Comments on: Damn, watch out Japan!

By: john k

john k — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:30:05 +0000

Ooops, re previous, that would be their 250Mbs package…even sillier :D

By: john k

john k — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:29:19 +0000

With Shaw (Vancouver BC) I just ran speedtest with 92.22 down, 4.49 up and a ping of 19. This is their 100Mbs package (nominal). For a few bucks more I could get on their 200Mbs package (nominal).

I feel pretty fortunate to live in an area that offers such a good hookup. Its approx $105 monthly including the basic tv package :).

By: Brent G

Brent G — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:29:22 +0000

Pulling 40 mb down and 5 mb up here… but 75 down mmmm

https://www.speedtest.net/result/1822430574.png

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:36:31 +0000

Andreas, that sounds awesome, but of course Sweden, while large and rural by European standards perhaps, is tiny and population-dense in comparison to Canada… So Canada (and the US) lag behind a little when it comes to laying down infrastructure I think.

And yes, I’m a little jealous, and five years ago when it really would have saved me a lot of time, I was a LOT jealous of nations with faster connectivity!

By: HJP

HJP — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:08:02 +0000

TY for the explanation, I am a pretty boring internet user. I watch a bit of Youtube here and there, catch a little Hulu, and otherwise stick to my messageboards and such. I never understood torrents, let alone how they work. I feel lucky if I have time to watch a movie once a week, too busy, I need to cut back and free up some time.

By: Andreas Furuskog

Andreas Furuskog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:41:39 +0000

Nice Shannon!
But here in sweden i can get 100-200 mbit with about 10 ms ping (close to sunet) for 29 $ candaian dollars/ the first 3 month and then 73$ candaian dollars/month for the rest of time. Pretty nice deal. U can even get 500mbit-1gbit for 132$ candian dollars/month if u live in the right area. :)

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:07:32 +0000

Kyle – I think with this plan it’s 250 gig, which is pretty easy to go over. They give you warnings starting at 75%, so you know when you’re getting close, and you can check on the website as well. After that it charges $0.50 per gig up to a maximum of $20 or something (I don’t remember the specifics). I’m pretty sure it’s a much better deal than Bell offers for heavy users.

HJP – Well, it all depends on what type of user you are. For example, if you’re a pirate that searches for files on Filestube/etc and then direct downloads them from Rapidshare/etc then only your download speed matters. However, if you’re using torrents, where you’re expected to maintain a 1:1 ratio between uploaded and downloaded data, then your upstream speed starts to get really important.

Since the folks at Rogers want people to use Youtube and the various HDTV-on-the-internet services, but NOT to use torrents (which are a far more popular method of piracy than direct downloads from cloud services or usenet or whatever), then capping upload speeds is a really good way to do that. It slows down the majority of pirates, but most “legitimate” users never even notice.

By: HJP

HJP — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:49:58 +0000

I’m not well versed in speed here, but why do they limit the upload so much for you guys? I have 31 ping, 23.5 download, and 3.3 upload. I’m just surprised that with such a nice download speed, they don’t give you a higher upload speed. Would it make that much difference to raise it a little – as in – would people run servers if they bumped it to 3 or 5 upload vs 2?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:14:52 +0000

how much bandwidth do they allow per month? i’m not very happy with my Bell internet right now, maybe i’ll switch…

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:41:16 +0000

Wicked burn. lol

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:43:45 +0000

The satellite actually had quite good upstream speed — close to 1mb/s upstream, which was as fast or faster than most DSL/Cable connections at the time. It would have been very hard to maintain BME at the time without that speed, since I was uploading a gigabyte every couple of days!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:42:04 +0000

Yeah, 21ms ping is very nice… on the satellite it was almost a second of latency. That said, given the distances involved, bouncing off a satellite in high orbit, that’s unavoidable. All things considered the satellite service was quite good, for what it was.

By: Tunnelled

Tunnelled — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:56:45 +0000

I remember you complaining about the latency on the satellite link back-when. We’ve come a long way.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:37:30 +0000

$99 cdn/month

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:16:09 +0000

what does that sort of internet setup cost per month?