Internet Connections: Types, ISPs, Speeds, and Prices
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A Former User last edited by
Now will you be happy with this thread, Leo?
Discussing everything Internet-providing-wise.
Sharing if you like, trouble and speeds, packages/plans, quirks, problems if happening.
Myself, having started with a USB modem (PC, not counting yonder cellphone browsing), have changed three providers since.
They say, worldwise Internet might be rather expensive, and I did see the prices-packages which kinda "inspired" me to stay in Russia for now: according to the data, the RF provides the cheapest Internet in the whole World, and it shocks me how much some people abroad pay whilst their packages provide only limited amount of data - instead of what people tend to be having here in Russia.
It is NORM to acquire an unlimited package plan here - on a wire (optic), while paying less than like 30 dollars a month...
What are your prices? Are they disappointing there?Well, I pay less than $10/month with normal speed of 20Mb/s. I know some here shared stuff and mentioned having limits, least they're deprived of speed after some amount consumed. Which is awful!
We don't usually experience limits if connected via fibre-optics here. I don't know if other, less advanced types of cable are still around though and how it goes that way, if it's there; I could guess if any, the only restriction might be the top speed, right?So, having some trouble recent month, perhaps some hardware regionwise like that, the things seem to have come to normal. I hope so...
My ISP informed me I've got the 20/20 package. Which is sufficient having only a single device connected; though I signed having in mind to possibly extend to two or three (tops), measuring the speed limits considering the ceiling when using a certain videohosting service, which used to top at about 8Mb/s download-wise.
Now I just measured my connection with this Speedtest.net, the down speed is as promised, but the up one is much higher - it actually routed through one of my previous ISP's servers, which might or might not be thought of considering funny: my treaty with this provider is kept viable with even the cable having not been disconnected - aside from my current Internet service, I'm also paying a small monthly fee to keep that other one on hold, just in case.So here it is now:
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A Former User last edited by
There was a line accident here with our ISP this past weekend, and I happened to meet Ookla's new looks with their speedtest...
We had our speeds low, and the upload speed stayed low when the download speed temporarily got better yesterday. Huh! yesterday I even had a measure when the panel showed huge acceleration and almost 100Mbps, I thought I heard police sirens...This new speedtest of Ookla's, is it their 'approximation' or is it possible?
I had my "ping" equal zero once or twice:
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A Former User last edited by
Some not so bad development recently!
It appeared my mobile operator had got a subsidiary ISP! A new server just recently popped up in my Ookla tests: "Megafon"; amazing results!
I called them MO and asked, they told it was theirs, which I just mentioned:)
Cool, cosy or both?
This morning's test: 
