How fast is European internet? - Page 2

TigerShark808 · 08-16-09, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 08-16-09, 02:34 AM

70kb/s down, 12 up

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

Sledgehammer427 · 08-16-09, 03:36 AM

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 · 08-16-09, 07:38 AM

It's supposed to be an 24/1.

(8/1 would be only 2€ cheaper so.

)

ETR3(SS) · 08-16-09, 11:45 AM

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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.

SeaWolf U-57 · 08-16-09, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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

Jimbuna · 08-16-09, 01:42 PM

Telewest/Virgin Media cable:

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

Fish · 08-16-09, 03:26 PM

36 euro, month.

Task Force · 08-16-09, 04:21 PM

well... my stupid isp runs faster sometimes... ive gotten my DL into the teens, and my upload over 3mbs...

Arclight · 08-16-09, 05:23 PM

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.

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 · 08-16-09, 05:51 PM

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 · 08-16-09, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

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 · 08-16-09, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomen

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 · 08-16-09, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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 · 08-16-09, 08:52 PM

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?

08-16-09, 03:36 AM	#18
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08-16-09, 01:42 PM	#22
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Telewest/Virgin Media cable: 20Mb/s D/l and a **ty 0.75 Mb/s U/l __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!**

08-16-09, 04:21 PM	#24
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	well... my stupid isp runs faster sometimes... ive gotten my DL into the teens, and my upload over 3mbs... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-16-09, 05:23 PM	#25
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	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. 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. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

08-16-09, 05:51 PM	#26
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 __________________

08-16-09, 02:34 AM	#17
Pwnerator Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 43 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	70kb/s down, 12 up But its my current residence... everything great about it, except internet speed.

08-16-09, 07:38 AM	#19
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	It's supposed to be an 24/1. (8/1 would be only 2€ cheaper so. )

08-16-09, 03:26 PM	#23
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	36 euro, month.

08-16-09, 08:52 PM	#30
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	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? __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.