How fast is European internet?

SUBMAN1 · 08-15-09, 02:09 PM

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:

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 · 08-15-09, 02:20 PM

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

SUBMAN1 · 08-15-09, 02:23 PM

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 · 08-15-09, 02:27 PM

It's fast enough

Nice avatar you got there btw.

08-15-09, 02:29 PM

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

Wisconsin: Bringing down the average Internet speed since 1990.

SUBMAN1 · 08-15-09, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder

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

-S

Takeda Shingen · 08-15-09, 02:40 PM

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.

ETR3(SS) · 08-16-09, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder

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...

Now we have DSL but I had faster speeds on the boat...at sea...submerged.

08-15-09, 02:09 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How fast is European internet? 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: 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. __________________

08-15-09, 02:20 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I see that my old 300 baud modem does not make the scale any more. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-15-09, 02:23 PM	#3
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 __________________

08-15-09, 02:27 PM	#4
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's fast enough Nice avatar you got there btw. __________________

08-15-09, 02:29 PM	#5
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	around the middle of ISDN and Satalite on that chart here. Wisconsin: Bringing down the average Internet speed since 1990.

08-15-09, 02:40 PM	#7
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	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.