keithgrant
Banned
+14|6785
Just wanted to hear from people in other countries regarding broadband speed.I live in Ireland and the fastest speed broadband is 8mb but it costs about 50-60 Euros per month(70US--£38--78CAN--94AUS).
I have 2mb for 25 euros per month is this shit ,what are your speeds and how much do you pay for them.



      GIVE ME SOME KARMA DUDES   +1

Last edited by keithgrant (2006-07-05 05:33:35)

DoctorFruitloop
Level 13 Wrongdoer
+515|6733|Doncaster, UK
I'm willing to bet that the best you hear is in the US, they seem to have very good service over there. I'm on AOL which is currently 2Mb but supposed to be going to 8Mb soon and pay £30 a month.

Doc
lead_head
Member
+15|6871
I have got "be" (www.bethere.co.uk) up to 24MB d/l and 1.3 MB u/l.  In reality, I get about 15-16MB d/l and 1.2MB u/l, I'm in London and it costs £24 per month.
keithgrant
Banned
+14|6785
16mb  That unreal
BUDFORCE
Moderator Emeritus
+76|6960|London UK

lead_head wrote:

I have got \"be\" (www.bethere.co.uk) up to 24MB d/l and 1.3 MB u/l.  In reality, I get about 15-16MB d/l and 1.2MB u/l, I\'m in London and it costs £24 per month.
I also live in london and im with demon 2mb, Im sure ive done my 12 month contract, an am giving some serious thought to switching over to \"be\".

Is the service really as good as they make it out to be?
DoctorFruitloop
Level 13 Wrongdoer
+515|6733|Doncaster, UK
Aaah yes, where everything new is trawled out and doesn't reach "us up north" until 20 years later

I wish I was you
0akleaves
Member
+183|6801|Newcastle UK
You will get it before me i live in newcaastle!
You have to learn the rules of the game and then you have to play better than anyone else.
morphman001
Member
+9|6748|Melbourne
gawwd,thats cheap compared to my isp here in australia,BIGPOND!!
I pay 55au a month for 1500/256 with 10gb download limit and thats at half price for a year to so actually its usually nearly a 100au a month,they are the dearest but also the best as far as im concerned.
However most other isp offer 8-10 mbit connections for less than that but i have tried a 8mbit connection before with another isp and was completely dissapointed by the performance as far as pings go they were no lower than my 1500 connection and my downloads were never above 250kBs which is far from the 8mbit connection should offer so i switched back to 1500/256 connection and get 10-15 ping on my local servers and thats great...)
Anyone else been dissapointed with these so called mega high speed adsl plans here in australia?
jdjoubert
Member
+5|6695|South Africa Cape Town
That is nothing dude. Go and see what these thing cost here in South Africa. You wil then never ever complain again. You ppl get your broadband for almost free. We (South Africans) pay anything from about 50 Euros to 200 Euros for broadband. I have a 196k Wi-Fi connection and it costs me 50 Euros / month. Hell, I think that if you could even get a 8mb connection here, it would cost about 600 Euros.

This is all due to our new government and our service provider Telkom. Thanx for nothing Hellkom.
JahManRed
wank
+646|6815|IRELAND

keithgrant wrote:

Just wanted to hear from people in other countries regarding broadband speed.I live in Ireland and the fastest speed broadband is 8mb but it costs about 50-60 Euros per month(70US--£38--78CAN--94AUS).
I have 2mb for 25 euros per month is this shit ,what are your speeds and how much do you pay for them.



      GIVE ME SOME KARMA DUDES   +1
I live in Northern Ireland.
I have BT 8.2mb unlimited at £17/month at home
I have BT Buisness Broadband in the office 8.2mb & fixed IP for £22/month.

i had 2.2mb and havent noticed any difference in gaming between 2.2 & 8.2mb, just quicker download times for porn. I have a friend who works for BT and he turned me up before he quit so not everyones getting that for that money I think.

My hats off to BT, after a late shakey start they have pulled it outa the bag.

Last edited by JahManRed (2006-07-05 05:44:54)

chuckle_hound
Member
+32|6854|Edinburgh, Scotland
For all you can say against the British ISPs, at least ours aren't planning to fuck up the internet like those in the US.  Have a google for net neutrality if you're not sure what I mean.
JaM3z
Banned
+311|6898
24MB ADSL+2 (live in London) £52 a month
DoctorFruitloop
Level 13 Wrongdoer
+515|6733|Doncaster, UK

chuckle_hound wrote:

For all you can say against the British ISPs, at least ours aren't planning to fuck up the internet like those in the US.  Have a google for net neutrality if you're not sure what I mean.
Too apathetic to search, please expand and enlighten yogi chuckle_hound!
Canterwood
Member
+4|6707|Canada
5mbit - $35cnd
jdjoubert
Member
+5|6695|South Africa Cape Town
Please do yourselves a flavour and look at these South African prices.

www4.gam.co.za/connectivity/adsl_uncapped.php

We r being ripped off no doubt.

W H A T   D O    Y O U   T H I N K   ?
lead_head
Member
+15|6871

BUDFORCE wrote:

lead_head wrote:

I have got \"be\" (www.bethere.co.uk) up to 24MB d/l and 1.3 MB u/l.  In reality, I get about 15-16MB d/l and 1.2MB u/l, I\'m in London and it costs £24 per month.
Is the service really as good as they make it out to be?
So far i haven't had any problems, it's quite a new system and i believe they had allot of teething problems.  I used to have 512k broadband and pay £17.99 a month for it, the difference in speed is amazing.  The only problem is, you will be hitting the bit torrent sites hard and your hard disk will soon fill up!

On 512k broadband i used to have a ping on my favorite server of about 40-50 and now its at a nice 12-13.

well worth it
BUDFORCE
Moderator Emeritus
+76|6960|London UK

Thanks for the advice +1,

I will be switching over for sure by september, but might do it sooner now

Thanks mate.
Shem
sɥǝɯ
+152|6714|London (At Heart)

Mmm,

I am very tempted by Be...

Very tempted indeed.

Shem
SkoobyDu
'CLICK JOIN NOW'... OK lets go... BOOM!!!! =FFS=
+120|6748|Cheshire, UK
I'm with Plus.net 8mb for £21 with office contention, it is available at £15 for home contention.
Spiderman696
Member
+12|6834
Just to clarify:

1 MB (big B) are 1024 Byte.

1 Mb (small b) are 1024 Bit.

8 Bit are 1 Byte.

DL und UL speed is mostly given in megabit (Mb). You have to devide it with 8 to get the actual info you want to know.

Example:
2 Mb DL is shown during a download as 250 kB!
And  a 8 Mb DL gives you actual 1 MB DL per sec.


But to answer you question:

I have a 2 Mb DL and pay like 37 US-$. (Switzerland - Europe)
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6903
hah i laugh at u. u pay too much for broadband. we get 10mb and 1 mb upload no bandwith limit for 33usd a month
https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png
Hyper
Banned
+154|6938
10/1
55$ Can
-=5TON3D
Member
+42|6721|u.k
telewest 10mb broadband £35 a month,i download/upload shitloads off usenet everyday so its perfect for me as gives me more time to play bf2 & prey demo lol.
Reaper2325
Member
+2|6910|New Hartford, New York
I live in Central New York in the United States.

My Current Carrier
Broadband Carrier: Adelphia
Download Speed: 3600 kbps
Upload Speed: 300 kbps
Price: $42.95 USD a month

Optional Package
Broadband Carrier: Adelphia
Download Speed: 6000 kbps
Upload Speed: 768 kbps
Price: $59.95 USD a month

My old Broad Band Carrier
Broadband Carrier: Time Warner Road Runner
Download Speed: 5000 kbps
Upload Speed: 512 kbps
Price: $44.95 USD a month

I moved, so I can no longer get Road Runner since it is not offered in my new town, just adelphia cable is. Otherwise
=RvE=kbgfighter
Member
+16|6819|Oslo, NORWAY

keithgrant wrote:

Just wanted to hear from people in other countries regarding broadband speed.I live in Ireland and the fastest speed broadband is 8mb but it costs about 50-60 Euros per month(70US--£38--78CAN--94AUS).
I have 2mb for 25 euros per month is this shit ,what are your speeds and how much do you pay for them.



      GIVE ME SOME KARMA DUDES   +1
I got 16000/16000

And my DSL company gonna change it soon so ill get 25mbit in and out

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