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8 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

I see.  Is frontier who you have now?

 

I don't understand why ISPs or cell providers think people are happy with data caps.  It's like between that and bs tactics such as jacking up bills if and when they feel like it that companies are trying to piss off customers and make them switch to a competitor.  Or in the case of @Zodiark1593 ditch them entirely.  

They don't. Its to keep cable service alive by fighting streaming, like vue and netflix. And for many they are the only ISP

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3 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

They don't. Its to keep cable service alive by fighting streaming, like vue and netflix. And for many they are the only ISP

Too bad some benevolent super rich person wouldn't just make their own badass ISP that is available EVERYWHERE and offers top of the line service and speeds.  Including reasonable pricing, good customer service, no data caps and your choice of mint on your pillow.  lol

 

We need that.  So badly.  

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Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

Too bad some benevolent super rich person wouldn't just make their own badass ISP that is available EVERYWHERE and offers top of the line service and speeds.  Including reasonable pricing, good customer service, no data caps and your choice of mint on your pillow.  lol

 

We need that.  So badly.  

well the problem is the ISPs that exist basically legally force competition to not exist. They control existing infrastructure (even placement on poles) and prevent new infrastructure from being added. They even shut down local municipalities that decide they want to add their own service for their population. It's really interesting, it's a pretty deep problem. 

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17 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

well the problem is the ISPs that exist basically legally force competition to not exist. They control existing infrastructure (even placement on poles) and prevent new infrastructure from being added. They even shut down local municipalities that decide they want to add their own service for their population. It's really interesting, it's a pretty deep problem. 

We're talking hello Galactic Empire level deep.  ?

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On 2017-5-22 at 1:20 AM, Syntaxvgm said:

I would love that courtesy 

never screw with Vaseline. 

 

probably the worst thing one can do. 

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5 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

never screw with Vaseline. 

 

probably the worst thing one can do. 

it's not that bad  

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ISPs are a massive problem in the US we pioneered the internet and phone yet we somehow can mange over 20Mbps in a high population prosperous area. accept for charters which is like 50+ usually but still thats about 50-60$$$ for garbage 

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33 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Too bad some benevolent super rich person wouldn't just make their own badass ISP that is available EVERYWHERE and offers top of the line service and speeds.  Including reasonable pricing, good customer service, no data caps and your choice of mint on your pillow.  lol

 

We need that.  So badly.  

Google fiber????

 

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12 minutes ago, jet224presents said:

Google fiber????

 

they've kinda given up. Also, as good as it appears to be initially, I don't want a major company with internet based services like google or amazon providing my internet service, seems like it would be less neutral in the long run 

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Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

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13 minutes ago, jet224presents said:

Google fiber????

 

Isn't that only if a very few cities?  And I thought I'd heard somewhere that they were stopping expansion or being forced to stop or something else?

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25 minutes ago, GamingMemeKing said:

Proof!!!!!

Hard to do with a gigabit port. I don't have a 10gig nic or switch yet, however each room is wired for ethernet . I have a custom SONET drop for work purposes. I have a workstation and laptop that does hourly back ups with our servers. Plus my own system and devices.

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OP is lying, he really only gets 14 taco's/second.

 

In mexico your internet speed is measured by tacos and tequila transfer rates

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On 2017-5-22 at 2:04 AM, Jamiec1130 said:

I get 200/20 bundled with TV and Phone. 

Telenet ?

 

Let's agree to disagree

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9 minutes ago, MrTiC said:

Telenet ?

 

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Went to my parents' house (who recently moved to rural County Derry) and they get 72Mb in the middle of nowhere, so jealous. I don't even get that in the city centre (I mean I could but I'd be paying so much more for it). 

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12,848 post shows that quality is always better over quantity because this is a shit post, a humble-brag and a dig at Americans squeezed into one thread, and my internet speed is triple yours. -scoffs-

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17 minutes ago, Translucent said:

12,848 post shows that quality is always better over quantity because this is a shit post, a humble-brag and a dig at Americans squeezed into one thread, and my internet speed is triple yours. -scoffs-

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Lmao, I think I havr something like 200mbps down, and 130mbps up. And a ping of around 70ms. Not too bad compared to my pld ISP. Century Link is horrid. Xfinity is damn good.

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1 minute ago, a e s t h e t i c a s said:

Lmao, I think I havr something like 200mbps down, and 130mbps up. And a ping of around 70ms. Not too bad compared to my pld ISP. Century Link is horrid. Xfinity is damn good.

You have 130Mbps up on Xfinity? How? They cant do any better than 35 Mbps up on their gigabit tier. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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You could just claim that someone else did it, and that your wifi router has been hacked. Simple.

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God bless Canadian ISPs

 

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On 21/5/2017 at 6:26 PM, AshleyAshes said:

Meanwhile in Canada...

 

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In Mexico city I can get 300/300 but 60/60 is enough for my porn needs. 

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I get 250/10 and being a YouTuber it's horrible. I am forced to have Comcast and since FiOS isn't in our are but 5 miles away it's in my parents, Comcast gave them a better deal ($40 less per month and $250 prepaid card.). But since they are in a FiOS area and I'm not they got a better deal. I need 1Gbps FiOS badly.

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