I find it annoying that the internet in the Carribean is better than the in UK
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[QUOTE=bigdoggie;17247693]I see.
I've been quite disappointed with Britain's tech development lately, they've been falling behind quite a lot.
I mean, Portugal already has Fiber optic cables wired out to mostly everywhere now (Except for rural areas damn them), and the UK has just started?
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Or am I missing something?[/QUOTE]
Only major cities and some towns have Fiber right now, and even then it's either shit expensive or still slow as the central servers for the ISP are still too slow to handle to growth. We seriously need a complete re-doing of our infrastructure some time soon, BT said they intended to update to Fiber before 2010 or something (was stated in like '05). We aren't even halfway there I don't think.
Its 70 bucks for a 9mb download and 1mb upload connection here in the bahamas.
[url]http://www.cablebahamas.com/internet/home/rock/index.html[/url]
[code]CoralWave Rock's unlimited service gives you super fast 24-7 access to the Internet at download speeds up to fifty times faster than dial-up! You also receive 6 private e-mail accounts for your family plus friendly unlimited tech support when you need it. All this for only $70.70 monthly.
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* Cable Modem - $99.95
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* Ethernet Card (if needed) $40.00-$100.00 (depending on computer type)
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[QUOTE=YodaEXE;17243822]*Cough* :D
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Fucking.... Urgh. You dick.
How much does that cost?
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This is the A in ADSL. Even though it's possible to get 3 megabits up over ADSL2+ nobody out here actually offers that.
At least downloading is quick. :sigh:
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Best I can get here across the lake from the city, 6meg DSL, or 10meg Charter.. but their internet drops out every 20 minutes. :(
[QUOTE=apwd007;17244839]Yup
Stunted, just because your internet sucks, doesn't mean the rest of the UK is that bad. In most of the UK you can at least get speeds closer to a 8mbit, which isn't great, but it's ok for Europe[/QUOTE]
I know that, but I'm only talking about myself here. It's annoying for me, other people are just lucky to have a decent connection.
[QUOTE=LordLoss;17249614]Fucking.... Urgh. You dick.
How much does that cost?[/QUOTE]
Provided absolutely free to me through my school, which is fucking awesome.
[QUOTE=YodaEXE;17255573]Provided absolutely free to me through my school, which is fucking awesome.[/QUOTE]
actually you have already payed for it, pay attention to your tuition costs.
I payed about 200 per semester for about 80 MB/s
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My download speed varies from 10mb/s to 30mb/s
It's rather annoying.
Also my upload blows
Eat it Europeans:
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My download speed varies from 10mb/s to 30mb/s
It's rather annoying.
Also my upload blows[/QUOTE]
You are spoiled.
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I'm paying for the fastest connection avaible from any ISP and I live in the second biggest town in the whole country.
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