On a good day I get around 15Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. I've gotten upwards of 40Mbps download and 8Mbps upload while tethered to my phone though.
Currently ADSL with something like 8/1 but in the proccess of moving to cable 100/10. I believe I can get 500/50 or so from my cable company though that costs more than I would like.
> I'm not sure why they limit the upstream so much.
So that you don't run a data center from your house, which would saturate the network, which they are likely overselling, and so you don't cannibalize from the hosting services they would also be happy to sell you ala carte.
Also, in general web usage, the UPstream data requests are usually much smaller than the DOWN. E.g., "GET http://youtube.com/video" is very small, even with headers and whatnot added in, compared to the size of the video returned. It's more like 100:1 than 100:20, so unless you're trying to run services from home, you're likely coming out ahead.
Exactly the same here (NL too). Don't think I need this kind of speed, but it was included in the package...
Note that this costs you about EUR 55 per month, including landline phone AND cable TV. Not too bad compared to other countries!
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 47.1 ms ] threadMax download speed in transmission(mac) in optimal conditions: 5Mb/s On average: 1Mb/s
Up.speed: Can't tell, i barely upload anything. ISP: Antel
We have an optical-fibre line from them.
Location: Los Angeles
ISP: Time Warner Cable
Current ISP: Telia.
New ISP: Comhem
Stockholm, Sweden.
Current ISP: T-Mobile (using a broadband dongle)
Location: UK
UP: 0.57 Mbps
DOWN: 0.53 Mbps
Cheap - £30 for 90 days with "no limits" (but with limits). Sucky image caching. Sucky client (but you don't have to use it). Awful customer support.
Up: 20 Mbps
Location: Canada
ISP: SaskTel
It's a fiber connection. I'm not sure why they limit the upstream so much.
So that you don't run a data center from your house, which would saturate the network, which they are likely overselling, and so you don't cannibalize from the hosting services they would also be happy to sell you ala carte.
Also, in general web usage, the UPstream data requests are usually much smaller than the DOWN. E.g., "GET http://youtube.com/video" is very small, even with headers and whatnot added in, compared to the size of the video returned. It's more like 100:1 than 100:20, so unless you're trying to run services from home, you're likely coming out ahead.
Cable :)
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3178007556
Tigard, OR, USA
Down: 25.48
Up: 20.93
ISP: Frontier Communications
Helena, MT, USA
Down: 72.77 Mbps
Up: 45.06 Mbps
Skövde, Sweden
Down 90.32 Mbps
Up 10.02 Mbps
That's over my Wifi, I could probably get it up to 100 Mbps (that's what I pay for) if I connected a cable to my router.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3185041626
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Download: 1.33Mbps Upload: 0.53Mbps
It's around RM140 = 40++USD per month.