Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by oma, Feb 27, 2011.

  1. oma

    oma MajorGeek

    oma, Feb 27, 2011
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  2. Caliban

    Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!

    Korea: a gig-a-second by 2012!?! Yikes!

    :duck
     
    Caliban, Feb 27, 2011
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  3. Rikky

    Rikky Wile E. Coyote - One of a kind

    That's equal to or higher than the average data transfer rate of a hard drive:-D '125mbps',well most hard drives average about 50-100mbps so your hard drive would bottleneck at that speed.

    Updating to an SSD to make the most of your broadband?lulz

    EDIT On a one gigabit line you could stream 3 blueray movies simultaneously:-D
     
    Last edited: Feb 28, 2011
    Rikky, Feb 28, 2011
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  4. Groinsh0t

    Groinsh0t Private E-2

    My hard dreive is bottle necked on my uni connection- but there still something nice about watching your programs download at 12.5MB/s
     
    Groinsh0t, Mar 2, 2011
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