We have been upgraded by comcast to Blast 150mbps I think...

[Santilli]

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4529382406

I wanted to check my connection speed and the above is what I got.
We are currently paying for a package they no longer offer, which was 105mbps.

Affordable 180 mbps is a bit of a shocker.

 

[ddrueding]

Met someone yesterday who is renting a fiber run from a carrier hotel in San Jose and bringing it to an office building 0.7 miles from my house with clear line of sight. I've already committed to 100/100 worth of his Gig. The speed is fine, but the latency of my workstation being 6 hardware devices (purely ethernet) from The Internet is pretty exciting. Computer -> Router -> AirFiber24 -> AirFiber24 -> Cisco Metro -> Fiber. Still hashing out the exact cost, but bundling it with some other work I'm securing for him might bring it below $150/mo.

 

[snowhiker]

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4529382406

Grats on the speed upgrade. My upload is better than yours. LOL.

 

[Santilli]

I want to see your speedtest results.;-)

 

[Mercutio]

I'm cheating a bit since the machine in question is plugged in to the same switch as speedtest server in question but dammit it's still a faster upload.

 

[CougTek]

That's from an RDP session from a server at the office. We have a 50Mbps symmetrical link for all our five offices (~300 employees). People don't complain. At home, I have a business 12Mbps symmetrical link. 65$/month, unlimited downloads.

We are better here than third world countries (or Australia), but far from the U.S. West Coast, Japan, South Korea or most of Europe.

Regarding the picture, a quick translation:

• Vitesse: Speed
• Latence: Latency
• Vitesse de téléchargement: Download speed
• Vitesse d'envoi: Upload speed
• Recommencer: Restart

 

[ddrueding]

I have the opportunity to hang a small machine directly off a 10Gb link at a carrier hotel. Can't be big, can't be loud, and can't be power hungry. Also can't abuse it too much.

No idea what I would use it for.

 

[Stereodude]

What's considered abuse when you have a 10Gb link?

 

[ddrueding]

What's considered abuse when you have a 10Gb link?

No idea. Just staying off everyone's radar. 5Gig/day?

 

[Chewy509]

No idea. Just staying off everyone's radar. 5Gig/day?

So suggesting a Tor exit node is out of the question then?

 

[Stereodude]

No idea. Just staying off everyone's radar. 5Gig/day?

What's the point then? That's a few seconds worth of data and certainly nothing you can't do on a standard "broadband" connection.

 

[ddrueding]

What's the point then? That's a few seconds worth of data and certainly nothing you can't do on a standard "broadband" connection.

Pretty much. I was thinking of running it like a local dropbox, or just using it as a backup target. Maybe running a Mumble server?

 

[Mercutio]

Sync some personal stuff to it through Owncloud or btsync maybe? I'm sure whatever NOC it's in would have better power and connectivity failover than anything else you could run across.
Stick a Plex server there and use it to sync your music and photos. The data load would be small enough to be nothing but line noise even if you were serving ~20 clients a day off it.

 

[snowhiker]

DD if you were 10 years older, living in your mother's basement and single I'd suggest another usage for that 10 Gb pipe. And can I have the IP and password. LOL.

 

[Mercutio]

If you can handle ~70/16Mbit and on a third floor, I probably have as much as you could possibly want of that.

 

[Santilli]

CHEATING;-)

 

[sedrosken]

I would kill for 70/16 service. I am stuck on 3.3/0.4 DSL now. OTOH my ping times are insanely low -- 27ms as measured by the speed test.

 

[snowhiker]

If you can handle ~70/16Mbit and on a third floor, I probably have as much as you could possibly want of that.

Yes Please. LMAO.

 

[LunarMist]

I would kill for 70/16 service. I am stuck on 3.3/0.4 DSL now. OTOH my ping times are insanely low -- 27ms as measured by the speed test.

That's better internet than I receive.

 

[Stereodude]

DD if you were 10 years older, living in your mother's basement and single I'd suggest another usage for that 10 Gb pipe. And can I have the IP and password. LOL.

Why would he need to be 10 years older?

 

[LunarMist]

A strange joke over my head...

 

[sedrosken]

That's better internet than I receive.

I don't actually have a lot to complain about, tbh. It's reasonably priced, decent enough in the speed dept., my ping times are good enough for online gaming, and there's no data cap we can realistically hit.