com/blog/2014/net-neutrality/

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment_search/execute?proceeding=14-28