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kitamesume:
speeds can have a huge variety from the average 512kbps to as high as 1gbps so that isnt much of a problem, the problem about the ISPs is the bandwidth cap and/or what ever their other restrictions.
if only i could sue my ISP for false advertisement, extortion and wire fraud to get them straight "give me the speed you're advertising or close your company plus a refund for the days i had slow connections." but seriously, they should declare their minimum speed and bandwidth cap more accurately.
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 02, 2011, 01:04:30 AM ---speeds can have a huge variety from the average 512kbps to as high as 1gbps so that isnt much of a problem, the problem about the ISPs is the bandwidth cap and/or what ever their other restrictions.
if only i could sue my ISP for false advertisement, extortion and wire fraud to get them straight "give me the speed you're advertising or close your company plus a refund for the days i had slow connections." but seriously, they should declare their minimum speed and bandwidth cap more accurately.
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The minimum speed should be in the contract. For example, my contract says:
The maximum speed to the nearest ISP node can be 35% lower. International onnection overbooking - 1:30.
So, I should get at least 10mbps. And yes, the speed drops to about 13mbps for a couple of hours every evening (usually 20:00 to 22:00).
And no, my ISP does not have a bandwidth cap. I sometimes upload 10TB/month and the ISP says nothing (now I will probably uplaod even more with the faster connection).
I would like a gigabit connection. Then my LAN would have to be 10g which would be fun :)
traintech86:
I dug up some files i got from here a while ago and will seed those as they look like they need some help. don't get me started on bandwidth caps. If you are gonna advertise Xmbps, then the whole month, minus the few times when something happens beyond their control, then i should get Xmbps. tbh, if a company said i could have a 10mb up/ 5mb down connection without any bs cap but it didn't go up or down in speed, i would be more then happy.
froody1911:
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2011, 12:29:35 AM ---The ISP finally replaced the fiber-to-1000BaseT converter and now I can get the new speed:
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It says "Faster than 99% of LT". I wonder what kind of ungodly speeds the other 1% must be getting.
kitamesume:
no caps+good service > super speed+crappy caps
i prefer a no cap with only constant 1mbps up and down VS. up to 100mbps with 50gb cap. no use having super speed when it runs out in just an hour or so.
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