Internet speed record broken again

[admin]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/internet-speed-record-broken-again/2007/04/25/1177459749183.html

Speeds of 9.08 gigabits per second achieved over a 20,000 mile path. That's 1.135 gigabytes per second - you can download a DVD-5 every 4 seconds!

[techreactor]

Yeah! just read about it elsewhere, too good to be true, isnt it.

[cynthia]

I still remember the days with modems. Not that far away.

[jm1647]

I still remember the days with modems. Not that far away.

Me too....300 baud with a C=64, then thought I was flying when I went to 1200 baud

[drfsupercenter]

And I'm still stuck with 500k

[alan1476]

This is normal for my internet connection.

[Bay_wolf]

Man I still can't even get DSL. I'm stuck with Dial-Up but I'm glad to hear that they have achieved that speed.

Regards

[admin]

I'm changing ISPs soon so that I can hopefully get 8 Mbit/s ADSL (can't get ADSL2 in my area). My current ISP's new 8 Mbit/s ADSL plan only gives 6 GB of bandwidth ... ridiculous considering one of their previous plans had 60 GB (there is a new business plan that costs more than my current plan, but has less bandwidth ... no thanks).

[Chewy]

you could use up your monthly allotmate in 2 hours?

at 1MB/s

sh1te!

[admin]

Yes, the new "monthly" 8 Mbit/s plan basically limits you to 2 hours of continous downloads, and then you get pegged back to 64 Kbit/s! And the 6 GB isn't even for all the time, it's divided between 3 GB for peak and 3 GB for off peak (2am to 12pm).

Luckily, I'm on an old phased out plan that has 20 GB peak and 20 GB off peak. I'm switching to one with 8 Mbit/s, 40 GB (no peak/off peak), and it's $20 cheaper to boot. More reliable as well, according to people who have switched over.