Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
too bad i don't use RoadRunner.
I use Insight Communications and today, i just upgraded to 20.0 mbps.
Turns out that the 20.0 is not capped...
This is a consistent speed and i have verified it on various sites, including bittorrent downloading, and microsoft.com (i downloaded a 350mb file in about 4 minutes)
Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
Originally Posted by Lord Orwell
In summary, DSL blows. Cable is the future...
Cable (at least Time-Warner and Comcast) won't let you connect a web server without shelling out serious $$$. Of course they don't dare to tell you this until you have already signed up...
DSL works fine for me, thank you - I shudder to think what you're shelling out for 20 mbps.
And don't forget all the fun we've had with bashing Comcast...
Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
Originally Posted by homer13j
Cable (at least Time-Warner and Comcast) won't let you connect a web server without shelling out serious $$$. Of course they don't dare to tell you this until you have already signed up...
DSL works fine for me, thank you - I shudder to think what you're shelling out for 20 mbps.
And don't forget all the fun we've had with bashing Comcast...
Insight Communications (www.insightbb.com) has a different business service available. balances up and download and gives you a static ip. Don't know what the cost is.
The 10.0 i had was $30 a month. Interestingly it had the same upload speed. I have to be really careful with torrents or i will max the upload out.
Last edited by Lord Orwell; Jul 17th, 2008 at 09:14 PM.
Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
Now all of you (except for kregg) I think live in the States. What about places like Australia? I recall reading somewhere about them selling 20Mbps cable for around $60 (AUD) p/m?
Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
Originally Posted by dclamp
Singapore... You are not allowed to pee in elevators there...
eventually they will install commodes in them for those extra-long commutes. They will work like those on a city bus though. Just a hole straight down.
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Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
i have DSL
also on that website, i was looking around at my cities top isp's.. and there is one called DSLExtreme, it sucked the most. and on the radio, there is a TechGuy that swears by it. Probably because they are paying it a bunch...
Re: Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here
wow, that's a lot of zeros. The download speed is a huge source of envy, but goodness look at the upload speed! That would make a nice server bandwidth i am sure. I just tested mine again (just to see if it was a fluke) and got even higher numbers. it's advertised as 20.0 and i pulled over 30 this time.
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There's an update to this story: I downloaded a couple of torrents. For example i own Final Fantasy 8 and Neverwinter Nights 2 and both games were unplayable due to accidental damage to the disk. I torrent-downloaded replacement disks. Well, here's the result:
Originally Posted by email from ISP
Dear Insight Broadband Customer,
Insight monitors network usage to ensure that all Insightbb.com customers consistently receive the highest quality service available, as detailed in our Acceptable Use Policy. You may not be aware that your modem has been transferring data at a very high rate for an extended period, causing degradation of service to others. Now that you know, we request your cooperation. Excessive sustained bandwidth usage places a burden on the network and is in violation of the Insightbb.com Acceptable Use Policy (see sections vii and viii. )
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well, the 20.0 isn't capped. obviously i could be stealing others bandwidth. However, i would say large files downloading probably isn't a problem. It's the over and over that would be a problem. I downloaded about 20 gigs worth of stuff since i opened this thread.
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It was supposed to look like it was faked. I don't want anyone going "OMG kregg actually got over nine thousand lolol" on MSN to me, or about me in this thread.
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Originally Posted by kregg
It was supposed to look like it was faked. I don't want anyone going "OMG kregg actually got over nine thousand lolol" on MSN to me, or about me in this thread.
well try harder next time! It almost looked real! Put the results over a cat image next time.
Fiber optics isn't too popular in the USA now but perhaps in the future.
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Fiber optics isn't too popular in the USA now but perhaps in the future.
fiber has been around forever. I have seen token ring setups based on fiber. If you have a really long run (miles) it can benefit from fiber because of the signal degradation (by interference) a similar length of copper would have. It always boils down to cost. most people are using cable because their house already has a cable wire installed in it. Very little roll-out cost. Whereas fiber requires in most areas new lines to be ran. It is probably the only way the phone company will catch up with cable.
Last edited by Lord Orwell; Jul 27th, 2008 at 05:58 AM.
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Originally Posted by Lord Orwell
