World internet speeds

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:05 pm

Its very helpful in Steam and other online game downloads to install. When games are 60 gig plus its nice to be able to grab ti and play it when you want. Plus when downloading one I can watch videos or such easy.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:03 pm

I hope when I get in the old people's home I get the type of speeds you guys get.
It'll be nice to get more porn per hour than I am now.

Fitzy · Post by **Fitzy** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:24 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:05 pm Its very helpful in Steam and other online game downloads to install. When games are 60 gig plus its nice to be able to grab ti and play it when you want. Plus when downloading one I can watch videos or such easy.

Thanks to living in a rare competitive area we get 1,000/1,000 (actual is usually 750/750) internet at a very reasonable price. However, it’s mostly wasted. I’m not sure I have ever seen Steam max out the line. As an example, I hadn’t used Steam in a few weeks so there were 12 games that had patches, including a 3gb (for Pillars I think). A 3gb download should be about ~24 seconds if my math is correct. It took 6 minutes because Steam never came close to reaching the max bandwidth and just outright quit at times. Sometimes I think the Internet is outrunning my hard drives, so Stream pauses to let the computer catch up.

On the other hand, I can, as you said, watch videos simultaneous to downloading without issue. Or two videos. Not that I do. But sometimes my wife watches YouTube while I’m downloading and there isn’t a noticeable issue.

It’s possible you really do use the Internet enough that the high speed would be noticeable, but I suspect we wouldn’t notice much difference at 100. Except that I do need high upload, 100/100 would be fine. The savings is tiny here, so I went the greedy route.

If I didn’t need the upload bandwidth I’d trade with you. Well, maybe not, I think you’re paying as much as we are.

Internet is seriously weird in this country. We’ve paid more for less, now are about in the perfect situation short of a local,government solution, and have relatives still in areas that get zero broadband other than satellite.

Sorry you’re stuck in an area where your options don’t meet your wants.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:53 am

Broadband in the US is very hit or miss and sketchy to boot. Its a patchwork of companies and tiers. In the end it comes down to money in state and local government employee pockets. Whoever gets wined and dined means thats what their citizens get for broadband. Which means shit.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:47 pm

Fitzy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:24 am
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:05 pm Its very helpful in Steam and other online game downloads to install. When games are 60 gig plus its nice to be able to grab ti and play it when you want. Plus when downloading one I can watch videos or such easy.
Thanks to living in a rare competitive area we get 1,000/1,000 (actual is usually 750/750) internet at a very reasonable price. However, it’s mostly wasted. I’m not sure I have ever seen Steam max out the line. As an example, I hadn’t used Steam in a few weeks so there were 12 games that had patches, including a 3gb (for Pillars I think). A 3gb download should be about ~24 seconds if my math is correct. It took 6 minutes because Steam never came close to reaching the max bandwidth and just outright quit at times. Sometimes I think the Internet is outrunning my hard drives, so Stream pauses to let the computer catch up.

Yeah, I currently have 150/150, with the option to go to 1000/1000, and I just haven't done it. It's only an extra $20 a month, but I can't identify too many times where the extra bandwidth would be super useful right now.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:43 am

gbasden wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:47 pm
Fitzy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:24 am
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:05 pm Its very helpful in Steam and other online game downloads to install. When games are 60 gig plus its nice to be able to grab ti and play it when you want. Plus when downloading one I can watch videos or such easy.
Thanks to living in a rare competitive area we get 1,000/1,000 (actual is usually 750/750) internet at a very reasonable price. However, it’s mostly wasted. I’m not sure I have ever seen Steam max out the line. As an example, I hadn’t used Steam in a few weeks so there were 12 games that had patches, including a 3gb (for Pillars I think). A 3gb download should be about ~24 seconds if my math is correct. It took 6 minutes because Steam never came close to reaching the max bandwidth and just outright quit at times. Sometimes I think the Internet is outrunning my hard drives, so Stream pauses to let the computer catch up.

Yeah, I currently have 150/150, with the option to go to 1000/1000, and I just haven't done it. It's only an extra $20 a month, but I can't identify too many times where the extra bandwidth would be super useful right now.

Can I haz bandwidth?

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:52 am

Freyland wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:43 am
gbasden wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:47 pm
Fitzy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:24 am
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:05 pm Its very helpful in Steam and other online game downloads to install. When games are 60 gig plus its nice to be able to grab ti and play it when you want. Plus when downloading one I can watch videos or such easy.
Thanks to living in a rare competitive area we get 1,000/1,000 (actual is usually 750/750) internet at a very reasonable price. However, it’s mostly wasted. I’m not sure I have ever seen Steam max out the line. As an example, I hadn’t used Steam in a few weeks so there were 12 games that had patches, including a 3gb (for Pillars I think). A 3gb download should be about ~24 seconds if my math is correct. It took 6 minutes because Steam never came close to reaching the max bandwidth and just outright quit at times. Sometimes I think the Internet is outrunning my hard drives, so Stream pauses to let the computer catch up.

Yeah, I currently have 150/150, with the option to go to 1000/1000, and I just haven't done it. It's only an extra $20 a month, but I can't identify too many times where the extra bandwidth would be super useful right now.
Can I haz bandwidth?

If I could possibly do it, I'd be happy to get gigabit and divide in thirds between me, you and Smoove.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:01 pm

Dont tempt Smoove so...you know he is fragile.

Got an email last night at 1am spot on. It said my internet would go out at 2am and stay out until around 4am while they work on it. It then promptly died at 1:01am and was out until 4am. But now my speed is back to normal.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:48 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:06 pm

Ive never seen an upload faster than the download.

its funny how life changes you. I was all about speed and dying for more. Now that my wife died I dont care. About the speed or much anything else. In fact I tried getting them to LOWER my speed to 30/4 so it would be $15. Strangely school lunch and such can get that but not a disabled adult. Madness.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:05 am

Forgotten about this thread.

I can now add to my title of slowest internet, because starting in November, the speed fluctuates madly between less than advertised and dial up. Poor friends from this forum constantly have to listen to me bitch during PUBG.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:57 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:09 pm

Spectrum (né Charter) sent me a DOCSIS 3.1 modem to replace my 3.0. The docs state I've been moved to 200 Mbps.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:09 pm

I no longer care about internet speeds. I actually begged them to lower me to 30/4 . But no. Asshats.

Anyways saw on the local news just now where EPB that I used to want is raising their 100 meg customers to 300 meg for free and lowering their gig price.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:25 pm

Ever since November my lovely "Radio Tower" internet has been misbehaving, dropping to speeds of 1 to 3 MB/s, and getting anything done about it has been a circus, to say the least. Roughly 10 days ago, it started to frequently lose connection as well, progressively worsening until 4 days ago we have no signal 99.9% of the time. Today they were to come out and "do things", but were thwarted by the heavy snow piled up in my yard and on my roof, so nothing happens until I get my yard cleared and both of our highly inflexible schedules intersect.

When it does kick on for a minute or so, Steam will start downloading something at blinding speeds of up to 50 Bits/s!

I think I can reliably hold on to my title for the foreseeable future.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:59 pm

Update and possible PSA. I've been reading lately about people having trouble connecting to Windows Update Service. Seems to be some mix of issues between a recent Windows update and certain ISP's DNS servers. Comcast and some media place in Britain being big ones. The work-around is to use Google's Public DNS servers. On a lark I gave that a shot; absolutely fixed my issue with zero internet. My speeds still vary more than I would like, but at least as good or maybe slightly better than they were back in November when things degraded.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:16 am

No longer a thing to me but EPB just gave a free upgrade and price cut to their customers. 100 meg is now 300 meg and they cut the price of gig to $67.99 a month.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:26 pm

This isn't going to help Daehawk's peace of mind:

Google said Wednesday it forgot to mention that it included a microphone in its Nest Secure home alarm system, the latest privacy flub by one of the tech industry’s leading collectors of personal information.

The company said earlier this month that its voice assistant feature would be available on the system’s Nest Guard, which controls home alarm sensors.

But Google hadn’t told consumers about the device’s built-in microphone when it began selling the hubs in the fall of 2017. As recently as January , the product specs for the device made no mention of a microphone.

Google said in a statement that the omission was a mistake. “The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs,” it said.

The microphone hasn’t been active since launch, and people have to specifically enable it going forward, Google said. Business Insider first reported the microphone had been missing from the product’s description.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:40 pm

Honestly I dont remember why it would bother me.

Nothing is interesting to me now anyways.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:08 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:40 pm Honestly I dont remember why it would bother me.

Nothing is interesting to me now anyways.

Over-sized cable modem from your ISP, mistakenly sent to your house instead of the Venezuelan consulate.
/helpfully

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:28 pm

Oh ya. The old me cared or wondered. The current me is blah on the world.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Wed May 19, 2021 5:39 pm

did the switchover from Comcast DSL to Century Link fiber - the first time i have ever personally seen a higher upload rate than download:

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:29 pm

Heres a page with the place i cant get thanks to state gov

Just scroll down..shows the 3 speed choices and their prices.

https://epb.com/fi-speed-internet/

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:34 pm

Still at <1 to 5 MBS here. No Starlink yet for me.

telcta · Post by **telcta** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:42 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:29 pm Heres a page with the place i cant get thanks to state gov

Just scroll down..shows the 3 speed choices and their prices.

https://epb.com/fi-speed-internet/

10 gig? Holy moly. I don’t think my hard drive can write that fast. I’m around 500 mbps which is good for me however I think I have to upgrade my old router because it doesn’t seem to handle multiple wireless devices downloading large chunks of data. I got a bottleneck somewhere and it’s probably the router.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:38 am

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 5:39 pm did the switchover from Comcast DSL to Century Link fiber - the first time i have ever personally seen a higher upload rate than download:

Have you been happy with it? I'm finally making the switch on Monday.

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:10 am

Freyland wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:34 pm Still at <1 to 5 MBS here. No Starlink yet for me.

I put my deposit down for Starlink last year, was supposed to come here summer of 21, now it is summer of 22. And they just increased thier prices for the service and the hook-up. They are giving me a small discount, since they have had my money for a year without providing anything.

But my current ISP sucks, and they stopped talking to me, so I really have no alternative.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:42 pm

Alefroth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:38 am
Have you been happy with it? I'm finally making the switch on Monday.

i thought Comcast's CS was bad - CLink's SUCKS. it's really terrible. i have had several easily avoidable issues - most online/phone reps are borderline incompetent. i would not get landline VoIP service through them, that's for sure.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:04 pm

Ugh. I've been lucky enough in over 10 years I can't remember ever having to contact Comcast support. One of my hesitations with CL was reliability, but people in my neighborhood have been happy.

Hrothgar · Post by **Hrothgar** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:26 pm

Our local fiber internet company finally made it to my neighborhood. No more Comcast data caps and full duplex.

I went from 200/5 to:

at my router.

Here's what I'm getting at my PC, with everyone in the house using the internet.

I'm wondering if I still need QoS with that much overhead.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:25 am

Im at 400/20 but come Nov i think it is I have to drop it to 100/4. My discount runs out and Charter is awful about giving you one while you have one or even extending it. They want you to lose it and go a few weeks before asking for another.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:38 pm

In theory I could get 5Gb now. I have no use for it, but it would be cool.

Hrothgar · Post by **Hrothgar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:49 pm

Bill Harris posted this link: Multigig fiber is too fast for your computer.

I'm sure it wouldn't be for your main PC from what I recall, but other devices won't be able to take advantage of it. I have a decent gaming router, but I'm pretty sure I'd have to upgrade if I went beyond a gig. Given that they haven't even announced faster speeds here yet, I'm not going to worry about it. I'm just going to enjoy what I have since it feels crazy fast.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:55 pm

I have enough down speed to get fast downloads while mutliple people stream in HD, but I really just want to get above the godawful Comcast upload speeds. A 30-minute video takes me over an hour to upload, and if I have several I usually just have to leave it running overnight.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:01 pm

My Xfinity plan right now is "up to 300mbps download". I'm only getting 200-225mbps or so. I'm annoyed but not enough to bother with their customer service, especially since I have my own modem, and that's going to be the first thing they harp on. In practical terms, it's not noticeable. I'm on a 12-month contract until next February - maybe I'll look for something else at that point (like T-Mobile 5G).

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:52 pm

The Comcast 5mb upload cap is what really drove me to Centurylink after 18 years with Comcast.

I now get ~500/500, which is fine with me, at about 20% savings from Comcast.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:47 pm

I would get almost anything comparable over Comcast. The 300 down, 10 up is absurd, and with the unlimited data added in, it's more than it's worth. But the only alternative in the entire town is full wireless, which would give the entire family 50 down.

For the time being, I did some shopping at Comcast, and was able to upgrade to 900/20 with unlimited for a net -$20/month for the next year with no contract, so yeah - I took that. The upload speed still isn't great, but it will help when I need it, and it does open a few other options.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:20 pm

Still waiting on Starlink, years later. So see all my previous whining about shit internet, now with more Drops!

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:27 pm

Freyland wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:20 pm Still waiting on Starlink, years later. So see all my previous whining about shit internet, now with more Drops!

Same here, did you get the email where you could sign up early for the RV internet, where there is no gaurentee that you will have any connections or acceptable internet.

They have had my deposit for over a year plus...

My internet is 8 MB down and a hard 1 MB up, if my kids try to upload something and it maxes my upload, it shuts down my download to nothing.

Freyland · Post by **Freyland** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:27 pm

RMC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:27 pm
Freyland wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:20 pm Still waiting on Starlink, years later. So see all my previous whining about shit internet, now with more Drops!
Same here, did you get the email where you could sign up early for the RV internet, where there is no gaurentee that you will have any connections or acceptable internet.

They have had my deposit for over a year plus...

My internet is 8 MB down and a hard 1 MB up, if my kids try to upload something and it maxes my upload, it shuts down my download to nothing.

I did indeed get the RV email, much to my disgust.

RMC · Post by **RMC** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:39 pm

Freyland wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:27 pm
RMC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:27 pm
Freyland wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:20 pm Still waiting on Starlink, years later. So see all my previous whining about shit internet, now with more Drops!
Same here, did you get the email where you could sign up early for the RV internet, where there is no gaurentee that you will have any connections or acceptable internet.

They have had my deposit for over a year plus...

My internet is 8 MB down and a hard 1 MB up, if my kids try to upload something and it maxes my upload, it shuts down my download to nothing.
I did indeed get the RV email, much to my disgust.

Yup, it was a punch in the gut, and seemed like a cash grab. Sigh.