How long do you think it will be before we start seeing 100mbps boradband speeds?

[Technologic]

How long do you think? I'd say 2-3 years at most, seeming as virgin have been testing 100mbps speeds and such.

Your views?

[jackass]

How long do you think? I'd say 2-3 years at most, seeming as virgin have been testing 100mbps speeds and such.

Your views?

They havn't been testing 100mbps, I thought it was like 54mbps.

And I think it will be a while yet. 100mbps is a huge ammount.

[shizzle]

When Japan merges with UK or where ever you are :)

[Jordy]

Virgin Media have been testing 50MB, I heard though that BT are testing just over 100MB as an experiment.

[shizzle]

Virgin Media have been testing 50MB, I heard though that BT are testing just over 100MB as an experiment.
BT will make it, because its quite fast already.

[Agnostic Bear]

BT will make it, because its quite fast already.

BT is slow. Seriously slow. I'll be on 50mb by the end of the year if Virgin keep on track.

[Recursion]

Some guy working on another country got a few gigabytes of internet download.

[Jakish]

Next year.

Virgin wont improve it till next year tbh, they still have to update all the areas to 20mb.

[shizzle]

BT is slow. Seriously slow. I'll be on 50mb by the end of the year if Virgin keep on track.
From what I heard its quite fast.

[Andys]

I remember someone telling me that one guy made a 2gb connection or whatever a while ago.

But yeah, I think it will be about 1-2 years tbh.

[shizzle]

Oh I see.

[ebay]

Remember last year some woman has 70GB connection :)

[samsaBEAR]

yeh i remember reading about that, somewhere in sweden maybe. her son had her house wired for it, and the best thing she liked about it was she could dry her clothes with something related to it that gave of loads of heat. i cant remember what it was

[Imagine]

You will find that large organisations and schools etc already have 100mb connections, i know for a fact that my college does, obviosy this is shared between hundreds of computers so at busy times its not that noticeable but when there are not many people using the computer system, the internet is super fast.

[Decode]

Remember last year some woman has 70GB connection :)
Rapidshare has 120GB upload. :)

[N!ck]

Rapidshare has 120GB upload. :)

Made up of several slower connections.

[HotelUser]

I highly doubt these speeds will be affordable anytime within the next 5 years to be quite honest.

[shizzle]

I'd like a fast speed.

[Agnostic Bear]

Rapidshare has 120GB upload. :)

230...

I know my school had a gigabit fibre line.


I highly doubt these speeds will be affordable anytime within the next 5 years to be quite honest.

From what I've heard, 50mbit is gonna cost £47 a month. People in sweden pay £40 for 200mbit up and down.

[jackass]

You will find that large organisations and schools etc already have 100mb connections, i know for a fact that my college does, obviosy this is shared between hundreds of computers so at busy times its not that noticeable but when there are not many people using the computer system, the internet is super fast.

Thats the network.

Not the wireless.

[Josh-H]

Internet speeds are greatly limited at the moment because most of our internet comes through our phone cables. We'll only get 100mbs + when we switch to fibre.

[shizzle]

Internet speeds are greatly limited at the moment because most of our internet comes through our phone cables. We'll only get 100mbs + when we switch to fibre.
If it was phone cables it would probably be faster.

[Imagine]

Thats the network.

Not the wireless.

Yes, i am aware of that. What i was saying is that you can't experiance the full effect of the 100mb line on a busy network.

[DaveTaylor]

There was tests and successful tests of 1GBPS across 1Km square about 3-4 months ago. So it's possible soon however costly. But I estimate about 3-4 years to be honest.

[shizzle]

There was tests and successful tests of 1GBPS across 1Km square about 3-4 months ago. So it's possible soon however costly. But I estimate about 3-4 years to be honest.
Cool, then I can't wait :)

[HotelUser]

230...

I know my school had a gigabit fibre line.



From what I've heard, 50mbit is gonna cost £47 a month. People in sweden pay £40 for 200mbit up and down.


For a user you wouldn't NEED 100mb/s or 200mb/s. Leave that to the servers to get the fast internet speeds. I've had the same speed internet now for 9 years, (speed is below). and it does the job just fine.

[---MAD---]

I think 10-20 mb/s (up and down) is more than enough to aim for, at least for now. Maybe once streaming videos is at a higher quality, we will need faster connections that that but for the moment I see no reason to have a 100 mb connection.

The UK and USA are surprisingly behind in regards to internet speeds I believe. I read the other day (on bbcnews I think) that using sewers to place the fibre optics is a cheaper method for the UK to go. Maybe if USA spent less on NASA and more on life back on earth, americans would appreciate their tax money a bit more :P.

The cost of having a 100mb/s line for a regular person is far too high for companies to consider right now unless they have a cheap method of setting it up and maintaining it.

[Technologic]

I think 10-20 mb/s (up and down) is more than enough to aim for, at least for now. Maybe once streaming videos is at a higher quality, we will need faster connections that that but for the moment I see no reason to have a 100 mb connection.

The UK and USA are surprisingly behind in regards to internet speeds I believe. I read the other day (on bbcnews I think) that using sewers to place the fibre optics is a cheaper method for the UK to go. Maybe if USA spent less on NASA and more on life back on earth, americans would appreciate their tax money a bit more :P.

The cost of having a 100mb/s line for a regular person is far too high for companies to consider right now unless they have a cheap method of setting it up and maintaining it.
Actually the uk is starting to offer speeds about 5-10x that of the US. Because they so heavily invested in ADSL connections and what not back in the late 90s and early 00s they are determined to get another good 5 years out of the technology. Around 50% of americans in new york state dont even have internet access :l.

It was on the gadget show 8-)

[shizzle]

Hopefully MAD.

[N!ck]

The US is actually a fair bit ahead of the UK as far as the internet is concerned.

[Blob]

The US is actually a fair bit ahead of the UK as far as the internet is concerned.

What about pies?

Anyways, I reckon 20MB is good enough for me lol, i only have 2 MB with BT so im goin to Virgin.

[N!ck]

What about pies?

Anyways, I reckon 20MB is good enough for me lol, i only have 2 MB with BT so im goin to Virgin.

pies???

[Blob]

pies???


The US is actually a fair bit ahead of the UK as far as the internet is concerned.

Now change that to as far as pies is concerned. Who wins.

[lew!]

USA.

Also, I have a really slow line, Ive experienced some really really really fast internet, not sure but it was on fibre cable..

[N!ck]

Now change that to as far as pies is concerned. Who wins.

Oh i thought it was some acronym lol.

[alexxxxx]

I was under the impression that american line speeds are fast in the cities but not as much out of them. Whilst the UK is pretty much DSL/Cable (not fiber) everywhere (being more compact and whatnot). Fiber will be placed soon. BT is currently laying the 21st century network or something.

[Agnostic Bear]

Internet speeds are greatly limited at the moment because most of our internet comes through our phone cables. We'll only get 100mbs + when we switch to fibre.

Virgin media use fibre to within 1km of the home. Usually within 500m

[shizzle]

Virgin media use fibre to within 1km of the home. Usually within 500m
Never knew they used fibre.

[[Chris]]

i've got Fibre optic cables down my street..

the americans have poo connections on xbl though

[Firehorse]

probably in about 15 years

[-Danube-]

Near the bottom of this article on MSN it talks about speeds in the UK and that we would need to change the hardware all around the country or we will have a broadband crunch and end up with dial up speeds agen.

http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8085393

[Zaub]

In Australia, I'd say as long as 15 years.

[FlyingJesus]

Pretty sure my wireless says 54mbps when it's going properly :S doesn't often happen because the "aerial" I have is actually a paperclip stuck in the back on the PC at the moment. It's currently saying 2mbps and this is the lowest I've seen it in a while

[---MAD---]

Pretty sure my wireless says 54mbps when it's going properly :S doesn't often happen because the "aerial" I have is actually a paperclip stuck in the back on the PC at the moment. It's currently saying 2mbps and this is the lowest I've seen it in a while
That's not the actual internet speed though. Mine says 100mb/s when it's actually 1mb. DSL connections up/down are never the same either, download speeds are much faster (usually more than double) than upload speeds. I believe fibre allows you to have the same up and down speed.

There are loads of speed tests avaliable on the internet that you can use to find out your true download and upload speeds.

[shizzle]

That's not the actual internet speed though. Mine says 100mb/s when it's actually 1mb. DSL connections up/down are never the same either, download speeds are much faster (usually more than double) than upload speeds. I believe fibre allows you to have the same up and down speed.

There are loads of speed tests avaliable on the internet that you can use to find out your true download and upload speeds.
yes, speedtest.net

[FlyingJesus]

lol cheeky whatsits, I don't really care as long as it works

[N!ck]

;4680487']i've got Fibre optic cables down my street..

the americans have poo connections on xbl though

Our steet does not have fibres down it as far as i know... and the Americans seem slow because of their proximity to us.


That's not the actual internet speed though. Mine says 100mb/s when it's actually 1mb. DSL connections up/down are never the same either, download speeds are much faster (usually more than double) than upload speeds. I believe fibre allows you to have the same up and down speed.

There are loads of speed tests avaliable on the internet that you can use to find out your true download and upload speeds.

The common amounts are normally around 10-20:1 for download:upload speed ratio, with the better ISPs offering better ratios.