scientiae: I think I technically have a baud of 11Mbps, but I've never seen the needle over 1.4MBps, and that was only once; mostly it tops out at 1.3MBps. I could also upgrade unlimited data (with the phone line) for $60, or to 42Mbps ($70). I think Telstra (the national Telecom) has a similar package to mine @ $80 per month.
GameRager: … A bit of advice … using plain [E]nglish one doesn't have to look up helps a bit.
scientiae: Sapere aude! I looked that up(see? I can look stuff up, lol)...a bit of reply to it: People should think for themselves but it makes one seem/look more relateable and more of an everyman/woman and one of the "common folk" if one talks in basic English/speak more than using fancy big college type words one has to look up.
When one replies on such sites, they usually are strapped for time or like to reply quickly without having to get out encyclopedias/wikipedia/dictionaries/etc when a word or phrase confuses them. Also sometimes such complex talk sometimes makes some(not me, but some) feel like those using such are talking down to them a bit.
Just some words for thought, as it were, and to all: This is not me saying people should never use such words/phrases/etc...just that it's nice when it's easier to understand others off the bat and be able to reply quickly to them.
timppu: I think I could be totally fine using only the mobile internet on my PC, but since the cable modem is there for no extra cost, I use it too. The only advantage of the fixed line cable modem internet over the mobile one seems to be that I can do port forwarding on the cable modem router, meaning that e.g. peer-to-peer software might work better with it (like the old eMule client, possibly also bittorrent), but I use those p2p software like never nowadays, no need...
With companies and countries censoring more and more those p2p programs and their installers might become worth their weight in gold(or silver/etc).....you get the jist.
fr33kSh0w2012: My ADSL is
Download=5.6 Mbps Upload=779 kbps unlimited Download unlimited upload
My Ping = 20 ms
Total ass
at $69 a month it's still is a RIP-OFF
takes a whole week to Download 1 game
gmx: 500 Mbit down / 50Mbit up, fiber, no data caps, 20 euro - speed is real, not just on paper. Small village in te south-eastern Poland - shocking what progress we made in last ten years (10 years ago I had 2 Mbit down on copper...)
fr33kSh0w2012: Lucky SOB!
1. What if it's a small 10-20 MB game? ;)
Not trying to be a d**k by saying that, btw, or make light of your situation....just saying that the SIZE of the game matters when saying it takes a week to DL one game(without knowing what the size is you are talking about). ;)
2. Yeah he and others are very lucky....but that's what happens when you luck out in the fiber optic internet lotto.....when you have only copper wiring delivering your internet you have to suffer like me/others. :\
gmx: 500 Mbit down / 50Mbit up, fiber, no data caps, 20 euro - speed is real, not just on paper.
eiii: It's funny that companies sell their connections with assymetric speed even on fiber, when there's absolutely no technical reason for it.
It's likely to get people to upgrade that UL speed for more money, i'm guessing.
Gekko_Dekko: 4 Mbps adsl :c
Well, at least I have unlimited amount of traffic (as for now)
fr33kSh0w2012: You know how I feel, That is one of the reasons I'm pissed off all the time because I go to post something and it WON'T post and that Pisses me off.
Also the post was probably so elegant and then my internet screws up.
Always ctrl-c or copy the post to clipboard before pushing the post button....that way you can restore it if the post doesn't go through.
