OK i am going to say this 1 more time just to make it clear for you; THE SPEED HE IS SHOWING INDICATES A 600 MEGABIT CONNECTION. HOW THE HELL DO YOU PEOPLE FIND THAT POSSIBLE?
I am TELLING you right now, this is not a debatable subject, it IS NOT POSSIBLE.
Yes there are places which may SAY they have a "gigabit connection" but it is NOT available, this "gigabit connection" is ONLY FROM THE ISP SERVER TO THE EXCHANGE, IF YOU READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IT IS CLEARLY STATED THERE. Fiber optics and gigabit connections are NOT new, stop mentioning them matter-of-factly and expecting it to prove anything.
- Stop thinking in multiples of ten.. 60MB (megabytes) per second indicates a 480+ megabit connection (assuming one gets an optimal speed).
- Also, take note that he said it wasn't supposed to be like that. That the first poster does not get that download speed as the norm. It was a one time thing, and that is not impossible for bandwidth to be allocated wrongly. Glitches do happen, and are not expected, but one should always expect the unexpected.
- My ISP advertises the Internet I get at 16mb/2mb (down/up). I get anywhere from 15-to-20mb down, and 2-to-6mb up, based on various tests from
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. I can download up to 4MB/s, and upload up to 2MB/s. This is likely because the guy who installed my stuff was cool, and hooked up some cables that would give me a strong connection. It probably helps that I'm the only person in my area who has the Internet package that I have, too.
With that said, I agree that people don't get what is advertised to them. I am lucky and get just a bit more than what was advertised, for me. ^^
- Stop saying things in a matter-of-fact way... you don't know, so don't say it. Go back a hundred years, and people would have said the Internet would never take off, it was impossible (like how you are saying it will never improve, it is impossible - keyword, you are saying it is impossible).
If you have the money, you could setup an OC12 line for home use (it costs a few thousand dollars (USD) per month, though). If you can find a website that will upload enough to make use of your Internet speed, you will have to take note that it actually does download very fast. Probably as fast as your harddrive will copy the data. Of course, with i-Ram and/or RAID setups, that can be pretty fast. It isn't so much as impossible, as unlikely.
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