Sheep 386 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 Thread we have on the old forum, show us how awesome / not awesome your internet speed is I'll go first Obviously love the download, but the upload could be a lot better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 I don't know if it's meant to be 10... 20mbps but i'm lucky if I get 100kbps while downloading. 'tis shite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edgecrusher 91 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 Should be 20mbps is about 8-9mbps most of the time. ISP is BT Internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Link in the OP might help: SpeedTest.net Slower than 57% of Great Britain? Half the country has shit internet speed then? Makes me feel a bit better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edgecrusher 91 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Yeah I already knew about speedtest, just didn't think it was worth posting because it varies greatly from day to day, but meh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 What is Ping? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edgecrusher 91 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Basically how long it takes my computer to send packets to speedtest's server. I'm getting fibre optic as soon as my local exchange is upgraded which might even happen this century... but probably not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 What is Ping? I'm guessing you haven't played much online gaming on your PC then. Or you were being intentionally nooby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Thanks fellas, I'll try Wikipedia instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Thanks fellas, I'll try Wikipedia instead. *edits wiki article on ping* Ping is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) used to test the reachability of a person's anus on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the roundness of their penis, sent from the infected host to an unlucky recipient. The name comes from the fact that you're a stupid cunt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edgecrusher 91 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 <_< When you click on to a website, your computer pings that website with small packets of data and the website server then sends the data back which basically tells your computer that it can access the site. A ping test measures how long this process takes so basically the lower the number, the better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marney1 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Thank you Akuma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViceMan 1380 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 (ZOMG! Did that actually fucking work?!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fido 14 27 Report post Posted April 20, 2011 I know it sucks dick. Someone hook a nigga up with FiOS or T3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheep 386 Report post Posted April 21, 2011 Work connection, usually faster but theres like 700 people using it at the minute Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheep 386 Report post Posted April 21, 2011 Home connection upload speed just got upgraded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deko 1 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 My speeds aren't great, but I'm miles from my exchange, my ping is lightning fast (less than 100 to iRacings american servers), I am completely unlimited so I can download anything I want, I pay £12 a month and Virgin suck cocks. Although, 50 meg is great for £35 quid, but completely new installation of virgin lines would probably cost a fortune. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheep 386 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 Be* are awesome ^^^^ i used them at my parents, only reason we didnt get it here is because we can get cable, so can get 50Meg, at parents i only got abouy 7meg max on be, cause the phone lines take some retarded route from the exchange Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deko 1 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 Yeah Be are great, always had perfect service from them, even though my phone line takes a ridiculous route aswell. In looking at all of your speedtests though I investigated a little, turns out I can get Virgin 50MB for £35 a month with a £40 installation fee. That's tempting. Do Virgin throttle the 50 meg service, now that 100 is available? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheep 386 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 Not in the way of after you download a certain amount, but they do throttle bittorrent and newsgroup data during peak hours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deko 1 Report post Posted April 23, 2011 For 50 Meg: "Customers with Broadband size: XXL (50Mb) – your downstream usage excluding file sharing traffic (see below) remains unaffected and we'll soon be increasing your upload speeds from 1.5Mb to 5Mb. However during peak times we'll need to slow you back to 1.75Mb if your upload usage is particularly high." That explains your upload boost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
