Jump to content

What do pay for your internet?

MikkoP
By MikkoP
in Networking
 Share

Posted

I have heard a lot of people complaining about their internet connection, how they pay a fortune for slow speeds and don't even get the promised speeds. I thought that posting a poll here would give some idea on this subject. Is it really so bad?

 

I personally pay 35 € for my 100 Mb/s down and 10 Mb/s up connection without TV or phone abilities. That's roughly 50 $. When it comes to real speeds I get 95 down (85 at the moment, my 24 port 100 Mb/s switch from the 90s is holding it back) and 9,5 up. I'm pretty happy.

 

Edit. Wow, that poll looks huge!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Promised download speed or actual, I'm guessing actual.

Stock coolers - The sound of bare minimum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

dem options..

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

We have BT Infinity 2 (UK) we pay about £42 (Aprox. $68) and we get 70+ Down and 15+ Up pretty much all the time. Also there is absolutely no caps so I can download to my hearts content and no throttling either. We have the phone in the contract but since we don't use it we have nothing special for it. Really satisfied with it!

iSwitched from Windows to Linux for 30 days - Ducky Shine 3 Tenkeyless Unboxing - Trixel Wallpapers - Project Lights Off


 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

We have BT Infinity 2 (UK) we pay about £42 (Aprox. $68) and we get 70+ Down and 15+ Up pretty much all the time. Also there is absolutely no caps so I can download to my hearts content and no throttling either. We have the phone in the contract but since we don't use it we have nothing special for it. Really satisfied with it!

Same here yeh.

Intel i7 4790k / MSI Z97M / Hyper 212 Evo / MSI Twin Frozr GTX 770 / 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz / Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 / Corsair CS750M / Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD /  WD Blue 1TB

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

For 20d/2up, phone, and tv it's about $120 a month from twc, but that is the best I can get here. I also get throttled at around 2am and we don't have a cap from them.

Join the LTT star citizen fleet today- http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/105285-ltt-conglomerate-now-with-added-legitimacy-over-1000-members-edition-now-with-added-gdocs/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

This is why I love LTT. The mods at Spiceworks would have brought this thread down.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Well the first option on download and upload speed(0-10Mbps) is very wrong,in my opinion, because 2Mbp/s is veeeery slow but 9 Mbp/s is kinda ok. So it is not clear how bad the internet connection. Make more specific options on lower speeds and more general on higher speeds. Otherwise, great idea. Good job!

CPU: AMD FX-6100 Black Edition @3.9GHz GPU: XFX 7970 DD (1062/1520 MHz) MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FXA(1st Revision) RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1333MHz Storage: Corsair Force 3 120GB(Boot) + WD Green 1TB(storage) PSU: FSP AURUM 600W(80+ Gold) CPU Cooler: Cryorig M9a  Case: NZXT Tempst 410 Elite(Mid-Tower) Mouse: Logitech G602(Manufacturer Refurbished) Keyboard: Noppoo Choc Mini(Cherry MX Blue) AUDIO:Sennheiser HD 598+ASUS Xonar DGX Monitor: LG M2280DF 21.5" 1080p(TN-75Hz)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Well the first option on download and upload speed(0-10Mbps) is very wrong,in my opinion, because 2Mbp/s is veeeery slow but 9 Mbp/s is kinda ok. So it is not clear how bad the internet connection. Make more specific options on lower speeds and more general on higher speeds. Otherwise, great idea. Good job!

 

There's already a lot of entries... if I move the choices, will the votes be deleted or will they be there with the wrong choices?

 

Yea, didn't know people have this bad connection speeds, 0-10 Mb/s is the most voted option...

 

 

This is great! Good work thinking out of the box!

 

=)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Sorry... they got screwed when I changed the options to be more precice... :( Unfortunately this forum platform doesn't support rearranging the options.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I pay £20 a month for 60 mbps down and 3mbps upload from Virgin Media. I usually get around 65mbps download.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Very well done survey. +1 for you

No it isnt.

 

It would be good if you could group peoples answers. For example, to compare peoples answers who selected that they are in North America, and to see what their prices are compared to people who selected Europe.

 

something like Google Forms can do this, and OP could display the results in the post at the top.

 

Similar information is also availible on Speedtest.net, and that has the advantage of having a much, much higher sample size.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

$41.95 CAD for a cable internet package from TekSavvy via Rogers Cable infrastructure. 25 mb/s down 1mb/s up, 300gb bandwidth plus unlimited happy hours. No phone or television packages applicable. Damn Canadian ISPs...

Folding@Home | BOINC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X + Celsius S36 GPU: ASUS TUF RTX3080 

MB: ASRock x470 Taichi RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-2666 32GB 

CASE: Fractal Design Define 7 Panda STORAGE: WD Black SN770 2TB + WD Red Pro 6TB

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

The speed scale is too low for my connection. :)

CPU: i7 3770k @ 4.8Ghz Motherboard: Sabertooth Z77 RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance GPU: GTX 780 Case: Corsair 540 Air Storage: 2x Intel 520 SSD Raid 0 PSU: Corsair AX850 Display(s): 1x 27" Samsung Monitor 3x 24" Asus Monitors Cooling: Swifttech H220 Keyboard: Logitech 710+ Mouse: Logitech G500 Headphones: Sennheiser HD 558 --- Internet: http://linustechtips.com/main/uploads/gallery/album_1107/gallery_12431_1107_23677.png My Setup:  http://linustechtips.com/main/gallery/image/7922-1-rkcf7io/ -- NAS: 3x WD Red 3TB Drives (RAIDZ-1), 5x 750gb Seagate ES HDD(RAIDZ-1), 120gb SSD for caching, OS: FreeNAS --  Server 1: Xeon E3 1275v2, 32GB of RAM, OS: ESXi 5.5 -- Server 2: Xeon E3 1220v2, 32GB of RAM, OS: ESXi 5.5

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

No it isnt.

 

It would be good if you could group peoples answers. For example, to compare peoples answers who selected that they are in North America, and to see what their prices are compared to people who selected Europe.

 

something like Google Forms can do this, and OP could display the results in the post at the top.

 

Similar information is also availible on Speedtest.net, and that has the advantage of having a much, much higher sample size.

 

Well, this is for the forum members. I think these tech enthuasists have better connection than the average guy that just browsers for weather.

 

There you are right that grouping isn't possible with this. I didn't know it when I made the poll.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

$0, 100/50, unlimited data, free phone. You guys can probably figure out how.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

$0, 100/50, unlimited data, free phone. You guys can probably figure out how.

 

My guess would be university/collage? :P

                    Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 | Intel Core i7 4790k | Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT                              Notebook: Dell XPS 13

                 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury | 2x Asus GeForce GTX 680 OC SLI | Corsair H60 2013

           Seasonic Platinum 1050W | 2x Samsung 840 EVO 250GB RAID 0 | WD 1TB & 2TB Green                                 dat 1080p-ness

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

My guess would be university/collage? :P

 

Haha nah, had to pay for that. I work for a small ISP, specialising in wireless and custom, business grade services and do residential on the side. There are some perks working for them that's for sure :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Well, this is for the forum members. I think these tech enthuasists have better connection than the average guy that just browsers for weather.

 

There you are right that grouping isn't possible with this. I didn't know it when I made the poll.

Most of the people here are aged 13 - 16. Their parents most likely dictate what broadband package they have.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Most of the people here are aged 13 - 16. Their parents most likely dictate what broadband package they have.

 

Maybe it would be possible for @LinusTech to pull some statistics out of the database? I personally settle in that range by the way but I'm still in charge when it comes to these things lol.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I pay 30$ for 100mb's of internet.

| Just sitting here, scrolling, judging. |

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Networking

×