arrbee99 1551 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 You call that speed look at the speed I get at work. Dare I ask the question - so hows that NBN going anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denz 426 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Don't ask it's becoming a joke this government wants to go back with us using tins and a string between them. I am one of the lucky ones that I have nbn fibre to the home and it's excellent and my work is right next to the city and that is the best we can get a joke. Labour government wanted to do it properly but these liberals stuffed it up its all because short term thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1551 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Have seen various bits about it on this side of the ditch. Though considering how vast your country is and its population density I'm sure it's not easy (ignoring the whole urbanization thing re Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, etc). Obviously its gone quite well over here, apart from rants about declining install standards and installers wanting to stick (nai) fibre to 40 year old fences which are already falling down and what are they thinking etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdiguy 96 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) http://beta.speedtest.net/result/6818902872 But how many of you have an emby server that consumes under 30 watts power running? Edited November 23, 2017 by tdiguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott D 62 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) I used to complain regularly about the speed vs. price vs. quality. I guess my complaints paid off in the long run. $79.99 per month for 300/30. No contract and no bundle of other junk. I still complain, but now it has to do with the 1Tb data cap. Edited November 23, 2017 by Scott D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demotic 0 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I was paying £76/month for 200Mbps Broadband, TV and Telephone. I called them and am now paying £70/month for 300Mbps, so you might say they are paying me for faster broadband Oh, and a new Superhub 3 FOC too! Having a good year with Virgin, as I got a FOC upgrade to a TiVo V6 box earlier in the year too, although let's be honest, over £800/year for broadband, TV and home phone is still pretty expensive! Nice. I got a free Tivo v6 upgrade along with a new SH3 a month or so ago. Still on Vivid 200, as they wouldn't upgrade me free to 300mbps. Still, 200mbps is more than fast enough On Vivid Gamer 200 here so no traffic shaping. Is there traffic management on your tier @@adrianwi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdiguy 96 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Virgin Media just bumped mine up, but I'd happily swap some down for more up! Sweeden is clearly the place to be Aside from people lucky enough to live in google fiber area's those speeds rock at 70$ for gig up / down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianwi 237 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 On Vivid Gamer 200 here so no traffic shaping. Is there traffic management on your tier @@adrianwi Not according to the Virgin website, although I don't always believe them! VIVID 300 has no traffic management measures and no monthly data usage allowance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Virgin have never traffic managed their top tier of broadband since the 50mbps service was introduced. I wasn't aware that 300 was generally available until 2 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) BT can offer me 300/30 but at £75.99 a month.... hopefully hyperoptic will be available in my area soon which will mean 1000/1000 and for less than BT charge for 80/20 Edited November 24, 2017 by Swynol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Been waiting 2 years for hyperoptic. They should leave scummy south London alone and come up north! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6766 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Been waiting 2 years for hyperoptic. They should leave scummy south London alone and come up north! Oi! There's nuffin wrong with Souf London 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcook 265 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Rogers in Toronto, Canada: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimalt 10 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Stockholm Berlin London New York Los Angeles Wellington 250SEK/25EUR/30USD Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politby 88 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 How the h**l did you get gigabit for 250 per month? That's like 1/3 of the going rate. Negotiated rate for your co-op? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimalt 10 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 How the h**l did you get gigabit for 250 per month? That's like 1/3 of the going rate. Negotiated rate for your co-op? Yes, it's a group agreement via my co-op (had to google that word... ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tur0k 143 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Man, that beats the pants off of me in the US Midwest. I get mid to low 200Mbps download and 12Mbps upload and usage limit us to 1024 GB per month... for around $80 US. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited November 25, 2017 by Tur0k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Man, that beats the pants off of me in the US Midwest. I get mid to low 200Mbps download and 12Mbps upload and usage limit us to 1024 GB per month... for around $80 US. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You on xfinity? That's what I pay for 200/12, but I kept going over the cap so now I pay for unlimited. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk Edited November 25, 2017 by shaefurr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tur0k 143 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You on xfinity? That's what I pay for 200/12, but I kept going over the cap so now I pay for unlimited. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk Man, how much extra is unlimited? I ended up addressing it in the opposite method. I run PFSense at home and stood up IP and DNS blacklists to reduce unneeded bandwidth utilization. I pulled down movies that my kids were watching often. It seems to have made a big dent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr 1337 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Man, how much extra is unlimited? I ended up addressing it in the opposite method. I run PFSense at home and stood up IP and DNS blacklists to reduce unneeded bandwidth utilization. I pulled down movies that my kids were watching often. It seems to have made a big dent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk More than it should be, extra 50 a month. Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14904 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I recently switched to AT&T fiber. I'm not aware of any limits with it. Anyone else out there have it and know differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tur0k 143 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) If only there was good level fiber in my county. Here, we are stuck with Comcast cable Internet and Century Link DSL. My area is limited to 40Mbps on DSL. Comcast offers "gigabit" Internet >800 Mbps download and 42 Mbps upload. You have to move up to DOCSIS 3.1, but what is the use if I get rate limited at 1024 GB. Honestly, I get irritated with both companies and their "swindeals" where in they try to up-charge consumers when billing intervals are up, The fantasy carrot of "bundling" services you don't need (home phones), or if you want a specific channel you have to "upgrade" two or three "swindeals" to get it with 50 other channels you are not interested in. Longmont Colorado is now hosting gigabit symmetrical Internet for 49.95/month. Fort Collins has approved a 150 million dollar bond to implement Internet as a utility. 19 more counties are in favor of City owned Internet access. Private ISP providers are working hard to put laws into place that keep governments from offering Internet access as a utility and so far seem unwilling to adapt to new consumer needs of give me the Internet I want at a reasonable price and don't give me any extra pitch... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited November 27, 2017 by Tur0k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I'm paying the commies $135/month for unlimited data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueeyiz702 216 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 So i need to find out why my speed drops so much with my VPN turned on? I have 1.04 gig connection with Cox Cable and it seems it should not drop this much,anybody no why or what i can do to fix besides turn off VPN .I would appreciate it,and i know if i turn vpn off it goe sback to normal but is there a way without turning off vpn. P.I.A is provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Try Torguard. More server choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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