A friend of mine keeps insisting he gets 100MB/sec. with Qwest DSL service here in Phoenix, at $25 a month. I have Cox cable modem service and the maximum that is available is supposed to be 12MB/sec, at $60 a month. I asked Cox, and they tell me that 100MB/sec. speed isn't even possible currently, but my neighbor shows me this report on his PC that shows 100MB in one second, and he says downloads are really really fast. I'm not an expert on this -- nor a total novice -- so does anybody know the real stats?
2007-08-06 08:04:57 · 8 answers · asked by fitpro11 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The 100 Mb speed is probably his PC speed to his router. From the modem to the ISP is probably closer to 754 Kb. Ask them to visit http://performance.toast.net/ and let you know what the results are.
Most routers offer 100 Mb for wired connections and 54 Mb for wireless (depending on which wireless protocol, but G is typical). Just because the router offers that speed it doesn't mean that they have that speed all the way to the Internet. The 100 Mb speed would only be noticeable for PC to PC transfers when both are plugged directly into their router. Going to the ISPs line behind the modem (DSL, cable, or FiOS) is going to be slower than your network on your router.
2007-08-06 08:10:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 08:35:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about. There are no 100/mb/sec providers in the U.S. at this time. The fastest for consumers is Verizon's FIOS service and it's top speed is 30Mb/sec.
2007-08-06 08:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone is sure pulling a fast one on you!!!
I have a T3 ADSL, which is the fastest available and the max MBPS is 45.and that is an uncanny lightning speed!!
I have never gotten anything over 27 MBPS!
Check it out!
http://www.broadbandinfo.com/internet-access/dsl/t1-t3-compare.html
2007-08-06 12:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His LAN connection is telling him that, his down speed is not that I can assure you, cox doesn't even offer anything over 12mbps down right now. 100 roflmao
2007-08-06 08:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's possible
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750949-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Japan's internet connection is 10 times faster than the U.S.'s.
2007-08-06 08:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well if he showed it to you and the paper looked real then maybe the internet guy doesnt know what hes talking about i mean hey sometimes people who have that job dont even know what they're talking about!!
Brianna A.
2007-08-06 08:11:13 · answer #7 · answered by Basically Brianna™ 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yeah he is full of it. tell him to do a speed test
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
2007-08-06 08:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by mamaboy7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋