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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: landbeforetimelover on July 19, 2007, 05:48:11 PM

Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 19, 2007, 05:48:11 PM: Hello all. My internet's going to crap. There's something wrong with the thing out on the road. I might lose internet so If I'm not here, that's why. Just wanted you to know.

BTW, this is how bad it's gotten:

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/157313562.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

I usually get 20mbps download and 15mbps upload. I'm dying here!
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: action9000 on July 19, 2007, 05:59:35 PM: That is kind of bad. Hopefully it will improve soon.

By the way, here's a typical score for me:
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/157317537.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

Looks like I win for latency but that's about it :p
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 19, 2007, 06:14:33 PM: Kinda bad? KINDA BAD?! This is the worst it's ever been!!! It'll take a minumum of 4 days to repair it. I'm just gonna die if my internet goes out. :cry2
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Manny Cav on July 19, 2007, 06:45:31 PM: Quote from: landbeforetimelover,Jul 19 2007 on 04:48 PM
Hello all. My internet's going to crap. There's something wrong with the thing out on the road. I might lose internet so If I'm not here, that's why. Just wanted you to know.

BTW, this is how bad it's gotten:

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/157313562.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

I usually get 20mbps download and 15mbps upload. I'm dying here!
Divide that by a thousand, and you've got what I average.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 19, 2007, 10:51:56 PM: You'll live.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 19, 2007, 11:18:25 PM: I'm getting better now, but not by much...

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/157444891.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Flathead770 on July 20, 2007, 01:14:10 PM: Look how bad mine is and i'm not dying.
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/157704778.png)
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 20, 2007, 01:15:23 PM: Where'd you guys take this test?
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Flathead770 on July 21, 2007, 01:12:08 PM: Quote from: DarkHououmon,Jul 20 2007 on 12:15 PM
Where'd you guys take this test?
speedtest.net
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 21, 2007, 01:39:12 PM: (http://www.speedtest.net/result/158185366.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is mine.

What does Latency mean?
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 21, 2007, 05:14:04 PM: Quote
Look how bad mine is and i'm not dying.

well you have to remember that my speed is caused by a damaged power supply out by the road. My internet drops out completely about every 6 minutes. It's hell.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 21, 2007, 05:20:16 PM: It does?
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: action9000 on July 21, 2007, 05:59:11 PM: Quote
What does Latency mean?
"Latency" is the same as "Ping", which you'll hear in games. It is the amount of time it takes for a piece of data to get from your computer to the server and back again. Latency is actually the more correct term since "Ping" is actually an action, not a number :p I'm not quite sure why "Ping" got adapted as the term for "latency" in gaming.
You can Ping a computer, but you can't latency a computer. :lol
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Petrie. on July 21, 2007, 09:10:13 PM: (http://www.speedtest.net/result/158335808.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm not dead and that's much slower than you. -_-
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: pokeplayer984 on July 22, 2007, 01:48:47 AM: And here's mine:

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/158397292.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

Hmm... what do you guys say about that? :)
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 22, 2007, 04:34:48 AM: All I gotta say is wow. My speed test here is on wireless and on a defective internet service. Unless you only pay like $25 a month for internet, you guys should really have it looked at. It's not normal to get under 8000kps download and 2000kps upload speed if you pay more than $25 a month for internet. <_<
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Petrie. on July 22, 2007, 07:37:46 AM: Its plenty normal. I know Time Warner charges near $50/month and it'll vary depending on what other services you have with them. I think there's no other cable provider in the area, and maybe one DSL company (Verizon) and a few dial-ups. Slim pickings.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: action9000 on July 22, 2007, 09:42:57 AM: I agree with Petrie. The only internet service providers here are:
1) One cable company
2) One phone company
3) Maybe some high-end ones that I don't know about
4) Long-range connections like AOL

I am in a large urban area so naturally there is a lot of selection for internet.

My cable company provides 5,000kb/s (theoretical) download speed for $35 per month, 10,000kb/s for $50 per month, or 25,000kb/s (with unlimited monthly bandwidth) for $100 per month. Obviously I'm on the $35 per month plan, which is plenty fast enough for anything I do. I need faster LAN much more than I need faster internet. 25,000 kb/s seems unbelieveable to me, as that is almost half the speed of my wireless LAN (54,000 kb/s). I couldn't imagine internet being that fast :p

My phone company provides 1,500kb/s for $30 per month (see why I went cable, not DSL? :p)
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Manny Cav on July 22, 2007, 09:54:30 AM: It's been a nightmare downloading those LBT TV episodes... 40 something MB files that were averaging 2.7 Kbps. I went through 327 MB of LBT episodes like that. But what's a guy to do? -_-
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 22, 2007, 09:59:05 AM: Quote
It's been a nightmare downloading those LBT TV episodes... 40 something MB files that were averaging 2.7 Kbps. I went through 327 MB of LBT episodes like that. But what's a guy to do?

Brutal, but try downloading the full quality 1.5gb (1,624mb) ones. Now that's a pain. It would have taken you months to download even 1 episode. I'll bet you're glad I didn't post the full quality ones. :lol:

Don't you have some relative or friend that'll let ya download those files off? It takes me about 1-2 minutes to download a tv ep. ;)
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Manny Cav on July 22, 2007, 10:07:05 AM: Like I've said, I plan on getting broadband in the near future.

And -- 1.5 GB AVI WHAT?! I wouldn't have the things on my hard drive, taking up that much space.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 22, 2007, 11:37:10 AM: Quote from: Manny Cav,Jul 22 2007 on 10:07 AM
And -- 1.5 GB AVI WHAT?! I wouldn't have the things on my hard drive, taking up that much space.
What do you mean?
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Manny Cav on July 22, 2007, 01:55:09 PM: I mean I'm not going to download a 1.5 GB AVI (or any type) file without a better internet connection, and even then, I'm not likely to keep it on my hard drive.
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 22, 2007, 02:05:10 PM: Why not? How much space do you have on your harddrive?
Title: I might be gone for a few days.
Post by: Manny Cav on July 22, 2007, 02:24:29 PM: My personal laptop I'm typing this post on has an 89.1 GB hard drive, plus an additional 80 GB on an external hard drive. However, I use the external one as a back-up to what I already have, not as a supplement. If all 9 of the episodes I downloaded were 1.5 GB, that would be 13.5 GB. I'd still have space to spare, but such as that would add up quickly, especially if I downloaded more episodes in the future.