Show off your internet speed!

MisterEd · 06 Aug 2021

Melchior said:

Nice speeds @MisterEd!

I should have mentioned that up until April I had X1 Preferred Triple Play which included Blast! Internet (200Mbs). Every few years I go through a cycle where I negotiate a better deal after which every year it goes up until it eventually reaches the regular price. It was time for a new deal. This time for less than I was paying I could keep the same TV and phone packages but could get Gigabit Internet. So for a savings of $25 less per month I had to sign a 2-year contract. For the next two years I will enjoy the extra speed.

BTW, Internet providers are very competitive where I live. I can choose from four different companies.

I have a choice of either Comcast or WOW for Gigabit Internet over conventional coax. That means that if your download speed is about 900-950 Mbps your upload speed will only be about 30-40 Mbps.

I also have a choice of either Google Fiber or AT&T Fiber for Gigabit Internet over Fiber. That means that both your download and upload speeds are about 900-950 Mbps.

idgat · 06 Aug 2021

Geez this thread depresses me. With nothing better than than the speed of a piece of string between 2 jam tins - because of political ineptitude (fact, not political bias or commentary!!), we can but dream and salivate at some of the postings here.

Hemimax · 06 Aug 2021

Berton · 06 Aug 2021

Paying for 25Mbps Wireless DSL and getting it.

@Hemimax, NH would be a different world, we spent 2 years in RI early '60s, everyone thought we were from the South. Yeah, SouthCentral Kansas. They couldn't understand why we drank iced tea in the Winter.