Who is Number One in Global Internet Speed? - Comments Page 2

Here in the UK I'm getting 100Mbs with Virginmedia. How did we ever manage with dial-up?

My plan is 75/75 (Fios), but I typically get speeds around 85/90 (Ookla).

I remember the days when we were limited to 300 baud, so I have no complaint.

I live in Orlando,Fl. and my speed is 150 mbps from Bright House Networks. This article says that the US cannot compare to other nations. Honestly I don't understand this article.

It would be more accurate if they added the percentage of homes and businesses (perhaps split out) that GET that 'average' speed.

I'm in Southern California. I've got Time warner here. I pay $40 for 200 mb down, 20 mb up. I actually get 80 mb down, 20 mb up, thanks older router. I hope Time Warner doesn't get bought out by Comcast. UVerse isn't worth switching to in my particular area.

My latest test via speedtest.net shows me getting 142.93 Mbps down and 21.63 Mbps up from Comcast. That's a bit faster than what I normally get at night. I have a bundled service that includes voice, internet and TV with all the pay movie channels for about $142/month.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4272725905

Not happy with AT&T. Paying $50.00 per month for 3mbps down (mostly below) and 0.3mbps (mostly below). There are two speed/pricing levels below what my service is. AT&T currently has no plans to bring their U-verse service to my neighborhood. The only competition is Comcast, and I haven't heard many compliments about them either.

Cent Link DSL speed is 2.13/mbps down! And it is not the government's fault.

"Broadband internet" ranks right up there with "customer service" and "military intelligence" as contradictions in terms!

Guess what Bob. I am living in South Korea with my Korean wife!!!!!!

Bob

I get 5 mbps down & 1 mbps up from Google Fiber in Kansas City for $25/month plus tax the first year and the next 6 years are FREE. Plenty good for our needs. Can always upgrade to 1,000 mbps up & down service if needed for $70/month plus tax.

I live in Canada too (Vancouver)
I'm wondering how it is possible that you pay $45CAD, about $35US for unlimited access at 25/2 Mbps.
Because in Vancouver I pay almost $60Cad for only 6/1 Mbps. That means I am paying $15Can more for 19Mbps. less internet speed.
My internet is from Telus.

I'm on Verizon Fios (Fios: stupid name, isn't it?) in Beaumont, California, a small city between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. I pay for 50 Mbps. I check my Internet speed performance frequently, even with all Bob's caveats in his recent article on Internet speed.

On my last test, April 2nd, at 10:07 a.m., I clocked 58.26 Mbps download and 654.06 upload! (I'm paying, mind you, for only 50 Mbps.) And I have no idea why my upload speed is better than my download speed. But I somehow haven't found the time to complain.

Mac

Jim- when you admonish sparity for whining and blaming the government, I just have to feel that you still cling to the concept of government of the people, by the poeple, and for the poeple. It's not that way any more, so let's not look at ourselves as having any responsiblity here. By all means, let's blame anybody but ourselves. I hope this uploads before the summer solstice.

I'm charged a little under a hundred dollars for land line phone service with DSL at 3mps, just outside of Lebanon, Missouri. I stream nothing except some Youtube videos. We really need an initiative like the Rural Electrification Program all those years ago to get broadband into these rural areas.

Bob,
I am with Comcast and live in Heiskell, TN 11 miles North of Knoxville, TN. We get 50 dn and 12up guaranteed at $ 65.00 per month. My average is 57 up and 11 down. At present they offer as much as 150 Mbs bit the price goes up too much for me. I guess we are lucky as we do live in a small rural Community. I usually get 4 G on my smart phone with Verizon, and the speed varies.

So I had dial-up as the best AT&T could do in my remote rural Michigan location. Within a half mile of my house was a small independent phone company that offered DSL as its base service. Finally talked them into running a line the half mile beyond their service area to provide me DSL, landline phone, cable TV, and long distance for about $100 a month. Of course this did not happen without AT&T trying to prevent it from happening. I'm happy, and even happier with the best utility costumer service I have ever had from this small (nine total employees) rural independent phone company.

I am with Australia's largest internet supplier and living in Melbourne (second largest city), I just tested 19 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload. We have a limit of one Terabyte per month and for this I pay $A140 which I think is a bit high. $140 is about 3% of average monthly earnings in Australia (more than I get).
By the way thanks Bob.

I live in Lisbon, Portugal and I have a fiber optic connection - Internet, TV, phone and mobile – and I pay for all of them 39,49 €.

The speeds I have are 123,86 Mbps down and 8,45 up, which don’t seem bad comparing to all the speeds I read in the article and on the posts.

3mbps dsl from Milwaukee Pc here in southeast Wisconsin for $29.95. No complaints! I also refuse to pay cable to pump endless commercials into my home - they can pay ME for that privilege. No useless "bundled" crap packages allowed in my home! I also use a