Author Topic: Broadband Speeds & Costs (Read 4986 times)

pendragon · « **on:** August 30, 2003, 11:05:04 AM »

In the US, 18% of the households cruise the net at ~1 MPS. Cost: ~$45.00 per month.
In Korea, 75% of the households cruise the net at ~3 MPS. Cost: ~$25.00. per month.
In Japan, 27% of the households cruise the net at ~10 MPS. Cost: ~$23.00. per month.

And I thought my 1.5 to 1.8 MPS at $45.95 a month was a good deal...

Harv

Al · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2003, 01:57:06 PM »

QUOTE(pendragon @ Aug 30 2003, 6:05 AM)

In Korea, 75% of the households cruise the net at ~3 MPS. Cost: ~$25.00. per month.
In Japan, 27% of the households cruise the net at ~10 MPS. Cost: ~$23.00. per month.

What the HECK!

Talk about bandwidth hogging for a bargain....

With my 1.9 MPS, I pay $50 monthly...

Mrious_be · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:06:45 AM »

Eum... what is mps"?
I guess it's "m"per second... but where does the "m" stands for?

gmann · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:33:39 AM »

Mega bits per second.

pendragon · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:34:47 AM »

MPS= Megabits Per Second.

The numbers quoted above represent download speeds. Upload speeds are typically much slower.

In test I just performed, my download speed was 1.83 MPS. But my upload speed (restricted by Comcast) is (only) 173 kilobits per second.

Harv

Mrious_be · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2003, 10:58:29 AM »

I had a feeling it might be Megabits per second.
But... isn't that Mbps?

CyberPet · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2003, 11:21:28 AM »

I'm not sure of the numbers in Sweden, but I recently heard that 90% of the Swedes (all ages!) has Internet access and I think it was about 75% of them that has some type of broadband. Most common is actually fiber network at 2 to 10 MBit.

The government has a goal that 90% of the Swedes (i.e. all that has Internet access today) is going to be able to surf the web waves at least ADSL speed, but in the cities at higher speeds (10MBit and more). This is to make it possible for someone living in a very remote area to be able to stay and work from home instead of having to move into a larger city.

We pay about $35 USD a month for our 10MBit connection.

For fun comparission we pay $25 USD A YEAR for our cable tv

pendragon · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2003, 02:15:14 PM »

Mrious be, You are absolutely positively no doubt about it, correct!The proper abbreviation for megabits per second is: Mbps: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,...i212534,00.html

I'm a bit (or is it byte?) busy now, but soon I hope, to create the explanation that convinces all, that my error was really Bxxxxx's fault.

Harv

Greg Dunn · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2003, 06:15:34 PM »

I just found out today that $30-$33 of my Earthlink broadband hookup goes to the phone company. I didn't know that they gouged for that much. It makes my ISP seem less greedy.

pendragon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:29:52 PM »

Comcast to double net speed to ~3megabits per second by end of year (though no mention of cost).

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...organstanley_dc

Harv

gmann · « **Reply #10 on:** September 08, 2003, 10:59:53 PM »

A flyer came with my phone bill today, Qwest is pushing dsl for $60.

News:

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