I'm thinking of changing my ISP package to save a little money but was wondering what I'd be sacrificing in the process. Could anyone give me any idea please? (They all provide 24 hour surfing.)
2006-11-16 03:59:37 · 14 answers · asked by tattyhead65 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
1 MB, 2 MB, 8 MB etc.. speeds are not big deal for now since most applications on the internet ran smoothly even with speeds less than 1 MB.. Unless if .you are browsing on a graphic/flash-heavily intensive site. but that's just less than .01% of all sites in the internet.. Also if you are downloading large files downlink speed is important.. If you are uploading files uplink speed is important.. but you have to check your provider on these.. But for me this is not too important considering with the competition most providers provide faster speeds.
With that said, what I can suggest is you choose a provider that has a good tracking record with 99.99% uptime, with consistent speed and above all 24 hour technical PHONE support..
There are other criteria but for me those above are my priority
Goodluck!
2006-11-16 04:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by axillon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you are just surfing normally then 1 or 2 Mb is fine, 8mb perhaps if you plan to download lost of music or DVDs.
Alot of the time the figure they advertise is what you can get for short burst, but over an hour of constant downloading it will be lower. Hence why the earlier answer said they did not notice the change from 1 - 8mb.
2006-11-16 04:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by dsclimb1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a question of high quality or quantity. 8mb is wide for an image and in a good number of cases an image that huge is amazingly solid determination yet from what you reported about your digital camera, that is a normal digital camera so i does not anticipate it to be extremely using all the 8mb impressive. What I recommend is taking an similar image in each and every length and then analyze it on your laptop. See what length is what you'll need and also you'll also see how there is maximum likely no important enormous difference between 8mb and 5mb. What i propose is 5mb because it provides you with a crisp image that looks solid on image paper and that is going to also allow you to take extra pictures than the 8mb. So really the bigger in length, the theoretically more effective high quality. save in recommendations although, some cameras do not honestly take more effective determination pictures with an more advantageous image length, that is purely made into an more advantageous image digitally with software on the digital camera, that is an similar high quality image really, yet larger.
2016-11-29 04:54:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More Mb the better. Just read the fine print, some ISP have a download limit for the month, so the more songs, videos, etc you download could exceed your quota. Don't take things at face value with ISP contracts.
2006-11-16 04:06:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It realy depends on what you want from your isp.
For downloading speed and volumes i would recomend either telewest or ntl as thay have no download limites on your connection.
If your just a casule browser who does a bit of gameing and email online then a 2mb is plenty.
ps on a 10mb cable conection you get a transfer rate max of around 1.1MB per sec
on adsl 8 mb around 750kbps
on adsl 4 mb around 300-400 kbps
on adsl 2 mb around 125 kbps
These are all the best you would get but in reality you will be restriced by where you are downloading from ie country / site
2006-11-16 04:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by rage.dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's supposed to be faster - but unless you've got a seriously fast PC to keep up with the volume of the bandwidth I don't think it's worth going over 2Mb.
If you're only using it to surf and download music don't bother - if you're downloading huge files or films, the higher the better.
2006-11-16 04:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the bandwidth alloted. Its almost never the same as what is said. Unless you are going to do some heavy downloads, you might not even notice the difference in peak hours and not that worth changing...
2006-11-16 04:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by tBone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1mb = 1024kb
2mb = 2048
u can can choose ur plan but the speed may vary depending on the bandwidth length
2006-11-16 04:03:44 · answer #8 · answered by deadman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive gone from 1mb to 8mb and hardly notice a change to be honest.
2006-11-16 04:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they refer to the speed of information transfer. what you want to get depends on what you use your internet for. if you are using it for business then 2-3Mb should be fine but if you stream music/video, get as much as you can.
2006-11-16 04:02:11 · answer #10 · answered by tn5421 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋