Your broadband speed/type?

[Ian]

I thought it might be interesting to see what speed broadband we are all using, as we've got people from all over the world using this site.

I've added a poll with most options covered.

At the moment, I'm on an 8Mbps ADSL connection - mainly as this speed is fast enough for me and it's free from my mobile phone provider . I could get up to 20Mbps in this area, but there's no point in upgrading at the moment.

 

[clifford_cooley]

I have <1Mbps

 

[catilley1092]

I have 4mbps, or that's what I'm paying for. Occasionally, it drops, but it increases at night when fewer users are on it.

 

[linuxdudex12]

I have Fiber Optics powering my connection

20+ Mbps

 

[Veedaz]

SKY UK Router Stats

 

[faun]

Virgin Media

20meg fibre optic...

that said, they like nerfing my connection after i use my usenet for about an hour...

 

[faun]

also i believe the options for the poll are wrong.
shouldnt it be more like
1-4
5-10
11-20
21-30

etc etc. overlapping options dont really work?

 

[andsome]

I don't have any of the above. Mine is a straight 10MB connection, and never falls below 9.8. As far as I know, Virgin do not offer 1-4 or 5-10 etc. It is either a straight 10 or 20 or whatever.

 

[Ian]

also i believe the options for the poll are wrong.
shouldnt it be more like
1-4
5-10
11-20
21-30

etc etc. overlapping options dont really work?

Yes, good point - I'll clarify the options now

I don't have any of the above. Mine is a straight 10MB connection, and never falls below 9.8. As far as I know, Virgin do not offer 1-4 or 5-10 etc. It is either a straight 10 or 20 or whatever.

I just added those options as bands, as there are so many possible speeds (common ones being 0.5,1,2,4,8,10,12,15,20,25,40,50Mbps for broadband alone) - so 10MB would go in the 10-19 range

 

[Kalario]

How is that look?

 

[andsome]

How is that look?

How much does it cost?

 

[andsome]

This is my 10MB connection on Virgin Cable.

 

[Kalario]

How much does it cost?

It is a package (phone, cable and internet) $99/month

 

[andsome]

I get what Virgin call their extra large TV package, whis is all their available chanels except sport and films. 10MG broadband and ALL phone calls except the premium rate lines, 24 hours per day. The total is £54 per month.

 

[bassfisher6522]

Here's mine.....I've had higher but this score seems to be the avg for me.

 

[Core]

I use Suddenlink, which is unfortunately the only cable provider in my area, so it was either this, 56k, or some wireless AT&T DSL bullshit. It started out as 6 Mbps up and half a meg down, but recently the connection was upgraded without charge to 10 Mbps down and 1 meg up, which has made a huge difference.

 

[Thrax]

Officially, I pay $56/month for 6Mbit/1Mbit cable. Unofficially, I get closer to 9/2 on most days, but sometimes as low as 2/256k when things are bad.

I also get very unpredictable latency performance, particularly in the late evenings. I also cannot change ISPs, as Comcast is the only one that was willing to wire my apartment complex. Thanks, Comcast.

 

[Ian]

I use Suddenlink, which is unfortunately the only cable provider in my area,

...Comcast is the only one that was willing to wire my apartment complex. .

Is it common that there is only one ISP that you can use in the US?

In the UK there are only a handful of cable providers which you can use, however ADSL broadband is open to 100's of providers which anyone can use with their normal phone line. Over here ADSL tends to be a max speed of 24Mbps (often people only have 8Mbps though, as it's cheaper) and Cable tends to be up to 50Mbps.

 

[Thrax]

In a home, it's uncommon to have more than about 5 ISPs: 2 cable, 3 xDSL. Apartments are limited by whomever was willing to actually wire the apartment.

 

[Core]

DSL speeds in the States are much lower than what I had in Europe. For decent speed you need cable or fiber optics.