Uberfast Internets

[TechMouse]

Just had a torrent running at 1Mbps.

Be are turning out to be a pretty good ISP.

Bit shit at getting you set up, but once you're there... it's like lightening.

Oh, incidentally, the new Firefox V3 beta is pretty nippy too.

[dan the acid man]

about time firefox got quicker again, i'm kind of regretting not going with Be, hearing great reports about them

[RDR]

Just had a torrent running at 1Mbps.

Be are turning out to be a pretty good ISP.

Bit shit at getting you set up, but once you're there... it's like lightening.

Oh, incidentally, the new Firefox V3 beta is pretty nippy too.

I regularly get 1.3MB per sec

with sky 16Mbs down 800Kbs Up

[DVNT]

I hate you all.

Although Firefox 3 (still Beta) is very fast.

[TechMouse]

I regularly get 1.3MB per sec

[pedant]

1Mbps is not the same as 1MB per second.

MB = MegaByte, Mb = Megabit.

Data transmission rates are almost always measured in bits.

[/pedant]

[tonyc2002]

Fastest i get is a bout 250-300 Kbps. I think?

[TechMouse]

Fastest i get is a bout 250-300 Kbps. I think?

On individual downloads that's pretty good on anything up to a 5 Mbps line.

[tonyc2002]

On individual downloads that's pretty good on anything up to a 5 Mbps line.

Yeah its cool :)

Thing is round here, the phone lines are aincient. 2Meg broadband is about the best you can hope for really. If you had anything more I doubt you would see much of an improvement.

[DannyBlack]

The company I work for have some immense speeds coming out soon too.

[djfilthmonger]

i have ntl bb in ireland . 3mbps and they are doubling all the speeds very soon so ill have 6 mbps for the same price happy days

[DannyBlack]

i have ntl bb in ireland . 3mbps and they are doubling all the speeds very soon so ill have 6 mbps for the same price happy days

If only they would work properly. NTL suck dogs balls.

[TechMouse]

NTL are Virgin in the UK now, and improvements seem to have been made.

It's not all milk and honey, but it sounds like it's better than it was.

[DannyBlack]

It's UPC over here and it is getting worse and worse. The call centers are a pack of absolute gobshites too.

[RDR]

[pedant]

1Mbps is not the same as 1MB per second.

MB = MegaByte, Mb = Megabit.

Data transmission rates are almost always measured in bits.

[/pedant]

what you on about blindy man

I meant 1.3 MB hence the capitalisation

16Mbs runs around 1.3MB at max.

depends on the server of course.

[TechMouse]

what you on about blindy man

I meant 1.3 MB hence the capitalisation

16Mbs runs around 1.3MB at max.

depends on the server of course.

There are 8 bits to the byte, so 16Mb would be 2MB wouldn't it?

If you're actually getting 1.3MBps from anything I'd be incredibly impressed.

I don't even get that here on a corporate backbone connection.

[RDR]

There are 8 bits to the byte, so 16Mb would be 2MB wouldn't it?

If you're actually getting 1.3MBps from anything I'd be incredibly impressed.

I don't even get that here on a corporate backbone connection.

Thats precisely what ive had mark

From apples servers for the updates i get a 100mb file in less than 100seconds.

i had a 1Mbit connection and got 100k per sec,,, now i have a 16Mbit connection and get 1.5MegatBYTE per second.