I have the need, the need for obscenely fast internet speed.

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Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

~�26 a month. It's OK.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2013 01:24

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:28

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Today at work I'm only limited by the switch:

# ¿ Nov 5, 2013 22:00

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

That sounds expensive. Or is it about right for the US?

# ¿ Nov 8, 2013 19:34

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Jack the Lad posted:

Long shot, but any UK goons have an opinion on the best FTTC ISP?

I'm with fast.co.uk at the moment, (on ~6Mb/s 21CN ADSL) and they're honestly pretty great support-wise, but their 100GB FTTC package is a 12-month �51.05/mo contract plus �101.99 setup and you have to get your own router.

I'm considering AAISP, who are also highly rated and do 100GB FTTC on a 6-month contract for �40/mo with a �1 setup and a free router. Which seems pretty great honestly and I'm wondering if I've missed something in the small print.

This will probably sound like blasphemy but I've been with BT since Infinity launched and I haven't had a single issue. �26 a month for 80/20 (line rental is on top of that like with everything). They have a reputation of terrible support but I haven't had to deal with it, just ordered online and it got installed.

If you want a separate FTTC modem instead of an all-in-one box then just ask the Openreach guy when he comes to swap your faceplate over and he will give you one off the van.

Going up the pricing scale a bit, Zen do unlimited for �30 and they should fit the bill of a more professional ISP perfectly.

Thanks Ants fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Dec 13, 2013

# ¿ Dec 13, 2013 13:33

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

See my edit re: Zen

# ¿ Dec 13, 2013 13:47

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That upload

# ¿ Dec 16, 2013 00:12

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tk posted:

Decided to treat myself to some gig internet. I'll have to see if I can find something to max this out.

Jesus gently caress�

# ¿ May 2, 2014 00:40

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I guess it goes quite nicely with trying to further encourage the tech sector there, Xero are pushing the recruitment from abroad thing quite heavily along with the Wellington govt.

Makes a change from the :britain:

approach to 'Tech City', where they have some soundbites, a photo opportunity, pay a succession of different people lots of money to run the scheme, and do absolutely nothing about the availability of decent connections in the area so people are stuck on ADSL.

# ¿ May 18, 2014 12:51

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�23 per month, it's OK I suppose. Crosstalk is killing VDSL at the moment as it gets more popular, this was around 60Mbps a couple of years ago.

# ¿ May 30, 2014 01:14

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You cant go faster than the speed of light.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2014 19:32

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Sounds like you should be on a leased line, which are totally uncontended and never capped.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2015 21:01

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Free installs over here in :britain:

happen with 3 year contracts, but if there's roads to be dug up and ductwork to install then you pay the costs of doing that. Which are actually really reasonable.

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...lSgtIFAKw%3D%3D

# ¿ Jan 18, 2015 13:01

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Presumably you can claim for costs when defending a frivolous lawsuit? I know nothing, discuss it with your lawyer.

# ¿ May 31, 2015 11:08

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It's crazy. At my office where people bring in money for the company we spend ~�600 a month for a 200 Mbit fibre service. At home I only have 60 Mbit because �26 is all I wanted to spend on Internet each month.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2015 19:56

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

More at the latency than anything else.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2015 00:55

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It also rules out poo poo like "have you changed your wi-fi channel?" and "OK now let's go ahead and clear your browser cache". It clearly shows the issue is not on the side of the router that is your problem.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2015 20:28

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# ¿ Jan 3, 2016 17:27

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stevewm posted:

So just like every other company then?

# ¿ Jul 29, 2016 18:37

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Jesus gently caress that is insane.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2016 15:49

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Motherfucker

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 01:51

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Methylethylaldehyde posted:

Set up a SSH proxy in my butt...

C2B keeps delivering

# ¿ Feb 8, 2017 23:42

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Keep the modem separate from the router/Wi-Fi. You're likely to swap the router out for newer Wi-Fi or other features or whatever more often than you need a new modem.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2017 18:21

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Multithreaded vs non-multithreaded tests maybe? IPv4 vs IPv6?

# ¿ May 13, 2017 13:51

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What does your CPU load look like during the test? What virtual NIC drivers are you using?

# ¿ Jun 6, 2017 19:53

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What NIC do you have? There's no reason for your CPU to go mental unless you have some poo poo Realtek or there's an antivirus/firewall installed that is scanning everything and doing badly.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 21:00

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What process is eating the CPU when you're downloading on Steam? I'd put money on the Kaspersky thing loving it up.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 21:26

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It shouldn't really have anything to scan unless it's slipped a root cert onto your machine and is MITM all SSL stuff. Which is bad and should be removed.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 22:36

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Are you using their DNS servers?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2018 01:46

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:28

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I have visions of ISP DNS servers being some dusty old Sun boxes that haven't been touched in years.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2018 02:16

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