What Internet speed are you using?

[zetec452]

ADSL Max user here. Generally see from 2.5 - 3mb. If I could get cable I would.

 

[PhilthyPhil]

DownStream Connection Speed 22353 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 764 kbps

I'm on UK Online 22mb

 

[nands]

I am happy on the 4mb NTL connection.

Although now that theu have boosted the 1mb to 2mb I may downgrade, not using it much at the moment.

 

[toy_soldier]

Lol well said!!!

I'm on 11mb down 768mb up!!! Damn you NTL and your crap upload speeds!!!

If 768mb up is crap, what do you class as good

 

[hyper_piper45]

If 768mb up is crap, what do you class as good

5mb plus is good. My 1.3mb is ok but something like 5 would be really useful.

 

[Zefan]

40mb max down, depends on how many people along my block are using it.

 

[wolvotim]

10mb cable

 

[iMacMart]

If 768mb up is crap, what do you class as good

Lol soz 768kbs up although my company has wireless SDSL at 5down 5up .....gits

 

[ste_bla]

0.5/0.25

Sucks

Might be able to get 1mb if im lucky

 

[Tosk]

lol PhilthyPhil, are you next door to your exchange to get them speeds ?

Sky BB
Down: 13.5
Up: 76k

 

[Craig321]

Currently using 10mb cable.. but I'm not sure if this is an overkill?

I do use it for online gaming.

You can't get too fast internet. The faster the better.

Rubbish 512k internet here.

 

[marc2003]

adsl max synched at 8128/448.

uploads max out at 45kb/s and downloads are mostly in the 600's. only once have i broke 700kb/s and that was downloading a vista iso from microsoft.

 

[joeyjojo]

Max synced at 6848 / 448. Goes up to ~7500 now and then, but downloads max out at about 540 regardless. Very poor line, but partly the ISP I reckon. I think a new router is needed though, the SNR is very low.

 

[HangTime]

Bandwidth and ping are not interrelated.

While bandwidth is largely insignificant, there is a (small) correlation between upload speed and minimum possible latency. Most people probably don't care anymore as most people have at least 256kbit, by which point the inherent minimum latency due to low upload speed drops below the level you tend to see on home internet products.

For gaming I'd recommend Blueyonder cable, they typically have better latency than most BTW adsl products.

 

[bigredshark]

at home i have broadband free from work (uncapped, unshaped, DSL Max goodness ) and be* which is shared with my flatmates, end result is some complex access lists to make sure SIP and other important stuff goes over work DSL and bandwidth eating downloads annoy my flatmates...

work wise, i'm 3 (Gigabit) hops from our juniper edge router in telehouse, unfortunately i've yet to find anywhere that lets me download at anywhere near those speeds...

 

[zetec452]

bigredshark your job sounds pretty interesting. Where do you work?

 

[DanMc07]

10mb blueyonder
if only we had a higher upload

 

[Deleted member 58846]

I'm currently on 8mb MaxADSL with Zen Internet but I only get 4mb because of the distance from the exchange.

Still does for me though. Alough LLU is going to be enbled in Jan 2007 at my exchange.

 

[bigredshark]

bigredshark your job sounds pretty interesting. Where do you work?

I work for an ISP in the city, we're pretty business focussed rather than consumer but we're good at what we do (i believe we were the highest ranked ISP in the times top 100 tech companies).

I'm a senior network engineer right now, though I'm fighting for promotion to an IP architect role. It's interesting work, a lot of variety and some cool kit to play with

 

[no_1_dave]

2mb Zen unlimited here
It does what I need (which is about 200Gb a month)