Thorin Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 They all (well, we only have two suppliers on the island so saying "all" may be a bit misleading) tell you the lines are up to 20meg but always ask where you live and then give you a close estimate of what you will actually get. Shockingly, so do the broadband providers in this country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I had occasion to go to OTE (our version of BT) yesterday to pay a bill and asked the sales girl there if it was possible to ramp up my speed from the 10meg I currently get. She went onto her computer, typed in my phone number and said it could be upped to 11.5meg and to call a number and request it. I thought that was pretty good service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 MattH - I begrudge paying the same for a 1MB connection as someone who can get 20MB, but the costs to the ISP are the same regardless of the line length, so can't see that changing... although someone on a 1MB connection is probably using far less data per month than someone on 20MB. I think there would be a benefit in business increase for a service to tailor costs better for the consumer based on individual speeds. Perhaps they may make less money out of people with lesser speeds, but certainly I think the risk would pay of with market share. Speculate to accumalate! I certainly think someone with a 1mb connection uses less because when I was on that sort of speed, I just didn't bother using the internet that much because of how slow it was - certainly wouldn't bother downloading. On a side note - does it actually matter cost wise if someone is using the internent 24/7 compared to someone using it infrequently? Surely it doesn't cost a provider any more in real terms (forgetting strain the network). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I think there would be a benefit in business increase for a service to tailor costs better for the consumer based on individual speeds. Perhaps they may make less money out of people with lesser speeds, but certainly I think the risk would pay of with market share. Speculate to accumalate! I certainly think someone with a 1mb connection uses less because when I was on that sort of speed, I just didn't bother using the internet that much because of how slow it was - certainly wouldn't bother downloading. On a side note - does it actually matter cost wise if someone is using the internent 24/7 compared to someone using it infrequently? Surely it doesn't cost a provider any more in real terms (forgetting strain the network). Well, with my ISP I can specify separate daytime and evenings/weekend download usage (from 250MB/month up to 500GB+/month), and I'm billed accordingly. I probably download just as much as I would if I were on a higher bandwidth connection though, my PC just gets left on more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 That's cooking with gas. What's up with the upload though? Says 14 kb a sec in the graphic. Yeah, they were basically all seeders. I was late to the party The 50MBs upload is great... gaming, skype video and file transfers to the UK... it's really nice to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennK Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ah but. Yes but. No but. With Virgin I've found that if all/some my neighbours sharing the Access point into the main trunk are using their 'full' 20MB/s b/w then my share drops quite a bit... we'll see if I get a 'bigger share' when it's upgraded to 50MB/s:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Welcome to Benson, 3 miles from a cable rich town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Welcome to Benson, 3 miles from a cable rich town. http://www.speedtest.net/result/1180987890.png My phone is faster than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Its toss mate, Im still paying BT 30+ quid a month. The best Ive ever seen was about .9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Its toss mate, Im still paying BT 30+ quid a month. The best Ive ever seen was about .9 How is your 3g signal? If it is good you could well get faster speeds using a 3G dongle/router. Would save a pretty penny on your bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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