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High Speed Internet

Posted June 22, 2008 at 02:42 PM by Kaelon

For most people, having a fast Internet connection is a way of life, especially if you're into speed-intensive applications, like gaming or downloading files. Running a website is no different, but recently, the options available in choosing a High Speed Internet service provider are growing increasingly unattractive.

In the United States, the term "High Speed Internet" typically applies to one of four services:

A Dedicated/Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, with 3.0 Mb / 768 Kb speeds.
A Shared Cable Broadband Speed, with 6.0 / 768 Kb speeds.
Shared Fiber Optic, with 30 Mb / 10 Mb speeds.
Dedicated Fiber Optic, with 50 Mb / 20 Mb speeds.

For most people, DSL or Cable Internet are the two major options available. Fiber Optic Service, or FiOS, is just emerging as a viable high speed replacement to the now decade-old DSL and Cable Internet, but its availability is spotty. It leaves most users stuck with a single cable company, and in my case, as is the case in much of Metropolitan Boston, it is Comcast, whose shoddy infrastructure is only rivaled by its horrible customer service. It is disappointing, if only because when Comcast's Internet service works -- thanks to its newly upgraded infrastructure (to shared fiber optic) in metropolitan areas intended to block a major offensive by Verizon FiOS (dedicated fiber optic) -- it is actually a high quality broadband connection, as my Speedtest.Net results show below.

So, how about all of you? What sort of high speed Internet access do you have, and how do you feel about its performance?

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	Here is my lower end Verizon FIOS result: It's funny because I got the same results going to Portland, MN. Ping was just higher. Oh and I love my FIOS. I need to run the speed test tonight and look at off-peak times because I can usually get close to 8Mb on the download.
	Posted June 22, 2008 at 05:08 PM by Snake Eye

	Not being into the cute graphics the first test was 150 mls to Washington DC with a ping of 60ms 12357kb/s download 1817kb/s upload the second test was to Adelaide Australia with 303ms ping 2171kb/s download 541kb/s upload.
	Posted June 22, 2008 at 08:06 PM by Anne

	Well I guess that my work link is just abysmal lol. It explains many things...
	Posted June 27, 2008 at 08:02 AM by Adder

	I think there is not much to say. There are two worlds of internet and i'm on the darker side
	Posted June 27, 2008 at 06:57 PM by Godah

	I guess it's not so bad, especially for my location.
	Posted July 3, 2008 at 01:14 PM by Fenrir Black

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