GeneralCamo Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 This is something we are missing, a thread to collect internet speeds! Post your shared results from www.speedtest.net here to show off how much money you have to throw at your broadband.. or alternatively show off how bad your internet is! I'm going to start off by showing off my internet from: 4 years ago (2011): Now (2015): Literally the only difference is that the ISP ripped up the old copper cables and replaced them with fibre optics using a government grant. Not much else. Funny how the upload speed did not change.. at all. Now post yours, it can't be much worse than mine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Where I work: I'll do the one at the house later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyryle Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I have TWC here in my area, and up until last year I was paying $70 monthly for 30 mbps down/5 mbps up. Since then, TWC rolled out massive upgrades and now I get to have 200 mbps down/20 mbps up at no extra charge. What's good is that the speeds are mostly consistent even during peak hours, sometimes dipping to ~180 mbps download, but I'd say it's a good tradeoff sometimes since the upgrade is completely free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ha haha ha! Internet! The Australian Government has a plan to replace old copper wires with fibre optics all over the country. When's it coming to where I live? "No current plans" By the way, I'm currently on company level internet plan with the highest speeds Telstra offers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko soldier Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Here's mine: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Fibre to the cabinet and copper to the house 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviousDave Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Funny thing is my upload speed is actually decent when you consider that I don't have fiber optic... Just a shame about the download speed Especially given that I'm trying to download all 40Gb of Wolfeinstein The New Order.... 3 days of downloading a'hoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm actually a bit jelly of all these speeds, to be honest. Yes, what you're seeing is correct as I live in a remote part of the country. It's so bad in fact, that the server actually thinks I'm in the south of England in Weymouth(even though I live in the East of England). Now despite the stats, I can actually play games rather well, it's just the download speed is, well, crap. The British Government is spending around £500m (the Tory government doesn't like to spend a lot on us) to improve 95% of the country's broadband infrastructure. This apparently includes getting fibre optic. Apparently at the end of September, I can supposedly benefit from fibre optic according to BT (British Telecom). Although to be honest, I'd be happy with just unlimited as I don't download a lot. Before I moved, I had 2MB and that was plenty enough. So yeah, British internet is rather third world at times~ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCamo Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 You know, that is actually only slightly faster than the dialup I was forced to have 13 years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodlied Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triattack Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 look at your own risk as i think some people are downloading i can't get the full 1gb/s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERTi60 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Also, I think the dutch internet is also "high" or something compared to us others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Empire Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yet another reason for me to visit the Netherlands! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 And @ le house: All teh copper everywhere. The internet provider in this county is the only one....by some political under-the-table deal too. No other providers are allowed. What other ones there were literally got kicked out. Really stupid. 15m is the highest they offer before you have to pay for a dedicated fiber plant.... Thanks obama. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4R91N Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Not bad considering I have one of the cheapest internet subscriptions available in my country 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 @adrian dat ping doe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerad2142 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Wonder what I'd be getting if my server was only 50mi away like everyone else 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voe Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 look at your own risk Student accommodation internet at its best 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dentistman Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) The highest they have where I am, and it aint cheap, luckily I'm sharing it with 2 other people. Edited June 16, 2015 by Dentistman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Party line man, its the way to go! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwil Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 My speeds over ADSL2+ When I first moved in to this apartment my speeds were crap. After Telstra and my ISP (TPG) did a few things and fixed some problems (and after I replaced a crappy DSL router with a nice new one) my speeds got better (and more importantly my internet got more stable). I got a call from TPG a while back saying "you can now get NBN Fiber from TPG" (which would have given me lightning fast speeds) except that they were giving me information based on my old apartment (where NBN is now available) and not my new one (where there are no plans to do anything for who knows how long) Still, the speeds I get are perfectly fine for games and downloading (even large items like Steam or Origin games or downloads of W3D mods/always files/etc). I specifically made sure that the internet options for the apartments I looked at where acceptable so I wouldn't be stuck unable to get ADSL (or stuck on Telstra "pair gain" equipment and limited to slow/expensive ADSL). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxyWoxy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 4G network - I use my phone as my home wifi. I live out in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere (even by standards of Finland this is the middle of nowhere) and the only copper-wire ISP that services this area is able to provide only the bare minimum 1Mbps connection.On the whole I'm happy with the 4G net -- except that I live fairly close to a military training ground and everytime they do field training my internet goes to absolute horseshit. Luckily it's only a few times an year and for a few days at most. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Muhaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Kane Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Its not bad, but its expensive, and since I work on commission atm its been a bit of a money drain since I need it to work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac The Madd Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) America don't you love her and her crappy internet.(Also why is it so highly rated [i gave it the worst I could give it]?) And @ le house: All teh copper everywhere. The internet provider in this county is the only one....by some political under-the-table deal too. No other providers are allowed. What other ones there were literally got kicked out. Really stupid. 15m is the highest they offer before you have to pay for a dedicated fiber plant.... Thanks obama. The next guy might be just as bad... but at least I have a better upload speed than you.(and my ping and download is worse.[seriously Obama]) 1? (I don't remember if this was my first post or not.) Edited April 14, 2016 by Isaac The Madd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 my ping and download is worse Ping works like golf brah. Lower = better. You beat me there too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac The Madd Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 my ping and download is worse Ping works like golf brah. Lower = better. You beat me there too I can't believe I forgot that for as long as it take to make a post but I did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac The Madd Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 So I got this new router and well you see this happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCamo Posted August 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'm living in a college apartment now! Here is my absolutely crazy internet: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopBam Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 This is about what I get where I live. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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