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Jasper - 9/10/09 at 07:36 PM

I've just downloaded half a gig in about 5 minutes, first time i've seen the full 20Mg download speed for one file ..... thank god for the internet

speedyxjs - 9/10/09 at 07:40 PM

I honestly dont know what i would do without the interweb. I certainly wouldnt be building a locost

ps half gig in 5 mins

907 - 9/10/09 at 07:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
I honestly dont know what i would do without the interweb. I certainly wouldnt be building a locost

ps half gig in 5 mins




I'd have finished mine and be on my second engine.

Paul G

hobbsy - 9/10/09 at 08:19 PM

Not that I've got it but they also do 50mbit broadband for £50 PCM.

I had 20Mbit but downgraded to 10Mbit as I mostly use my laptop and with 802.11g wireless even 8 foot away from my router you still only get around 10Mbit in the real world even though its supposed to be 54Mbit.

Simon - 9/10/09 at 10:22 PM

According to the Gadget Show, South Koreans have a service of between 500 - 1000 mpbs for about £10/month.

They also have 12 free to view tv channels on their mobile phones!

We're the rich west - and so so so far behind!

ATB

Simon

hobbsy - 9/10/09 at 11:22 PM

Its gets more interesting at those speeds when if you've got a laptop it'll probably struggle to write your downloads to disk if you're actually get those speeds. But anyway would still like it for a tenner!

ashg - 9/10/09 at 11:28 PM

the thing is.... how long does it take the average South Korean to earn £10

blakep82 - 9/10/09 at 11:44 PM

wow thats a lot of pr0n

Staple balls - 10/10/09 at 12:03 AM

I dread to think how more storage I'd need on faster interwebs

on 8mbit and I sit around 5TB used storage.

Ninehigh - 10/10/09 at 07:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Staple balls
I dread to think how more storage I'd need on faster interwebs

on 8mbit and I sit around 5TB used storage.


I have a 160gb drive on this laptop and it's staying around two thirds full, what are you doing to fill FIVE TB?

Jasper - 10/10/09 at 07:57 AM

HD movies probably - 7-10Gb each - I just bought a new 1Tb disk this week because of it....

Jasper - 10/10/09 at 07:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ashg
the thing is.... how long does it take the average South Korean to earn £10


Probably faster than you, they earn good money over there!

Staple balls - 10/10/09 at 10:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
I have a 160gb drive on this laptop and it's staying around two thirds full, what are you doing to fill FIVE TB?


Lots of videos, fair bit of HD stuff. oh, and I don't like to delete things, just in case.

cd.thomson - 12/10/09 at 07:03 PM

im on bt business broadband here.

during weeknights when everyone in my village is home streaming niche eastern european pr0n its basically unusable.

I've just left the new episode of dexter buffering for the last half an hour and its not loaded past the opening titles yet!

Ninehigh - 12/10/09 at 07:12 PM

Ha! They're advertising that that stuff doesn't happen with their broadband!

mangogrooveworkshop - 30/10/09 at 01:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by hobbsy
Not that I've got it but they also do 50mbit broadband for £50 PCM.

I had 20Mbit but downgraded to 10Mbit as I mostly use my laptop and with 802.11g wireless even 8 foot away from my router you still only get around 10Mbit in the real world even though its supposed to be 54Mbit.

Run a prog called tcp optimiser.
It sorts out slow ethernet ports...
On 50 megs people stick crappy routers on an moan about speed loss. Better to go ethernet cable to get the best out of it.