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We have lift off!

Posted by Moikle on Feb. 4, 2012, 12:16 p.m.

Yay, I got home from work today to find the virgin media man setting up our new network.

I AM NO LONGER TIED DOWN WITH AOL! (and their 1-3Mb/s broadband)

This blog is not short, most of the content is just not written in it. (Modit: Noted.)

edit from the future

this is now, same package :(

less than 1% of what it is supposed to be, and it has been like this for a week so far

Comments

Moikle 13 years, 1 month ago

I know I won't be able to find anywhere to download that quickly, but… shhhhh.

flashback 13 years, 1 month ago

Quote:

…so where exactly can you download at 32MB/s from? I'd imagine in 99% of cases you would be limited by the other side capping you, rather than your connection.

The point isn't really single download threads, it's many multiple ones (SEE: Downloading updates on steam, torrents, etc.). while each thread might use 1/100 of your connection, running 100 of them takes advantage of your whole pipe.

Castypher 13 years, 1 month ago

Not to ruin your fun, but….

Sure, my ping sucks, but that's mostly because I stuck with a G router instead of getting an N. However, cable is just terrible over here since you have to share bandwidth.

I was trying to make some sort of point with this but I can't figure out how to put it without sounding like even more of a jackass. If it helps, Pingtest says my connection sucks. =D

Well I guess this solved my issue of finding an ISP.

flashback 13 years, 1 month ago

Gentlemen.

Eva unit-01 13 years, 1 month ago

Just use this one

http://testmy.net/

Rob 13 years, 1 month ago

It says the average for my university is like 20MB/s :(

I guess it's my shitty wireless adapter/location or something.

JuurianChi 13 years, 1 month ago

Quote:

"virgin media man"

How did you know he was a Virgin?

I'm downloading some files=Slow stats

Eva unit-01 13 years, 1 month ago

Maaaaan.

Josea 13 years, 1 month ago

Oh boy here we go again. Another speed test post to remind everyone else how lucky the are:

Oh yeah, testing with a server in my own city gave worse results.

Eva unit-01 13 years, 1 month ago

I remember when I first started using Clear, and downloading stuff, they started throttling me down to where I was getting like 0.10mbps DL speeds, 6 something Upload speeds, and pings like wayyyyy above 200. It was madness.