What's your Internet connection like?

[nado]

A bit of a shameless plug here and also a bit of curiosity as to what sort of Net access plans you guys are on?

I've been having some troubles with the cost of getting online up here living on campus... it's pretty ridiculous, you can read about it here: The Saga of Battling a Monopoly


hmm...

Maybe we can each vote in the poll above and then post something like:

City: Wollongong, Australia
Provider: Chariot - www.chariot.net.au
Speed: 256kbps
Cost: $132 for 4GB (NOT monthly)

... yyep, it's a monopoly

Tell me what you think, rants, advice etc

cheers
nathan

[NeeJam]

Im on 2MB at the moment its the highest my provider offers, but they are palnning on introducing 8MB(highest available to the uk atm) and i'll be upgrading to that.

[Jimmye]

8mb? are you serious in the uk?

[fattony]

Here in Ireland the highest we can get is 4mb I think.

Ive got 2mb with eircom. The download limit is a measly 10 gb and it costs about $25 per month.

[pollution]

Location: USA Texas
Service Provider: Time Warner Cable
Connection Speed: 5Mbps
Real download Speeds: 1000Kbps
Max upload Speeds: 40Kbps

[Matt.Dean]

Home
Rogers "Extreme" Service
Speed: 6mbps down/1mb up
Cost: 49.95 CAD per month (plus you have to buy the modem at $100)
Type: Cable Modem
ISP URL: http://www.rogers.com/

My Day Job
SCBN Telecommunications Inc. (Simcoe County Broadband Network)
Speed: 30mbps bi-directional (they uncapped us the other day, maxing at 50mbps)
Cost: A lot of dough*
Type: Fiber Optic
Employer: Simcoe County District School Board
ISP URL: http://www.scbn.ca/
Employer URL: http://www.scdsb.on.ca/

* I had contacted SCBN for a quote for service to my house, which backs onto a fiber line. They quoted me about $1500-2000 for installation and $65 per month, per megabyte/second. Unfortunately, they cannot provide me service to my home as my house is not zoned Commercial with the City.

[NeeJam]

8mb? are you serious in the uk?

Yes, many providers are starting to introduce it now, Wanadoo - which is becoming Orange Broadband has started to introduce this, and BT Yahoo! are starting to introduce the 8mb service

[mebreezy]

Depends on where I'm at. Heh, people really should put some security on their wireless networks. But at home it's 512kbs

[Ken Miller]

I have the basic Road Runner package. They have an upgrade but this is fast enough for me. It runs $40/mo but I got them to down to $30. When I do a test at Cnet's Bandwidth site I get an average speed around 1.5 mbps.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_me...html?tag=tool2

The DSL around my area is just as fast and twice as cheap. AT&T is offering it for somewhere around $12 (I think) to new subscribers for basic DSL. I would switch over but I use my road runner email for my business and I would also need a new wireless modem. This is good enough for me for now.

[YPAL]

I am getting 16mb broadband, and its only £14.75 a month.

[nado]

I am getting 16mb broadband, and its only £14.75 a month.

The different speeds people are on seem to be spread pretty nicely.

I think we should all chip-in and sponsor the person on dialup

[England forever]

Here in the uk as i think Nik has mentioned i get, with wanadoo ( soon to be orange ) 8 meg for £17.99 per month

[Tommy Boy]

There is a company in the UK that has release the ADSL2 lines and they are a 24mb line for £24.

[England forever]

Don't some exchanges only pump out about 2 meg so those who pay for 8 upwards wouldn't get the benefits ?

[POW]

Sweden is quite a bit ahead of you guys when it comes to broadband. Here you can buy 100mbit/s for about $30 a month. 10mbit/s - $15. Full duplex of course