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How fast is your connection? (Original Post) Go Vols Jul 2012 OP
That's about the same as mine. On Sat. morning...a little slower. BlueJazz Jul 2012 #1
Wheeee.... AT&T RC Jul 2012 #2
Business Class...speedy ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #3
lol Go Vols Jul 2012 #4
Slow.. Upton Jul 2012 #5
40 mbps down, 5 mbps up, Bright House nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #6
Not so bad. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #7
About 5.24mbps down. .72mbps up. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #8
I have a C- for a national grade Kaleva Jul 2012 #9
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #10
I gotta have the worst so far : ( rDigital Jul 2012 #11
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RC

(25,592 posts)
2. Wheeee.... AT&T
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 07:05 PM
Jul 2012


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 world—news, music, publishing—Hollywood 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 speeds—the U.S. average of about 5 megabits per second ranks 26th globally—means that pirates can’t 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 what’s 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 Google’s 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 surfers—or pirates—can 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/

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
8. About 5.24mbps down. .72mbps up.
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:37 AM
Jul 2012

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
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 01:59 PM
Jul 2012

6.08Mbps download, 1.12Mbps upload, 78ms ping

I could pay more for faster but I don't need it.

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