Eh?
Does my broadband feel faster?
No, it bloody well does not.
Akamai says it went up 20 per cent
I think that these reports are leaking in from a parallel universe.
4.5 Mbps? I wish.
Broadband speeds around the world increased by 20 per cent, year on year, according to internet tentacle monster Akamai. The website-caching giant claims in its latest State of the Internet report that, during the past three months to now, connections to ISPs peaked at 26.9Mbps, on average, dropping to 4.5Mbps the rest of the …
seems to be getting slower. Web pages are instant and download speeds have been pretty much consistent. BBC HD streams just fine. Perhaps Akamai are just promoting their services and El Reg fell for it.... Of course broadband speeds are slowly improving.... or does one expect technology advances to make Internet access slower?
* from tomorrow
BT have got their finger out and upgraded my cabinet to infinity! I'm getting moved over tomorrow so I should have a jump from 4mb to 40mb. And yes of course who knows what I'll actually end up with, but since it is my only option I'll be happy if it works.
Actually I'm not so bothered about the download speeds going up. It's the upload speed increase from 0.3mb to 10mb that I'm looking forward to, that will make working from home much easier.
In the Seattle area, the local effective monopoly Comcast is finally getting some competition from gigabit installers. Coincidentally (not!), Comcast just rolled out doubled speeds at the previous prices (subject, of course, to the usual Comcast nickel and dime fee increases from year to year). My (standard level) service is now about 55M down/6M up.
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I moved house a little over a year ago.
To a new build, on a new estate, that is about 30% closer to my local BT exchange than the old place was, and I am now just round the corner from the same main road that the exchange is on. (So not just physically closer, but almost a straight line down a main road to get there).
Yet, my internet (ADSL) went from around 18Mbps, and a solid speed 24/7, to around 13-14Mbps, and is noticeably slower in the evenings.
It also always seems to take a while to initiate any new connections, doesn't seem to matter if from PC or phone, to a web site, or some service accessed via an app. Fail first time, then straight through a few seconds later :-/
For example, Steam always fails its first attempt to log in, try again a few seconds later and you're in. Same with just about anything I try, v frustrating!