Wouldn't mind this connection...

JollyGreen said:
I beg to differ with that statistic actually....
As 40/8 = 5GB and an average HDDVD in my *cough* experience is about 25gb, so /really/ it'd take her 5 seconds....
That ****.
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The other problems;
* Which online HDDVD content provider offers 40Gb download speed?
* If downloading it over bittorrent I'm sure her PC would choke to death handling enough seeds to fill the 40Gb and it would definitely take more than 2 seconds.

The stupid claims aside, obviously it was only as proof that current infrastructure needs an overhaul.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
De-rail time:

Is anyone getting horrifly slow speeds from BT Total Broadband.

I know theyre crap anyway but its dropped from being around 6.5meg to about 400 kbs :s


I blame that BT vision crap. :mad:
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What package are you on? BT throttle your speed during peak times on some packages if you go over a certain GB limit.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
De-rail time:

Is anyone getting horrifly slow speeds from BT Total Broadband.

I know theyre crap anyway but its dropped from being around 6.5meg to about 400 kbs :s


I blame that BT vision crap. :mad:
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Hmm, we're on 6mb BT broadband and we usually reach around 600kb/sec if the server allows. Try speedtest.net to check your connection speed maybe?
 
i have an 8mb connection, from bt. but im stuck with 4mb at the minute, brothers away on holiday and took the router with him so im stuck with a bt speedtouch usb modem, absolute garbage
 
Zip said:
Imagine the porn :eek: :p


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Great, its going to be used to send Forward/chain mail of bad jokes and for giving money to Nigerians :(


Edit: If you used torrents and set it upright could you make full use of your conection on the right torrents?
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Not on Windows as it can't handle that many connections, but probably on Linux if you tweaked it a lot. You'd also need to have enough seeds to upload at that speed, and even then, I'm not sure a hard drive can write at that speed.
 
What is the first thing that this little old lady does with her nice new fast connection? Download a HD-DVD!

Does she have a wooden leg, eye-patch and a parrot? :p
 
Megahurtz400 said:
De-rail time:

Is anyone getting horrifly slow speeds from BT Total Broadband.

I know theyre crap anyway but its dropped from being around 6.5meg to about 400 kbs :s


I blame that BT vision crap. :mad:
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Yup, terrible speeds, bandwidth throttling and some definate torrent bandwidth shaping going on in the afternoon. Im considering moving to Be's 24Mb im sick to death with bt
 
Azagoth said:
What is the first thing that this little old lady does with her nice new fast connection? Download a HD-DVD!

Does she have a wooden leg, eye-patch and a parrot? :p
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She's probably looking at emails or the news. It's quite a waste of a connection tbh. :p
 
Do you reckon her ISP told her that their backbone is only 1Gbps? :p And that their links outside of Sweden are even less? :p
 
Fraggr said:
Not on Windows as it can't handle that many connections, but probably on Linux if you tweaked it a lot. You'd also need to have enough seeds to upload at that speed, and even then, I'm not sure a hard drive can write at that speed.
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Even a top of the line solid state hard drive (which are immensely expensive) couldn't keep up with it.
 
/off topic :p

Skyfall said:
What package are you on? BT throttle your speed during peak times on some packages if you go over a certain GB limit.
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if only. people are being throttled regardless of their usage. that's why i'm jumping ship. some evenings i'm lucky to get 100kb/s even though my line is perfectly synced at 8128kbps for weeks at a time. i don't think i've gone over 10-20gb a month on option3 (unlimited).... was on option4 50gb before they changed it. :(

i was reading some other forums and even users on option1 reckoned they were being throttled and they hadn't gone over their limit.... :eek:
 
We have total broadband and our download rates are steady throughout the day, at 230kbs...

For some reason we never seem to have been upgraded to a faster line. Having said that my dad managed to start paying extra when he upgraded FREE to max. :rolleyes:

He is an idiot... (in the nicest possible way :p )
 
What Plug hole would you have to to use to get it from Modem/router into the computer before it even thinks of putting stuff on the hard drive?

I dont think the Ethernet would be able to handle it :p
 
marc2003 said:
/off topic :p



if only. people are being throttled regardless of their usage. that's why i'm jumping ship. some evenings i'm lucky to get 100kb/s even though my line is perfectly synced at 8128kbps for weeks at a time. i don't think i've gone over 10-20gb a month on option3 (unlimited).... was on option4 50gb before they changed it. :(

i was reading some other forums and even users on option1 reckoned they were being throttled and they hadn't gone over their limit.... :eek:
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Amen bro, jumping ship here as well.
 
alangelluk said:
lol overkill springs to mind, for now at least...
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I don't think so, it means you can download high def films instantly. Something that would be very useful. Sod those home delivery rentals, just download it on the spot.
 
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