Fiber

[Hans Deventer]

Just installed my new glass fiber connection. Great upload for backups!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1170130779.png

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Wow - that's fast. You'll be able to do anything that can be done with that kind of speed.

[Gene Tatsch]

Wow!!!

[Marsha Lynn]

Wow - that's fast. You'll be able to do anything that can be done with that kind of speed.

Hey, Scott. I think you should store Hans' screenshot and your comment here away in a time capsule and pull it out in five years. I'm thinking it might be good for a few laughs.

Marsha
(who is jealous because Hans' speed report makes me feel like my recent speed upgrade still has me in "dial-up" territory on a relative scale. All this money and I still can't watch YouTube videos in real time. :smilies1390:)

[Hans Deventer]

Marsha, I'm just fortunate that the City of Dordrecht managed to get a company interested in bringing fiber to the home all over the city. There aren't that many places in the Netherlands that already have fiber.

My company though has 1 Gb network on fiber between the various locations, and a 300 Mb internet connection. I guess there are always those that do better....

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Hey, Scott. I think you should store Hans' screenshot and your comment here away in a time capsule and pull it out in five years. I'm thinking it might be good for a few laughs.

Marsha
(who is jealous because Hans' speed report makes me feel like my recent speed upgrade still has me in "dial-up" territory on a relative scale. All this money and I still can't watch YouTube videos in real time. :smilies1390:)

Maybe I need a lawyer like small print note: The above statement only applies to technology available at the time of writing and is not intended to be a prediction of future internet capability or needs.

[Paul DeBaufer]

WOW!!!! I've never seen uploads like that. In my last place I could get downloads that fast at times, but up only at about a third. That's so good.

[Hans Deventer]

WOW!!!! I've never seen uploads like that. In my last place I could get downloads that fast at times, but up only at about a third. That's so good.

Generally, DSL lines are ADSL, and the A stands for Asynchrone. Which usually means the upload speed doesn't remotely approach the download speed. Now usually, that's not a problem. But when you have a backup location elsewhere, it might be.
The good thing about fiber is that download and upload speeds are usually the same.

[Benjamin Burch]

Nerds!

[Kevin Rector]

Color me envious. One of the drawbacks of being out in the country is that this is about as good as I can get:

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[Marsha Lynn]

Color me envious. One of the drawbacks of being out in the country is that this is about as good as I can get:



Ah, quit your whining. This is our speed after our Christmas upgrade.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1170548162.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Bill Morrison]

Sorry, from the title of the thread it looked like Hans might be having an old man's health issue that I might find interesting. Since it is about computer technology, I'm out of here.

BILL

[Hans Deventer]

And this is at my office. You'll understand I just barely survive at home :smilies1722:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1171489077.png

[Kevin Rector]

And this is at my office. You'll understand I just barely survive at home :smilies1722:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1171489077.png

How much does that sort of bandwidth cost do you suppose?

[Rich Schmidt]

Wow. Maybe this is because I'm on a laptop using WiFi... or maybe our internet is just really slow...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1172139125.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Hans Deventer]

How much does that sort of bandwidth cost do you suppose?

€ 300 a month, but an investment of € 100.000

For all clarity, this includes a 1 Gb line between our four locations.

[Benjamin Burch]

I'm in second place!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1172738478.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Mine's pretty good. This is via wifi.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1172741026.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[John Reilly]

Hans is on the cover of Men's Health Magazine promoting what 1 Gb "fiber" can do for you. Also Hans great job on your HT articles or should I say, "FAST job!!!!"