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TechMouse
07-04-2008, 11:55 PM
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
08-04-2008, 02:14 AM
about time firefox got quicker again, i'm kind of regretting not going with Be, hearing great reports about them
RDR
08-04-2008, 11:24 PM
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
09-04-2008, 10:01 AM
I hate you all.

Although Firefox 3 (still Beta) is very fast.
TechMouse
09-04-2008, 01:31 PM
I regularly get 1.3MB per sec



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

MB = MegaByte, Mb = Megabit.

Data transmission rates are almost always measured in bits.
tonyc2002
09-04-2008, 01:43 PM
Fastest i get is a bout 250-300 Kbps. I think? :confused:
TechMouse
09-04-2008, 01:51 PM
Fastest i get is a bout 250-300 Kbps. I think? :confused:
On individual downloads that's pretty good on anything up to a 5 Mbps line.
tonyc2002
09-04-2008, 02:08 PM
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
09-04-2008, 05:55 PM
The company I work for have some immense speeds coming out soon too.
djfilthmonger
09-04-2008, 07:59 PM
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
09-04-2008, 09:22 PM
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
09-04-2008, 09:28 PM
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
09-04-2008, 10:01 PM
It's UPC over here and it is getting worse and worse. The call centers are a pack of absolute gobshites too.
RDR
11-04-2008, 02:41 PM
1Mbps is not the same as 1MB per second.

MB = MegaByte, Mb = Megabit.

Data transmission rates are almost always measured in bits.



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
11-04-2008, 02:43 PM
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
11-04-2008, 08:42 PM
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.
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