Internet speeds

[GermanPCBuilder]

Hey so I put two pics in this post what is considered true 100k glass fibre connection? 

Second pic ( couldn't find) had a 50K upload and a 50K download what is a 100k connection the pic or the text? 

[bughtoo]

2 minutes ago, GermanPCBuilder said:

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The picture shows 200k connection because normally they say the connection going one way, not both ways at the same time  Normal cable is limited to 1gbs going one way, so 500 and 500 both ways.

[Oshino Shinobu]

I'm not sure what you mean by 100k/50k etc. If you mean 100Mbps and 50Mbps, then I would consider that a symmetrical 100Mbps connection. The speeds are certain to fluctuate, so +/- 5Mbps seems fair for a "true" 100Mbps connection. 

 

Note: 100K makes me think of 100Kbps, which would be horribly slow. 

 

The description of the second connection is a symmetrical 50Mbps connection. It would be pretty sneaky marketing to advertise it as 100Mbps, as you're never going to be downloading or uploading anything at 100Mbps. Typically, consumer connections will be advertised as 100Mbps if they have 100Mbps download, regardless of upload speed. 

 

EDIT: In a sense, both are 100Mbps connections. It kind of depends how you interpret them. 

[GermanPCBuilder]

3 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

The picture shows 200k connection because normally they say the connection going one way, not both ways at the same time  Normal cable is limited to 1gbs going one way, so 500 and 500 both ways.

 

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

I'm not sure what you mean by 100k/50k etc. If you mean 100Mbps and 50Mbps, then I would consider that a symmetrical 100Mbps connection. The speeds are certain to fluctuate, so +/- 5Mbps seems fair for a "true" 100Mbps connection. 

 

Note: 100K makes me think of 100Kbps, which would be horribly slow. 

 

The description of the second connection is a symmetrical 50Mbps connection. It would be pretty sneaky marketing to advertise it as 100Mbps, as you're never going to be downloading or uploading anything at 100Mbps. Typically, consumer connections will be advertised as 100Mbps if they have 100Mbps download, regardless of upload speed. 

Here in germany we say 50k if we mean 50mbps. Both connections are from the same provider from the same contract it says that they both have paid for a 100K ( 100mbps)  connection. So I'm curious why the speeds are so different. The provider claims a maximum of 200mbps ( if you pay extra) both only paid for a 100mbps connection so that pretty weird. 

But the provider also says that you only have to pay if you really get the true 100mbps so well...

[Oshino Shinobu]

7 minutes ago, GermanPCBuilder said:

 

Here in germany we say 50k if we mean 50mbps. Both connections are from the same provider from the same contract it says that they both have paid for a 100K ( 100mbps)  connection. So I'm curious why the speeds are so different. The provider claims a maximum of 200mbps ( if you pay extra) both only paid for a 100mbps connection so that pretty weird. 

But the provider also says that you only have to pay if you really get the true 100mbps so well...

Are the contracts the same price? Are they at the same location? 

 

If the first is true. but the second is not, it could just be a limitation of the infrastructure at that location. ISPs will quote "up to" speeds, but don't actually guarantee those speeds. 

[GermanPCBuilder]

10 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Are the contracts the same price? Are they at the same location? 

 

If the first is true. but the second is not, it could just be a limitation of the infrastructure at that location. ISPs will quote "up to" speeds, but don't actually guarantee those speeds. 

Same price and in the same little village ( yes we've got glass fibre here :D). 

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, GermanPCBuilder said:

Same price and in the same little village ( yes we've got glass fibre here :D). 

Interesting. Might be something you have to ask the ISP about if it's not a data plan or physical limitation. 

[GermanPCBuilder]

2 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Don't see why you'd need fiber for this, seems expensive and unnecessary (fiber is more expensive than cable, right?). I get faster speed than this on cable, I thought fiber was for, like, Gigabit connections?

The only cable connection here is 16mbps. And we don't have to pay for the fiber we only pay the monthly price for the Internet ( just 5€ more than cable). The. Max our we can get is 200mbps but that's 20-25€ more expensive than the 100mbps.

[GermanPCBuilder]

3 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Damn America, at it again with your absurdly inflated prices! 

We pay 39€ for the 100mbps connection but only if we get 100mbps and our village only has a population of about 5000 ppl. The company that does this is called "Deutsche Glasfaser" ( German Glassfiber),  they pay for the installation cost and the old Internet contract for a year so I would say we got a pretty good deal

[done12many2]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Damn America, at it again with your absurdly inflated prices! 

 

I guess it depends on what part of the country and what ISP you're with.  I'm paying $44.95/month for 150/150 Mb/s fiber from Verizon FiOS.  I don't thing that's too unreasonable at all.

[U.Ho]

7 hours ago, bughtoo said:

The picture shows 200k connection because normally they say the connection going one way, not both ways at the same time  Normal cable is limited to 1gbs going one way, so 500 and 500 both ways.

This is not quite how it works.

 

A fiber connection 99.9% of time consists of a pair of cables, one for upload and one for download.

 

What you describe is half-duplex where traffic can only go one way at a time. That's generally not used in fiber connections since the tech favors separate transmitters and receivers.