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The title says it all! My dsl connection was updated from 4mbit and 20kb/s upload to 8mbit and 40 kb/s for free, just a few days ago. Well what about you guys?
 





Mine's cable internet at 8mbps down / 512kbps up. Equates to somewhere around 1MB/s and 64kB/s.

I want me some FIOS (or other fiber-optic service) 20/20 internet :D Too bad it's not available in Ohio (yet?).
 
Didn't we just have one of these?

Anywho, I've got 512/196 kbps (64/24KBps)
 
1500/256kbps

Australian internet FT ... L :(

Rudd needs to hurry up and install our fiber optic cables, I am tried of paying $80/month for 1500/256kbps, with a 40GB/month cap :(
 
That is epic fail ....

I pay 50 bucks for more cap and speed!
 
Here is my home computer with Mediacom internet in Illinois, USA
Supposed to be 10mbps down and 512kbps up. I really don't think this reading was a fluke because I ran the test several times.


This is my work computer...The internet speed has a cap at our local server for each computer. Take into consideration that we have over 40 computers that all should be able to run at the same speed.....maybe. :)



And yes we do already have the same thread running in the Polls section. :)
 
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rkcstr said:
Mine's cable internet at 8mbps down / 512kbps up. Equates to somewhere around 1MB/s and 64kB/s.

I want me some FIOS (or other fiber-optic service) 20/20 internet :D Too bad it's not available in Ohio (yet?).
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I am confused as to why you say that it equates to around 1MB down and 64kb up?
With my internet I really can download at up to if not more than 10mbps...I have confirmed this several times before.....Maybe all of you guys are getting ripped off?
 
kbps vs kBps ; bit vs Byte

Internet speeds are specified in bits-per-second, but files sizes are specified in bytes, so we typically quote bytes-per-second for how fast we can transfer files.

1 Byte = 8 bits

So, if your internet is 10Mbps, your calculated max transfer speed is 1.25MB/s.
 
rkcstr said:
kbps vs kBps ; bit vs Byte

Internet speeds are specified in bits-per-second, but files sizes are specified in bytes, so we typically quote bytes-per-second for how fast we can transfer files.

1 Byte = 8 bits

So, if your internet is 10Mbps, your calculated max transfer speed is 1.25MB/s.
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Wow..I don't know how I could have miss that...Thanks for the info. :)
Strange this is...I have downloaded at 9MBps using multiple computers on one modem. I guess sometimes Mediacom has it's freak moments.
 
Yeah, that 75Mb/s (megabits per second) would be about 9MB/s (megabytes per second), which is very impressive!
 
rkcstr said:
Yeah, that 75Mb/s (megabits per second) would be about 9MB/s (megabytes per second), which is very impressive!
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75 mbps is not possible on a home area network. The fastest i know is Verizon fios which is max Download up to 50 Mbps / Upload up to 20 Mbps. How much are you paying if you get 75mbps ?
 
iskor12 said:
Here is my home computer with Mediacom internet in Illinois, USA
Supposed to be 10mbps down and 512kbps up. I really don't think this reading was a fluke because I ran the test several times.


This is my work computer...The internet speed has a cap at our local server for each computer. Take into consideration that we have over 40 computers that all should be able to run at the same speed.....maybe. :)



And yes we do already have the same thread running in the Polls section. :)
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The Fastest Mediacom internet offers is 20mbps/2mbps. I'm thinking photoshop !
 
My provider advertises 15mbit/sec down, 1mbit/sec up. In reality it's closer to 20mbit down, 800kbit up.

I've seen my downloads go as fast as 2.5mbps, which is enough that I'm satisfied for $35/mo.

PS: I'm purposely using a lowercase "m" in "mbps" and referring to "megaBITS per second" as "mbits" because goddammit I'm sick of seeing deceptive marketing practices trying to redefine a standard to suit their agenda while pushing nonsensical words like "mebibyte" to cover their deception... I'm taking it back; The term "mbps" means megaBYTES per second, regardless of capitalization. If you need to say the speed of something in megabits you should use the term "mbits". </rant>
 
iskor12 said:
Here is my home computer with Mediacom internet in Illinois, USA
Supposed to be 10mbps down and 512kbps up. I really don't think this reading was a fluke because I ran the test several times.


This is my work computer...The internet speed has a cap at our local server for each computer. Take into consideration that we have over 40 computers that all should be able to run at the same speed.....maybe. :)



And yes we do already have the same thread running in the Polls section. :)
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70Mb/s?
 
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