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Vuzeth
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by Vuzeth » Sat Oct 27, 2007 08:52 pm
Making a little research on availability of Internet services worldwide.
As example I'm using DSL at 128K for $24/month. What connection do you have guys?
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DustyStyx
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by DustyStyx » Sun Oct 28, 2007 02:17 am
I mostly just leach off the University's T1 line.
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Gila
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by Gila » Sun Oct 28, 2007 02:29 am
just did a test. sometimes the upload speed is a bit higher, up to 630
and it's 42$ for a month, unlimited traffic. i don't know how relatively expensive is that to USA prices, but hey, i'm in russia.
in a few months i'll have different ISP probably, they are offering 4mbps for approximately the same price, they just didn't lay their cables to my neighborhood yet...
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Slink
Not to be a dick, but...
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by Slink » Sun Oct 28, 2007 07:21 am
I live with my parent, my Mother works for my ISP so I don't know what rate we get it for, but I wouldn't be able to tell you anyhow. I also may get increased speeds. Cable.

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Vuzeth
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by Vuzeth » Sun Oct 28, 2007 03:45 pm
Nice the same ISP as Gila's. This is a phone company with regional branches.
But their speeds and prices extremely vary on locations. For example in my region they offer only 256K max. Not sure whether by technical or marketing reasons.
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Phosphoric Acid
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by Phosphoric Acid » Sun Oct 28, 2007 03:55 pm
Sky broadband... yeah never choose them, seriously.

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DustyStyx
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by DustyStyx » Mon Oct 29, 2007 02:18 pm
... and today is a slow day. I seriously wish they'd start doing
Utopia in Salt Lake.
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Vuzeth
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by Vuzeth » Mon Oct 29, 2007 06:13 pm
Very fat pipe.
Would be enough for some dial-up providers.
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mouth
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by mouth » Mon Oct 29, 2007 07:04 pm
Bah, you fast bastards

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predator
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by predator » Tue Oct 30, 2007 09:39 am
That's at work.
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Bloodite
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by Bloodite » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:00 pm
It should also be noted I live at least 5hrs from Michigan, Im in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Slink
Not to be a dick, but...
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by Slink » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:37 am
WOAH. This is at the college.
I gotta play games here... That is about 1.54 MegaBYTES per second. (15851/1024)
Some of you ppl have a bloody fast connection.
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Drakan
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by Drakan » Wed Oct 31, 2007 03:03 am
Well, Mouth?
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Krypto
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by Krypto » Thu Nov 01, 2007 09:58 pm
Phosphoric Acid wrote:Sky broadband... yeah never choose them, seriously.
If it's the ping your talking about my friend theirs a solution i found by poking my way around google
If you have poor pings on Sky Broadband
Also to show off here's my friend's Speedtest, the lucky bastard

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Phosphoric Acid
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by Phosphoric Acid » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:30 pm
Nah, its generally the service and the problems I’ve been having, such as being disconnected without any reason, internet running incredibly slow to the point its unusable, and mostly sky just have poor customer service, I don't like their cable either, over priced and full of crap, should be their new slogan.