 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | Anyone notice two data points? Did anyone notice that they not only track upload speed, but latency as well? I find it sad that the global average upload speed is 1.3Mbps, but Time Warner only provides 384Kbps or 512Kbps in my area. How pathetic.
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 MoJeeperThe Stig in 2012Premium
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Springfield, MO | Your lucky AT&T can't even get me a stable dialtone.
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 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | reply to Matt
said by Matt:Did anyone notice that they not only track upload speed, but latency as well? I find it sad that the global average upload speed is 1.3Mbps, but Time Warner only provides 384Kbps or 512Kbps in my area. How pathetic. 2mb here.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by hobgoblin:said by Matt:Did anyone notice that they not only track upload speed, but latency as well? I find it sad that the global average upload speed is 1.3Mbps, but Time Warner only provides 384Kbps or 512Kbps in my area. How pathetic. 2mb here. Hob Fortunately for you, you're not in my Time Warner area.
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said by Matt:Did anyone notice that they not only track upload speed, but latency as well? I find it sad that the global average upload speed is 1.3Mbps, but Time Warner only provides 384Kbps or 512Kbps in my area. How pathetic. You must live in wrong state.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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Jamestown, NC
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Rhode Island, on paper, looks like the place to be. But beware of those Speedtest averages. PowerBoost inflates upload speeds on paper. In real world environments, they can be 2/5 the speed, or, in my case, as much as 1/5 (I've been powerboosted to 10mbits up... ).. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | It also looks like they accept business and educational connections, which makes the ranking of 15th even more pathetic, because residential connections on average will be MUCH lower.
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2 edits | said by Matt:It also looks like they accept business and educational connections, which makes the ranking of 15th even more pathetic, because residential connections on average will be MUCH lower. That data can be easily excluded because the tests clearly identify when a test is from a company or school. Did the universities that did the study exclude that data? Who knows, without pouring thru their whole report. But the key would be were they consistent across all the countries.
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WhatNowPremium
join:2009-05-06
Charlotte, NC | Pembroke the town is not much bigger then the University and if you are not in one of the apartments that border it your speeds are hit and miss due to where RTs sit and the equipment installed in them. It goes from town to large farm fields within 1/2 mile of the downtown / University area. If Walmart and a very big hardware store that caters to farm supplies meets your shopping needs then you would be very happy to move there. But it would pay you to check what the highest speed internet you can get at that address. It may be dialup or just 3meg dsl.
South Korea
38,622 sq. miles
48,379,392 population
1,274/sq mile pop density
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Pennsylvania
46,055 sq. miles
12,448,279 population
274.02/sq. miles
10th in population of US states
I bet if Pennsylvania added 1k of pop/sq. miles the ISPs could up their speed. It costs a lot of money per foot of any kind of cable copper or fiber. If you have a high density your costs per customer is a lot less and your ROI goes way up. If you just took the internet speeds
I would love to see FTTP to everybody that is on the power grid but unless the ISPs start charging a lot more from the existing customers to pay for for the fiber don't look for it. I predict the customers that already get a decent speed will get it before the semi-rural areas outside Pembroke, NC does. |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | reply to MoJeeper
thats pretty bad considering that AT&T has been in the dialtone business since, well forever. |
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