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How fast is your connection? (Original Post)
Go Vols
Jul 2012
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BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)1. That's about the same as mine. On Sat. morning...a little slower.
RC
(25,592 posts)2. Wheeee.... AT&T
I'm waiting for Google to get their download speeds of 922 megabits per second and upload speeds of 883 Mbps.
Google Fiber in Kansas City Makes Hollywood Nervous
By John Lopez on April 26, 2012
Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital worldnews, music, publishingHollywood has held up comparatively well. Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray are falling, no single Web company dominates the online video realm, and consumers mostly still get their programming via pricey cable bundles. Poky Internet speedsthe U.S. average of about 5 megabits per second ranks 26th globallymeans that pirates cant swap bulky video files with the same insouciant ease as they do MP3s.
Google (GOOG) might change that. In 2010 the company announced plans to bring super-high-speed Internet access to select communities in America and in 2011 picked Kansas City to start. The search giant has said it hopes to spur innovation among cable companies and Internet service providers by demonstrating whats possible with Internet speeds 100 times faster than the U.S. average. The project could also foreshadow dramatic changes for Hollywood, both because of the specter of piracy and Googles possible experiments with new ways to distribute content legally.
Kansas City Internet speeds will increase hundredfold with Google FiberPhotograph by The Kansas City StarKansas City Internet speeds will increase hundredfold with Google Fiber
Google has already strung more than 100 miles of fiber-optic cable along utility poles in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., and expects to connect its first homes in the next few months, says Google Fiber spokeswoman Jenna Wandres. Its test network of about 850 homes in a faculty neighborhood near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., already provides blistering download speeds of 922 megabits per second and upload speeds of 883 Mbps. At those speeds, Web surfersor piratescan download a DVD in under a minute or a high-definition Blu-ray in five.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/google-fiber-in-kansas-city-makes-hollywood-nervous/
By John Lopez on April 26, 2012
Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital worldnews, music, publishingHollywood has held up comparatively well. Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray are falling, no single Web company dominates the online video realm, and consumers mostly still get their programming via pricey cable bundles. Poky Internet speedsthe U.S. average of about 5 megabits per second ranks 26th globallymeans that pirates cant swap bulky video files with the same insouciant ease as they do MP3s.
Google (GOOG) might change that. In 2010 the company announced plans to bring super-high-speed Internet access to select communities in America and in 2011 picked Kansas City to start. The search giant has said it hopes to spur innovation among cable companies and Internet service providers by demonstrating whats possible with Internet speeds 100 times faster than the U.S. average. The project could also foreshadow dramatic changes for Hollywood, both because of the specter of piracy and Googles possible experiments with new ways to distribute content legally.
Kansas City Internet speeds will increase hundredfold with Google FiberPhotograph by The Kansas City StarKansas City Internet speeds will increase hundredfold with Google Fiber
Google has already strung more than 100 miles of fiber-optic cable along utility poles in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., and expects to connect its first homes in the next few months, says Google Fiber spokeswoman Jenna Wandres. Its test network of about 850 homes in a faculty neighborhood near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., already provides blistering download speeds of 922 megabits per second and upload speeds of 883 Mbps. At those speeds, Web surfersor piratescan download a DVD in under a minute or a high-definition Blu-ray in five.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/google-fiber-in-kansas-city-makes-hollywood-nervous/
https://fiber.google.com/savethedate/
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)3. Business Class...speedy
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Go Vols
(5,902 posts)4. lol
yep,that's pretty fast.
I pay for 1.5 which is the fastest I can get out where I live....without going satellite.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)6. 40 mbps down, 5 mbps up, Bright House nt
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)7. Not so bad.
Very reliable.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)8. About 5.24mbps down. .72mbps up.
I can get faster speeds but it would cost me 3 times more and my $923/mo from SS says no. Mine is fast enough for about 99% of what I do and I don't get in that much of a hurry.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)9. I have a C- for a national grade
6.08Mbps download, 1.12Mbps upload, 78ms ping
I could pay more for faster but I don't need it.
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rDigital
(2,239 posts)11. I gotta have the worst so far : (
It's also the fastest available in my area.
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Celebration
(15,812 posts)12. Comcast