dfergfshktf Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 http://www.freshbite.info/fnews_1224048605_11073.htm Oh God the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickeley102 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 http://www.freshbite.info/fnews_1224048605_11073.htm Oh God the truth. i clicked your limk and i still dont understand. is it cheaper and better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoteman Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Bloody hell, 78 mb/s? you can't be serious. We've got adsl 2, the fastest currently available in Australia and the max speed i've got up to is something like 370kbs downloading from a ftp server located less than 10 kms away. Usually downloads from the internet go at about 60kb/s... "A disbelief in magic can force some poor souls into believing in authority and business" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jernlov Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 But Japan is far, far more technologically advanced than North America. And us people in GB are even further behind telecomminucations-wise. Our most-well known ISP (Virgin Media) provides us with 20mbps downstream, 768k upstream fiber-optic. Not that it's not good, you get your speeds at all times. Second best would be 24mbps ADSL with 3mbps up, the company that provides it (o2/Bethere) is expanding fast and they're having a few problems at the moment. Then you have BT, been in the game a while, not a bad provider on the whole. And finally: there's budget broadband like the stuff that I have and it's actually okay, way better than you'd expect it to be. Fast connections are overrated, definitely. It's called patience. (it's practically free, so I'm not complaining) Anyway, to the point of the thread now; I believe that we should have some 'free access' providers in densely populated areas of countries. It doesn't even have to be insanely fast - stability would be far better than a 5mbps connection that goes down/gets speeds cut/doesn't deliver speeds it advertises. It won't happen here (although it should as Britain is densely populated for a country in Europe) but I can definitely see it being implemented in larger cities in the USA. It would be beneficial at the very least. Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azvareth Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 We've had 100/100mb connections available here in Sweden for a few years now. Costs about $37 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Latios Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Well, that's all the motivation I need to move to Japan! (I already have a Japanese passport since my mother is Japanese) IRC Nick: Hiroki | 99 Agility | Max Quest Points | 138 CombatBandos drops: 20 Hilt | 22 Chestplate | 21 Tassets | 14 Boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Heh, already knew this years ago because I have friends who live in South Korea and Japan. East-Asian countries have always had the fastest connections since about 2000 or so... Americans even consider 5mb/s to be fast, Spanish people think 10mbit internet is godly... The truth is, even public access japanese backbone servers provide up to 60-200mbit/s of bandwidth to individuals, and you can get even more by forking out $$ (or actually, ¥¥). Peer2Peer gaming is extremely popular especially in S.Korea, it's a small country yet deeply linked together via fiber optics, you barely even need a central server when everything can be done between users. (Companies like K2 try the peer2peer gaming concept in Europe/USA with FPS games like Warrock but the phenomenal lag due to huge geographical distances make it a lot worse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 We've had 100/100mb connections available here in Sweden for a few years now. Costs about $37 a month. Don't we live in a nice country? =) I want the 100 line, but can't get it since i live outside the town, 800kb/s adsl.. yey! (i hate glocalnet) J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Wait... Internet in Japan is Free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylez Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Wow, although I'm pretty happy in the UK, I get 600kb/s download speeds, and it's pretty cheap :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 78mb/s? 200mb/s? Weak. Have some 1GB/s. [~£30/$50 monthly] Although this picture is old (and I have a feeling ive posted it before), it still conveys the general trend of things; Enjoy being stuck in the stone age, not-Japan-or-Korea! lol, finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurinEthir Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Where the [bleep] is Taiwan on that graph, I'd think they'd be pretty high up... But yes, East Asia > the world when it comes to things like this. Cenin pân nîd, istan pân nîd, dan nin ú-cenich, nin ú-istach.Ithil luin eria vi menel caran...Tîn dan delu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Well my isp is verizon, which is supposed to be fiber optics, but i only get a few hundred KB a sec, althought that may be due to my junk ridden, 512 Mb RAM, 75 GB hdd computer from 2004. :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0l0lpur32 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Well my isp is verizon, which is supposed to be fiber optics, but i only get a few hundred KB a sec, althought that may be due to my junk ridden, 512 Mb RAM, 75 GB hdd computer from 2004. :wall: It isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylez Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 A good way to test your internet, http://www.speedtest.net My results, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 A good way to test your internet, http://www.speedtest.net My results, oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylez Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 A good way to test your internet, http://www.speedtest.net My results, oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. LOL, well, it will depend on several factors ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 A good way to test your internet, http://www.speedtest.net My results, oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. LOL, well, it will depend on several factors ;) The closest server is like 40 miles away, and even thought its supposed to vary, saying I get 18 MB when I always get less than 1 is completely wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. The closest server is like 40 miles away, and even thought its supposed to vary, saying I get 18 MB when I always get less than 1 is completely wrong. Be careful not to confuse kiloBITS (kb) with kiloBYTES (kB) [8 bits = 1 byte]. Learn the difference, it could save your life. Different programs/sources interchange them without differentiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mylez Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. The closest server is like 40 miles away, and even thought its supposed to vary, saying I get 18 MB when I always get less than 1 is completely wrong. Be careful not to confuse kiloBITS (kb) with kiloBYTES (kB) [8 bits = 1 byte]. Learn the difference, it could save your life. Different programs/sources interchange them without differentiating. Makes sense. He got a 1.7 mb upload, and 450 upload ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 oh that's so full of [cabbage]. It says I got 17297 KB dl and 4524 upload? [cabbage]. I get like 500 KB with nothing else running, on a good day. The closest server is like 40 miles away, and even thought its supposed to vary, saying I get 18 MB when I always get less than 1 is completely wrong. Be careful not to confuse kiloBITS (kb) with kiloBYTES (kB) [8 bits = 1 byte]. Learn the difference, it could save your life. Different programs/sources interchange them without differentiating. Makes sense. He got a 1.7 mb upload, and 450 upload ;) still, that is like 2 MB, and I barely get a quarter of that. And what's the difference between kilo and kibi. From what I believe/know/think/fail at is that kilo is 1024 in computers and is a capital 'K.' A kibi is 1000 and is a lowercase 'k.' I'm almost 100% sure I'm wrong on that though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 still, that is like 2 MB, and I barely get a quarter of that. It depends what program youre using to measure it. According to speedtest.net I get a 1750kb/s; ~200kB/s. Using a torrent/Steam download at optimised settings [+ a little tweaking I did to my registry, disabling the 'Nagle Algorithm'] I tend to max at 180kB/s. But even while theyre downloading I can continue to browse using the spare idle bandwidth. Unless you drastically mess with your bandwidth settings, youre not likely to use 100% of your bandwidth, even if its only 25% as you say. kilo is 1024 in computers Lets not go into binary prefixes. For sake of argument, its pretty negligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 still, that is like 2 MB, and I barely get a quarter of that. It depends what program youre using to measure it. According to speedtest.net I get a 1750kb/s; ~200kB/s. Using a torrent/Steam download at optimised settings [+ a little tweaking I did to my registry, disabling the 'Nagle Algorithm'] I tend to max at 180kB/s. But even while theyre downloading I can continue to browse using the spare idle bandwidth. Unless you drastically mess with your bandwidth settings, youre not likely to use 100% of your bandwidth, even if its only 25% as you say. Oh so I'm able to use 2 MB/sec at once, but not all focusing on one download? That's not as bad then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshinjapan Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Can you really call our internet slow? That speed is basically unnecessary unless you have some sort of computer career that that high speed could actually be put to use. YOU! ATTEND TET EVENTS! CLICK HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehpwnage Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I am so learning Japanese and moving there now lol... ot: Why don't we have decent free internet when Japan gets like 10-20x what we have to pay for for free >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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