What is your Internet provider and speed?
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Currently 190down and 45up cabled internet just now on my desktop PC over our wireless LAN. It's the best we can get out here in the county advertised as 300 as I recall.
Wave Broadband/Astound
We have all sorts of devices going, phones, security, etc. Wife is streaming a Christmas movie, I am listening to the Planned Event youtube video, etc plus with all kinds of investment things updating constantly. I suppose if I disconnected everything but this PC, shut everything down it would jump into the 200's.
Wave Broadband/Astound
We have all sorts of devices going, phones, security, etc. Wife is streaming a Christmas movie, I am listening to the Planned Event youtube video, etc plus with all kinds of investment things updating constantly. I suppose if I disconnected everything but this PC, shut everything down it would jump into the 200's.
Spectrum 1Gig. Wired Mac runs at ~900 down consistently, 18-20 W-Fi clients runs 100Mbps-400Mbps on the mesh. Spectrum has sole neighborhood contract for 20 years, but some homes are getting to be around 19. Ripple fiber dropping lines (and tearing up yards 
), so complained to Spectrum when we were paying $89 a month and Ripple offers intro price of $55 for 1Gbps. Now locked at $44 with AutoPay a month for the next 2 years with Spectrum.
), so complained to Spectrum when we were paying $89 a month and Ripple offers intro price of $55 for 1Gbps. Now locked at $44 with AutoPay a month for the next 2 years with Spectrum.
DOWNLOAD Mbps
115.69
UPLOAD Mbps
284.96
Ping ms 5 30 88
Fiber optic through Vermontel is our only option right now. We are retired so we don't need blazing speed and have the cheapest and slowest plan but we keep a landline because we are constantly dropping calls out here in the middle of nowhere.
It averages around $85 a month for internet and the basic landline.
115.69
UPLOAD Mbps
284.96
Ping ms 5 30 88
Fiber optic through Vermontel is our only option right now. We are retired so we don't need blazing speed and have the cheapest and slowest plan but we keep a landline because we are constantly dropping calls out here in the middle of nowhere.
It averages around $85 a month for internet and the basic landline.
At this point, IMO, the providers overhype the bandwidth requirements nowadays. We've had our family of 5 (two have since moved out) sharing a 200Mb/s or 300Mb/s connection with zero issues. Three TVs that are either smart or have Rokus, multiple smartphones, a couple tablets, smart home devices, etc, etc, albeit almost never are all of them in use at the same time.
I personally haven't felt or noticed any changes from 200 to 300 to now 500 Mb/s. I don't pay for upgrades either, those are simply Spectrum's own speed bumps over time.
Is that speed with your fiber optic ISP ? I'd hope not !
Depending on your area, you can call them and ask them to for the free bump to 500 Mb/s. You'll get it eventually if you don't call but who knows when they will automatically increase all existing customers.
I have 1gbps symmetric GPON fiber from my my employer (local fiber ISP here in Houston). Get full line rate all day, every day... but my 95th percentile usage is 50mbps at most.
if you have wifi calling you shouldn't need a landline.. of course you need decent wifi coverage at your house for that too.
Spectrum is the monopoly in the small village I live in. Currently getting 1Gbps (if you can call it that since the upload speeds on cable ISPs is abysmal). Going to be switching to the 500Mbps plan once my promo runs out. Currently paying $75/mo for 1Gbps.
At the moment Cox cable is our only option. $70/mo for 250Mbps/25Mbps. But we have a data cap that we often exceed, so price can be anywhere from $70 to over $100/mo. We have a small company called IdeaTek running fiber in our town and as soon as it's live, I'm switching. 1Gbps up and down with no data caps for $90. Or 250Mbps up and down for $75. I'm switching to 1Gbps the moment I can.
Gig speed fiber from my local cable company. $100/mo.
I just helped my parents with Sonic Internet service. $50/month unlimited, unlike Comcast that caps at 1.2 GB/month before they charge $10 per 100 GB over that. But I tested it on a 1G wired connection to my notebook computer and I'm seeing 900+ down and up. And the installer said it's capable of just under 10 gbps with the right equipment. But connected by Wi-Fi to older equipment (running encryption), the speed tests drop precipitously - maybe 180 gps down and 140 up. But I ordered a new Wi-Fi 6 box for them and need to pick it up today from an Amazon locker. Hopefully that should be pretty fast. But the ping time is like 2 ms when with Comcast it was maybe 14 ms.
Not sure what to do with the excess fiber optic cable though. The installer said we could do whatever we wanted with it.
Not sure what to do with the excess fiber optic cable though. The installer said we could do whatever we wanted with it.
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Slow idk 
87 a month
I’m thinking about Starlink
87 a month I’m thinking about Starlink
Just curious how people are getting over 1 gbit/sec tested. I looked at the price of Wi-Fi boxes with even 2.5 gbit/sec inputs and they're really pricey. I'm not even sure what computers, tablets, and phones can handle that speed. I suppose it could make a difference if there are lots of users.
2.5Gbps ports are becoming increasingly popular on routers and mesh systems. I have a 2.5Gbps WAN port on my TP-Link, granted the LAN is all gigabit still. I didn’t spend much either.
I have a cable modem with 2.5G port, a udm pro with 2x 10gbit sfp+ ports and a PC with 2.5G port.
I will be getting a 2.5Gbit switch soon(with 10Gbit uplink) or maybe go straight to all 10gbit switch to upgrade proof.
AT&T Fiber
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Despite notes to the contrary my spectrum seems to be a random 300-500 down but many times around 10mb up.
Never did understand why up is so extraordinarily slow.
TDS Fiber that I had before was about the same up or down
Never did understand why up is so extraordinarily slow.
TDS Fiber that I had before was about the same up or down
How much bandwidth do you really need to browse BITOG? 
About 400/30 Mbps here and not paying extra for Gigabit. Point of diminishing return, no doubt.
About 400/30 Mbps here and not paying extra for Gigabit. Point of diminishing return, no doubt.
At least Cox gives us a little more than advertised speeds, but their 1.25TB per month limit is pretty restricting with all the streaming we do anymore. I can't wait for unlimited bandwidth from IdeaTek.
