Internet speeds

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

I would take ANY of these over my 56K at home:

DS0 64kbps
T1, DS-1 1.544Mbps
E1, DS-1 2.048Mbps
E2 8.448Mbps
E3 34.368Mbps
T3, DS-3 44.736Mbps
OC-1, STS1 51.840Mbps
Fast Ethernet 100.000Mbps (granted, not really internet)
OC-3, STS3 155.520Mbps
OC-12, STS12 622.080Mbps
OC-48 2.488Gbps
OC-96 4.976Gbps
OC-192 10Gbps
OC-255 13.21Gbps


Though, the last one would be kinda nice

[Ghost [PX]]

Oh sweet JEBUS!:shock: I feel sad now, that I cant have any of those into my house.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

New internet speed test tool:

http://vr-zone.com/articles/new-interne ... l?doc=7783

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Ranking of world-wide internet speeds and value:

http://files.redux.com/images/b3a38a65d ... d2e752/raw

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Want fibre internet?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... ur-own.ars

Create a municipally owned internet company and you may just get that.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

High speed coverage map of Canada:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/sitt/bbmap/hm.html?lng=eng


Over a year outdated, but it gives one a rough idea.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Man connects to internet with modem from the 60's:

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/07/15/ ... dem-video/

[eight_ender]

It should be noted that due to a recent CRTC ruling the independent ISPs such as Teksavvy and Acanac now have access to the higher speeds offered by Bell and Rogers on DSL and Cable respectively. They're just starting to roll them out in the coming weeks and the new speeds available on DSL from Teksavvy at least look like this:

DSL (download/upload in Mbit)
5/0.8
12/1
25/7

Now the last one looks great but it requires that you're in range of a VDSL2 remote, which is only in the urban areas right now. The two lower tiers just require that you're close to a CO.

Personally I'm using the Teksavvy 15/1 Mbit unlimited cable package and I couldn't be happier. Its blazing fast, uncapped, unthrottled and I highly recommend it.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

That's pretty awesome. Well, as long as they don't bring caps back.

[Ghost [PX]]

Man connects to internet with modem from the 60's:

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/07/15/ ... dem-video/

Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that the current speeds weren't going to change. That being said, if I can get 25mbit DSL from TekSavvy I'm sure as hell upgrading.

Link perhaps?

[[PX]IronFist]

Man connects to internet with modem from the 60's:

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/07/15/ ... dem-video/

Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that the current speeds weren't going to change. That being said, if I can get 25mbit DSL from TekSavvy I'm sure as hell upgrading.

Link perhaps?

I think the article was pretty clear that he connected....

[eight_ender]

Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that the current speeds weren't going to change. That being said, if I can get 25mbit DSL from TekSavvy I'm sure as hell upgrading.
Link perhaps?

I had a great link detailing the changes but I can't seem to find it. Either way the new prices and speeds are up on Teksavvy's site:
http://teksavvy.com/en/res-internet.asp

Also in other news Rogers is upgrading its cable speeds and it looks like us Teksavvy customers are going to see speed matching there as well. My 15/1 plan is slated to turn into a 24/1 plan with no change in price. Wooo

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

No caps?

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r111115.htm

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Gigabit fibre for $70 a month:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... nicnet.ars