Re: internet service

On 30/06/2025 21:46, Pimpom wrote:

On 01-07-2025 01:41 am, Pimpom wrote:

On 01-07-2025 01:00 am, bitrex wrote:

On 6/30/2025 10:01 AM, legg wrote:

Newcomer bundle - wasn't that something boffins wore around their
overhanging waist?
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RL

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I live in the US so it's standard to offer a come-on rate of like $35/ month for six months or a year and then the rate jumps to like $85/ month (plus fees and taxes taking it to the better part of $100) for some shitty-ass service like 400 Mbps down, 5-10 MBps up cable with the promise of high-split getting installed sometime circa 2032.

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I've had a 100Mbps connection for the past 6 years, shared by our two sons' desktops and mine, two laptops and four phones. I occasionally ask my sons if they want more speed. The answer's always no.
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Download speed is usually 98-100 Mbps daytime, sometimes over 150 Mbps late at night. Upload 95-110. Latency 25-32ms unloaded, 70-110 loaded.

The guaranteed 100Mbps here generally is good for 150Mbps.

I pay the current equivalent of USD9.70 per month including all taxes. 1Gbps is $55.

 Oh, and a free landline phone with unlimited calls and a settop box.

Your ping latency time seems rather high.
I get around 13ms @ 100Mbps and now 11ms @ 500Mbps on full fibre.
It was only as slow as 40-50ms in the old days on ADSL copper lines.
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Martin Brown