100 meg

PapaLazaru · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:03

Most of us can but dream of 50.

I get less than 2.

A gaming friend of mine in Estonia gets this -

We are so behind the times.

PapaLazaru · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:26

fluff said:
100Mb/s inside of his own country. I wonder what the speeds are like internationally.

He pings less on my server I rent in Southampton than I do less than 50 miles away from it.

PapaLazaru · 25 Jan 2011 at 19:41

My Estonian friend has come back with something truly amazing.

Not his line, but a friend of his who has this. The latest in Estonia. O.M.G.

His friends equipment in his flat cannot cope, as the connection should be '1Gbit'. :eek:

*edit*

Oh, as another kick in the teeth for us over here. This is my friends connection (on post #1), pinging to Milton Keynes, all the way from Estonia.

PapaLazaru · 25 Jan 2011 at 20:49

Craig321 said:
How much is he paying for that over there? Is it a home connection, or a business/Uni?

I will find out, but it is a home connection for sure. Insane.

PapaLazaru · 27 Jan 2011 at 18:22

Update. Still no word from the 1Gbit line but my friend in my first post who gets this -

Pays - (quoted)

I pay 23.7 EUR/month (£ 20,4), it is actually special offer for 2 years. After that I will pay 30 EUR (£ 25.8). For this I get internet 100Mbit/down; 20Mbit/up, 70 TV channels via IP-TV, phone.
8.5GB full HD movie will take about 15 min to download.

PapaLazaru · 2 Feb 2011 at 09:48

I was looking at Speedtest again and noticed they have some global stats.

What is interesting (and possibly obvious), is that whilst Europe has the best on average, it is the 'Eastern Bloc' countries which have the best performance.

South Korea has the fastest on average in the world at 39.15Mb/s, but is closely followed by Lithuania, Latvia and Romania before you get back to The Netherlands, then Moldova?

Anyway - here is the full list, the UK comes in at 32nd for download, when ignoring schools and corporations. For upload we are 65th.

http://www.speedtest.net/global.php#0

And as I started this thread, I had better put mine up, which annoy me greatly.