upgraded my internet...

Whoey · **on:** September 16, 2011, 07:55:10 PM

ADSL Before:

Fibre Optic now:

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:04:29 PM

10 !!!!

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:08:34 PM

Your ADSL was marginally better than my cell phone!

Neil · **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:13:05 PM

Who's got a big fat pipe then

Sazabi · **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:19:03 PM

Charter must be doing some work on the network, well, either that or we're being screwed with what we're being charged. We're supposed to be getting either 50mb/s or 100mb/s. -__-

stressmaster5000 · **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:37:26 PM

Quote from: Whoey on September 16, 2011, 07:55:10 PM

ADSL Before:
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Fibre Optic now:
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Wow!

That is a dramatic change.

Can you tell the difference when doing average web surfing?

jzmtl · **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:38:36 PM

I hate you all. I get 4 mbps on dsl max, and 3 on my phone even though it suppose to be up to 21.

Whoey · **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:44:54 PM

difference is noticeable

this upgrade was long overdue... I had cable internet in BC over 10 years ago... and it's taken this long to finally do cable over here in europe... I'm rather happy bunny atm

RFOneWatt · **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2011, 02:59:43 AM

My mobile bandwidth: (This was on my HTC Thunderbolt, I've since upgraded to the Bionic.)

Verizon

And at home:

Comcast

Whoey · **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2011, 09:31:32 AM

wow, that's nice!

mine on Vodafone:

Neil · **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2011, 10:21:55 AM

Mine's less

Which I could handle if 3G wasn't so bloody patchy everywhere I go. I spend most of the time on Edge or GPRS speeds

nuphoria · **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2011, 10:26:44 AM

Apparently this is ours:

Half the time it's slow though, always at peak hours

Neil · **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2011, 10:43:32 AM

I hear that. I'm supposed to get 10MB on Virgin but I only get near that off peak. They really need to sort their contention ratios out

nuphoria · **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:21:27 PM

Well, this thread goaded me in to action so I rang them up.

Downgraded the TV and upgraded the broadband, saving about £2/month and going up to 20MB (allegedly!). It's the same price as 30MB except they wanted to charge me £30 for a new "superhub" for that.... ridiculous!

Can't wait till we move and become new customers again - for Sky probably.

Neil · **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2011, 01:26:20 PM

I don't like the crappy way Virgin treat existing customers. Wish we had a BT landline so that I could at least pretend to change provider. Probably wouldn't anyway as we are so far from the exchange that the bandwidth would be even worse.

Oh well hey, this is a definite First World Problem

jzmtl · **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2011, 01:47:31 PM

Urg, this thread is a constant reminder of how smurfty internet in Canada is, I get 4 mbps on my dsl at best, and 3 on my phone.

nuphoria · **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2011, 01:50:14 PM

Quote from: Neil on October 07, 2011, 01:26:20 PM

Oh well hey, this is a definite First World Problem

Ya got that damn straight

My new shiny 20MB upgrade is now getting about 12.3mb.... money well spent I'm sure!

tattoosteve99 · **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2011, 06:08:01 AM

You guys got it made. Here's mine from my phone

thesuper · **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2011, 12:34:43 AM

They are all the same, they all treat existing long term /loyal customers like crap

I was with Sky for over 10yrs, just changed to Virgin, suposedly 3x faster internet speed. Well it was fast(er) for the first week, then non existant for the last 2 weeks. Only got back on line friday. 3 weeks with Virgin = 2 weeks with no internet

Whoey · **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2011, 04:06:16 PM

we were with our previous ISP for about 7 years... every 18months or so they'd break our connection and we'd be a week or so without ADSL while they figured out what key they accidentally pressed at HQ. There was only one thing that made it worthwhile to stay, 1000 long distance minutes per month, including US/Canada (terrestrial lines only). However recently my mom went mobile only, and we figured stuff it, we'll pay for whatever we use when we use it rather than a monthly fee... we now pay less and have MUCH better service.

RFOneWatt · **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2011, 03:46:56 AM

Speaking of phones, if you are looking for a very economical VOIP provider, Broadvoice rocks.

Not many people have heard of them but they have great service and if you absolutely need a landline you can't beat their pricing..

http://www.broadvoice.com

I am now totally mobile but used them for many years w/o an issue.

-RF

Quote from: Whoey on October 11, 2011, 04:06:16 PM

we were with our previous ISP for about 7 years... every 18months or so they'd break our connection and we'd be a week or so without ADSL while they figured out what key they accidentally pressed at HQ. There was only one thing that made it worthwhile to stay, 1000 long distance minutes per month, including US/Canada (terrestrial lines only). However recently my mom went mobile only, and we figured stuff it, we'll pay for whatever we use when we use it rather than a monthly fee... we now pay less and have MUCH better service.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2011, 02:36:35 PM

Going to switch to fiber in the next month or so, so I'm just posting this as a reference. Bear in mind I'm doing this with several walls between me and the router.

Def

nuphoria · **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2011, 03:59:40 PM

Oh, I didn't consider doing the speedtest hooked in directly.... doh

Whoey · **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2011, 04:08:01 PM

wired will nearly always do better than wireless... my laptop did not get the same speed result using wifi vs wired.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2011, 05:44:35 PM

I don't have anything wired directly into my router, but I feel certain that if I tried this in the living room rather than my "office" I'd probably get a better result. I only have 4 out of 5 "bars" on my connection in here.

Def

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #25 on:** October 20, 2011, 03:41:28 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on October 12, 2011, 02:36:35 PM

Going to switch to fiber in the next month or so, so I'm just posting this as a reference. Bear in mind I'm doing this with several walls between me and the router.

Def

Less than ten feet from my router now, and getting 100% signal strength according to Windows.

Def