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    New Internet speeds coming down the pipe - pun

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      kejianshi
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      I get that alot…  )-:  haha

      (usually from neighbors)

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        Harvy66
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        @gonzopancho:

        You could move.

        HAHAHA! You forgot to put "/s"

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          @gonzopancho:

          I'm paying $65/mo for 1000/1000.

          That's surprisingly cheap. I guess there's a genuinely competitive market in Austin.

          I pay £25/m (~$38 at current rates) for 80/20 including a phone line that I don't use but am forced to take.

          Steve

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            kejianshi
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            Austin is one of those tiny specs on the map of the usa offering google fiber.

            Google has a big glass bowl full of the names of American cities.

            Every so often they stir it around, pick one at random and laugh at all the people living in cities not picked.

            Then they build it.

            Infrastructure by lottery.

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Haha! System working well then.  ::)

              Steve

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                kejianshi
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                Yeah - Its the bomb…  We should handle bridges, water, telephone, electricity etc the same way.

                The USA still isn't treating internet like critical infrastructure.

                The government talks about it alot, but its still pretty much at the whim if ISPs as a function of pure profit.

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                  grandrivers
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                  @kejianshi:

                  Yeah - Its the bomb…  We should handle bridges, water, telephone, electricity etc the same way.

                  The USA still isn't treating internet like critical infrastructure.

                  The government talks about it alot, but its still pretty much at the whim if ISPs as a function of pure profit.

                  couldn't have said it better
                  I have 3 different sources fiber in front of my house that unlimited money cant tap with no internet at my house I have to jump it from my dads with wireless and this is on a state highway that goes from coast to coast in the us
                  and the internet available at dads isn't good but its all thats available through cable thats very over sold

                  pfsense plus 25.03 super micro A1SRM-2558F
                  C2558 32gig ECC  60gig SSD

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                    kejianshi
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                    I know what you mean….  haha

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                      Guest
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                      You can either complain about the situation, or move to where the situation is improving.

                      pfSense HQ is in Austin.  IJS…

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                        kejianshi
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                        Austin?

                        I guess I'll have to complain a while….

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                          Harvy66
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                          According to the new marketing literature, my 100Mb/100Mb "dedicated" connection is good for web hosting, but they don't list Ecommerce until 500Mb.

                          I just ran a speed test with traffic shaping set to 950Mb and my bandwidth slowly oscillated between 96-98 according to a separate network graph and my ping to an internet server jumped up from 11ms to 23ms. Buffer bloat!

                          My upload test oscillated between 97-98 and again my ping jumped from 11 to 23. Buffer bloat every where!

                          I set my traffic shaping to 96Mb and now my ping remains a flat 11ms.

                          Seems my ISP's self-hosted speedtest server seems to be not entirely up to the task. I get 1Mb higher to a New York test server that is 1,000 miles away.

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                            Supermule Banned
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                            Use Google fiber and the state watches you everywhere :D

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