On 4/7/2016 11:34 PM, Bod wrote:
On 07/04/2016 21:48, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"Bod" wrote in message
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On 07/04/2016 21:00, wrote:
On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 20:12:27 +0100, Bod wrote:
A few lucky buggers over here can get Hyperoptic @ *1Gb* down AND
1 Gb
upload speed. Mindblowing!
At a certain point you are only going as fast as the site you are
downloading from and the slowest link in that path.
Speeds like that might be appropriate for a business with lots of
users but for your casual homeowner it is just bragging rights.
I agree.
I wish that I lived in town for the internet. They have the fiber and
forgot the speed,but did get a tour with a group through their equipment
room. They have the fastest speed in the state. Somehow got in before
there was some kind of speed ruleing on how fast they could run. I
think it
is either a gigabit or terabit.
This is for a county of probably less than 50,000 people.
For the home user, I think there are lots of sites that have a hard time
sending back even the 20 meg or so that many are rated for on the
downlink.
I think we have rules over here whereas the company has to give you an
estimate of the mimimum speed you are likely to get and that is
generally adhered to. So in effect if they say the minimum is, say, 20
down, then you'll be pretty sure that it will be at least what they say.
They err on the conservative side with their estimates.
eg; My ISP quoted a minimum of 19 and max of 31 down, when in effect I
get a steady 50 down.
Very similar in the U.S.. When I had DSL they looked at the distance
from the Central Office and told me the speed I'd get. They charged the
same regardless of the speed. Mine was very low. My friend's was high.
Then AT&T ran FTTN and used DSL for the last 100-1000 feet. They could
match Comcast's speed. Then they ran FTTH and started offering gigabit
service ($70 per month if you let them spy on you). Now Comcast has run
FTTP (fiber to the pole) with the last 100 feet or so on coax and when
they light it up later this year they can do gigabit service too, though
the reality is that most residential installations will see no benefit
from 1000 Mb/s versus 100 Mb/s or even 50 Mb/s.
Since running fiber is expensive, they carefully pick and choose where
to run it.