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27,000? Wow! I'm getting around 4,600 down (from my laptop a few thick walls away from my router).

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27,000? Wow! I'm getting around 4,600 down (from my laptop a few thick walls away from my router).

Quit yer whining ! The fastest I can get here is 3000/768...PERIOD. (Unless I have a T3 line strung 15 miles)

Currently I have only 768/128 (normally tests 730/135), but it's way better than the dialup days a year and a half ago
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If I were to get internet in the U.S. it would either be Comcast or Cox... nothing else. Everything else is too slow.
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Download Speed: 12459 kbps (1557.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1632 kbps (204 KB/sec transfer rate)

School internet's flying today...it's a 15 meg RR connection if I remember right. If no one at all is using it, I can see the full 15.
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If I were to get internet in the U.S. it would either be Comcast or Cox... nothing else. Everything else is too slow.
Are you serious? Comcast and Cox are the two large companies in the US that throttle bandwidth. There are also plenty of faster options, like FiOS.
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So much fun...sure beats my 90 KB/sec!
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Are you serious? Comcast and Cox are the two large companies in the US that throttle bandwidth. There are also plenty of faster options, like FiOS.
Yes I am serious. I thought they only throttle Bit Torrent traffic, in which case I think they have every right to do so because 90%+ Bit Torrent traffic is illegal.
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So much fun...sure beats my 90 KB/sec!
That's actually pretty slow for a school.
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16-Jun-2008, 03:11 PM #115
Yup...but there's no quicker connection around here that they could get unless they ran a T3 line or something. Cable connections are only available up to 15 meg, DSL up to 6 meg, and that's it.

The elementary schools all have T1 lines to them, because they're in areas without even DSL.
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afternoon everyone. new guy on this end. have fios and very pleased with the speeds. Download Speed: 16002 kbps (2000.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1847 kbps (230.9 KB/sec transfer rate). hope to get a free upgrade soon. have a great weekend what's left of it. frank.
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Dumpy local DSL . . but the switch is just behind my house . . .
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Woa!! What are you using?
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