When the jump from dial up to broadband happened, that was about 100 times faster as well. Most people never thought they would need that kind of speed. Look how wrong they were. Internet like this is extremely impactful
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
When the jump from dial up to broadband happened, that was about 100 times faster as well. Most people never thought they would need that kind of speed. Look how wrong they were. Internet like this is extremely impactful | ||
Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:09 Cinim wrote: Wow, this thread filled with ignorance atm, and US bashing on other countries because they have better internet... Or trying, unsuccessfully, to make someone understand that internet connections in NA are not the same as in Europe and small countries where it's easy to spread good internet. It wouldn't even be a discussion if people would read the thread in it's entirety before posting. | ||
GARO
United States2255 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:11 Kurr wrote: Or trying, unsuccessfully, to make someone understand that internet connections in NA are not the same as in Europe and small countries where it's easy to spread good internet. It wouldn't even be a discussion if people would read the thread in it's entirety before posting. Nah, people have to come in and go "oh lol that's nothing, I get that for cheaper over here" as if we didn't know that already. And I too would like to see a TLer from KC try this out and see what his/her experience with the service is like in the near future. | ||
Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:10 Artifice wrote: The only ignorance in this thread is you stirring up shit because you can't read. ?? It's pretty much you and that 1 other guy(zalithiel or something?) who has been bashing on everyone... | ||
Zalithian
520 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:09 Cinim wrote: Wow, this thread filled with ignorance atm, and US bashing on other countries because they have better internet... No. People from other countries are like "Oh so what? My internet is good already." What people are failing to realize is most internet services in America are SHIT. Most people are stuck with 10mbps or worse for $50-100 with a bandwidth cap of a couple hundred gigabytes. In Canada it's even worse. I have to be careful not to go over my bandwidth cap. Streaming stuff in HD (when it's even possible if my internet isn't congested) eats up a lot of bandwidth. Downloading stuff, new games etc isn't something I can do freely. I can't back up my files because 1. it's too slow and 2. It uses too much of my bandwidth cap. When my average speed is 10 mpbs, and I could potentially get get something 100 times faster (just download speed, about 500x faster upload) for roughly the same price as I'm paying now that's a VERY big deal. So yes, when you say "so what" YOU are the one showing your ignorance. | ||
Cinim
Denmark866 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:11 Kurr wrote: Or trying, unsuccessfully, to make someone understand that internet connections in NA are not the same as in Europe and small countries where it's easy to spread good internet. It wouldn't even be a discussion if people would read the thread in it's entirety before posting. name 1 thing about this thread that we truly missed? making up things to make us sound stupid doesn't really say anything.... and how is it easier to spread internet in Europe? Internet is not just about 1 country, to get good internet it has to be spread over all of europe, to connect the multiple countries to each other (which is the reason Korea has bad connection to EU, because the countries in between has poor internet connection) where you have to work between country borders etc. and make multiple contracts to set it up. I only see more issues in spreading the internet. | ||
_MagnuM_
Denmark136 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:13 Zalithian wrote: No. People from other countries are like "Oh so what? My internet is good already." What people are failing to realize is most internet services in Americaare SHIT. Most people are stuck with 10mbps or worse for $50-100 with a bandwidth cap of a couple hundred gigabytes. In Canada it's even worse. I have to be careful not to go over my bandwidth cap. Streaming stuff in HD (when it's even possible if my internet isn't congested) eats up a lot of bandwidth. Downloading stuff, new games etc isn't something I can do freely. I can't back up my files because 1. it's too slow and 2. It uses too much of my bandwidth cap. When my average speed is 10 mpbs, and I could potentially get get something 100 times faster (just download speed, about 500x faster upload) for roughly the same price as I'm paying now that's a VERY big deal. So yes, when you say "so what" YOU are the one showing your ignorance. i am so terribly sorry... i should've lived in the US and experienced how slow and expensive the internet is before posting here... because everyone knows about everything in the world and especially the US cos its the biggest and bestest country in da whole wide world ...right? no but seriously how would i know your internet is shitty?... it cant be that bad everywhere... it all comes down to laziness.. just work more and get more money so you can get better internet... everything else is so cheap there compared to europe (and yes i have been on holiday in america - and yes i guess you can call me spoiled now cos my parents took me)... so what you save on food and whatever you can spend on better internet and dont call me an idiot either just because i dont know one small fact that you know... i probably know thousands of facts that you dont.. but im not gonna call you an idiot just because you dont know them... please be nicer in the future | ||
Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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Zalithian
520 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:19 _MagnuM_ wrote: i am so terribly sorry... i should've lived in the US and experienced how slow and expensive the internet is before posting here... because everyone knows about everything in the world and especially the US cos its the biggest and bestest country in da whole wide world ...right? no but seriously how would i know your internet is shitty?... it cant be that bad everywhere... it all comes down to laziness.. just work more and get more money so you can get better internet... everything else is so cheap there compared to europe (and yes i have been on holiday in america - and yes i guess you can call me spoiled now cos my parents took me)... so what you save on food and whatever you can spend on better internet and dont call me an idiot either just because i dont know one small fact that you know... i probably know thousands of facts that you dont.. but im not gonna call you an idiot just because you dont know them... please be nicer in the future Yeah, how could you have known American internet is bad. Like, not by reading the thread? Or using a search engine? Give me a break. You are clueless and not even worth replying to any longer. | ||
memcpy
United States459 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:19 _MagnuM_ wrote: i am so terribly sorry... i should've lived in the US and experienced how slow and expensive the internet is before posting here... because everyone knows about everything in the world and especially the US cos its the biggest and bestest country in da whole wide world ...right? no but seriously how would i know your internet is shitty?... it cant be that bad everywhere... it all comes down to laziness.. just work more and get more money so you can get better internet... everything else is so cheap there compared to europe (and yes i have been on holiday in america - and yes i guess you can call me spoiled now cos my parents took me)... so what you save on food and whatever you can spend on better internet and dont call me an idiot either just because i dont know one small fact that you know... i probably know thousands of facts that you dont.. but im not gonna call you an idiot just because you dont know them... please be nicer in the future That's not how it works here. You can't just pay to get better internet unless you implied moving somewhere else. It's not like you can just throw money at an internet provider and have high speed internet service/infrastructure magically appear. | ||
Cirn9
1117 Posts
On July 27 2012 08:00 Sufficiency wrote: When it comes to Seattle? I know this feel | ||
_MagnuM_
Denmark136 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:20 Zalithian wrote: Yeah, how could you have known American internet is bad. Like, not by reading the thread? Or using a search engine? Give me a break. You are clueless and not even worth replying to any longer. of course its not worth replying any longer i havent said anything since... but since i want the last word in this little retarded argument between me and a monkey.. i will just say this: i'm sorry | ||
Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
The "free" thing is also really interesting, and seems almost too good to be true. It's like 6$ a month if you consider for only 4 years, or even cheaper if you factor for 7 years. 5 Mbit down is really satisfactory for many purposes; What's the upload? | ||
CapnAmerica
United States508 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:19 _MagnuM_ wrote: + Show Spoiler + On July 27 2012 09:13 Zalithian wrote: No. People from other countries are like "Oh so what? My internet is good already." What people are failing to realize is most internet services in Americaare SHIT. Most people are stuck with 10mbps or worse for $50-100 with a bandwidth cap of a couple hundred gigabytes. In Canada it's even worse. I have to be careful not to go over my bandwidth cap. Streaming stuff in HD (when it's even possible if my internet isn't congested) eats up a lot of bandwidth. Downloading stuff, new games etc isn't something I can do freely. I can't back up my files because 1. it's too slow and 2. It uses too much of my bandwidth cap. When my average speed is 10 mpbs, and I could potentially get get something 100 times faster (just download speed, about 500x faster upload) for roughly the same price as I'm paying now that's a VERY big deal. So yes, when you say "so what" YOU are the one showing your ignorance. i am so terribly sorry... i should've lived in the US and experienced how slow and expensive the internet is before posting here... because everyone knows about everything in the world and especially the US cos its the biggest and bestest country in da whole wide world ...right? no but seriously how would i know your internet is shitty?... it cant be that bad everywhere... it all comes down to laziness.. just work more and get more money so you can get better internet... everything else is so cheap there compared to europe (and yes i have been on holiday in america - and yes i guess you can call me spoiled now cos my parents took me)... so what you save on food and whatever you can spend on better internet and dont call me an idiot either just because i dont know one small fact that you know... i probably know thousands of facts that you dont.. but im not gonna call you an idiot just because you dont know them... please be nicer in the future Let me explain something to you. I currently live in Northeast Philadelphia, a major city with hubs of reasonably speedy internet access towards center city and the various colleges. I have an internet connection that tops out at 1.5mbps down and .5 mbps up. This internet connection costs roughly $40 a month. The only alternative to this service is through comcast, which would cost me upwards of $50 a month for 5mbps, and I haven't changed over to them because they frequently have service outages in this area, which would leave me without internet for hours. This is in a major city in the United States. I cannot use fiber of any kind without paying to have it run to my area (thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dollars) and there are no current plans to improve service in the area. It doesn't "all come down to laziness". It comes down to telecom businesses in the area having a monopoly and no incentive to improve service to their customers. I cannot "work more" because there are limited jobs around here that I am qualified to perform. You are not spoiled because of whatever happened with your parents, but your internet is FAR better than what is available in the U.S. on average, and you do look like an idiot saying that this is "no big deal". This is like cable internet becoming available after being restricted to dial-up connections only in certain areas. Don't act so ignorant with childish comments like this: i am so terribly sorry... i should've lived in the US and experienced how slow and expensive the internet is before posting here... because everyone knows about everything in the world and especially the US cos its the biggest and bestest country in da whole wide world ...right? If you can't relate, learn. | ||
unteqair
United States308 Posts
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:26 Xapti wrote: WTF this sis ridiculously awesome. What's that free internet thing supposed to be though? That doesn't make any sense. People pay money for their internet due to having to go through data management centers and servers — not the wires (well at least it's not a major player in the cost). Well, with the Install Fee, Google still makes a decent amount of money. They are stealing customers from other companies as well which is important for a new business (well, new as an ISP). Also, it's a maximum of 7 years. After that time, or during, they will surely try to get everyone on that service to upgrade to a better service with a monthly fee. | ||
ranshaked
United States870 Posts
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On July 27 2012 08:59 Cinim wrote: You can get this many places in Denmark for like 1/3 the price :s so you can get a gigabit down/up for about $23? I call bull shit | ||
turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:11 Kurr wrote: Or trying, unsuccessfully, to make someone understand that internet connections in NA are not the same as in Europe and small countries where it's easy to spread good internet. It wouldn't even be a discussion if people would read the thread in it's entirety before posting. are you trying to say that europe is smaller than america, or that building pipes across huge empty space is somehow hard? i dont understandings On July 27 2012 09:30 jmbthirteen wrote: so you can get a gigabit down/up for about $23? I call bull shit gigabit is about 155 megabytes, i think you can get that in sweden but i have no idea on pricing not that it even matters, unless you are uploading multi-hour videos to youtube, after a certain point bandwidth doesnt even matter i think for na customers, no data caps etc is more interesting than higher speeds? | ||
tsuxiit
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