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Post by _Windows on May 22, 2018 3:35:44 GMT
I never thought I'd see the day that my area would get gigabit speed Internet access, but its here. At a bit over $100 a month, it isn't cheap... but the speed would be insane (>100 MBps). I might upgrade to it at some point.
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Post by kunochan on May 22, 2018 7:11:47 GMT
will someone actually make a reply related to the post? ONT: I wish it was available to my area, my shitty wifi goes up to 6mps :/
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Post by thecjgcjg on May 22, 2018 7:27:45 GMT
It's been around where I am for years, originally with just one provider, but now it's pretty much comercially available (3 providers iirc) at my address will provide me with FTTP @ 1gbps, I believe there are also plans for a fourth to expand into the area very soon who offer speeds higher than 1gbps.
Where I am also has various "Wireless Broadband" services available.
VFast - Point to Point WiFi (Big lattice tower somemwhere, directional antenna towards property, antenna on property) literally uses the WiFi protocol LTE - Three of the 4 major carriers offer at least 3CA in my area, LTE speeds of up to 250mbps (sometimes a little more) on two of these three carriers. With the fastest offering a home broadband package (albeit with a low data cap) WiMax - I believe in my area there is also a legacy technology, WiMax deployed, used purely for home broadband.
And Cabled
G.Fast - Up to 300mbps over Copper Cable - available commerically in my area, and surrounding areas euroDOCSIS 3.1 - up to 1gpbs/1gbps (but you'll pay for it) VDSL2 - Up to ~80mbps, but speed is lost very quickly over distance. ADSL2+ - Up to a measly 24mbps SDSL - ADSL but symetrical up and down
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Post by Lemon on May 22, 2018 9:14:40 GMT
I pay $100/mo for 25M/4M with a 220G bandwidth limit (go over, get throttled to 2M/2M) FTTH with an ONT
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Post by StevenNL2000 on May 22, 2018 9:48:11 GMT
I can get 500/500 unmetered over FTTH with my current provider, but we went with 100/100 because it's rather pricey. There are 1000/1000 providers in my area, but not in my exact town. I hope to be able to move to a place where I can get 1000/1000 unmetered in the future; I'll cut off TV if I do.
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Post by Mike on May 22, 2018 11:33:43 GMT
I am pretty good at negotiating and managed to get this:
$48/month for 500/20. I wish they had higher upload speeds but 20 is fast enough for me anyways. Even the gigabit plan only has 50 upload. Regular price is $128 per month in Canadian dollars.
Canadians get charged ridiculous prices for cell phone service and cable. I've heard of people paying $60 a month for 1 GB of mobile data.
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Post by _Windows on May 22, 2018 12:16:28 GMT
Canadians get charged ridiculous prices for cell phone service and cable. I've heard of people paying $60 a month for 1 GB of mobile data. That's insane. I pay $45 USD for 10 GB of mobile data, and unlimited minutes/texting.
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Post by Mudaadedah on May 22, 2018 14:44:10 GMT
35$ for 4/0.30. Theres no way of upgrading it since i live in a uni & ive been living off with this type of speeds for 9 - 10 years. Not nice lmao
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Post by Mike on May 22, 2018 17:43:07 GMT
Canadians get charged ridiculous prices for cell phone service and cable. I've heard of people paying $60 a month for 1 GB of mobile data. That's insane. I pay $45 USD for 10 GB of mobile data, and unlimited minutes/texting. The only thing is our data speeds are high. I go to the US often and I did some speedtests on T-Mobile and AT&T. They were generally lower than what I get in Canada. I consistently get 100+ Mbps and have gotten into the 200s and 300s occasionally. It is noticably slower when loading sites, but if I don't have a lot of data in the first place, the speed is wasted. I never watch YT or movies on data since I have a 2GB data allowance.
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Post by ???TheHour on May 23, 2018 21:24:27 GMT
Edit: I forgot to quote, the post this is referring to is Mike's one above this one.
Edit2: My speeds aren't as exaggerated as I first thought. Idk what we are paying for Wifi wise but I knew it's over 50. I'm getting 123d/88u so I was wrong.
Prices are insane tbh but reliable. Tbaytel is super good for phone service even though I pay $60 for Unlimited call text 1GB data. Fibre GB is $100 for 6mo and then 146ish afterward. Tbaytels speeds are super exaggerated IMO but they are reliable for what I need.
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Post by ???DaddyIndica on May 23, 2018 21:35:38 GMT
I get pretty good speeds and I pay about a 100 dollars a month, so.. I've got Charter/Spectrum if the image doesn't give that away. I think since I moved from ATT to Charter, my internet has been so much better. Not to mention, the panels are better and the speeds are higher. Hands down a lot better than ATT. However, the TV sucks and the panels on there are outdated.
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Post by Cowgomooo12 on May 24, 2018 15:09:47 GMT
SDSL - ADSL but symetrical up and down Amazing post and very informative. What's the difference between standard DSL and SDSL? Isn't DSL symmetrical already? That's the specification, I thought... Or am I missing something else?
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Post by mibbzz on May 24, 2018 15:22:34 GMT
Canadians get charged ridiculous prices for cell phone service and cable. I've heard of people paying $60 a month for 1 GB of mobile data. That's insane. I pay $45 USD for 10 GB of mobile data, and unlimited minutes/texting. I have a friend that was paying 75$ for 1gb and not even unlimited calling, just unlimited during specific times. Our plans are shit
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Post by ?Robin on May 24, 2018 17:04:23 GMT
$160 for that tv/internet combo from comcast, i'm out of the contract now, so i'm ready when google fiber is done installing here, that'll be 10 dollars less for faster speeds and more tv coverage
comcast gives me SUPPOSEDLY 100/10, even though it's like 70/5 and sometimes nothing, since they're having outages pretty recently.
google fiber would be 150 for all the channels they provide, and 100/100 internet speeds
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Post by thecjgcjg on May 25, 2018 17:50:19 GMT
SDSL - ADSL but symetrical up and down Amazing post and very informative. What's the difference between standard DSL and SDSL? Isn't DSL symmetrical already? That's the specification, I thought... Or am I missing something else? DSL is a term for a collection of technologies, for the transmission of data over a traditional copper phone line, there are different types of DSL, and this is by no means an exhaustative list. - Symettrical DSL (SDSL)
- Asymetrical DSL (ADSL)
- Very High Bit Rate DSL (VDSL)
- Rate Adaptive DSL (RADSL)
When someone referes to DSL broadband, or broadband over a phone line they are generally referring to ADSL, which is the defacto DSL standard, in lots of places VDSL broadband is sold as "Fibre Optic", which is false advertising, much in the same way that DOCSIS is often sold as "Fibre Optic" which, is still, though to a lesser extent false advertising, and thankfully advertising standards authorities are cracking down on this behaviour. VDSL never really took off outside of Europe, though it does exist, this is due to the fact that in most European Countries, when the original landline phone cabling was laid, it was largely nationalised (still is really). In the US and Canada, this was a process carried out largely by Private Companies, which during the advent of broadband for whatever reason replaced large amounts of their copper twisted pair cabling, with Coaxial Cabling. A good example of this, is the UK (and France) - in the UK broadband is still primarily offered over a DSL connection, with most people using ADSL, followed by VDSL. This is provided by the previously nationalised provider, BT. There are a few private companies that offer broadband in the UK, and these will do so using either EuroDOCSIS, though this is now on a downwards trend as it is only marginally cheaper to install than pure optical fibre, or optical fibre. In the US, and some EU countries (advertising laws in the EU are much more strict) ADSL is sold as "Standard Speed" or "Up to 8/16/24mbps" broadband (though that is now pretty much illegal in most EU countries) SDSL is something that does not really get used anymore, as it is more expensive to provide than ADSL/VDSL, as it requires different transmission equipment - if you want symetrical speeds you will be more likely to go for fibre, or possibly DOCSIS (though this is not symetrical, it can provide high speeds in both directions)
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