Speedtests for bragging rights seems to be pretty popular. Th'internet makes children of us all.

Most people still prefer the "old" pastimes, but they don't hang around on forums for the sad and bored.

Doing it "because you can" is fine, but why should the rest of us pay for it through government subsidies (or indeed our utility bills)? The poor subsidising the rich, usually.

Edited by deleted (Wed 26-Jun-13 21:21:54)

In reply to a post by Lethe:

I cannot understand the 'faster uploads' bit

Once use of that is to watch stuff on your home PVR from a remote location while away on business for example on the other side of the world.

Because I am too far from the exchange to get anything above 3mbps on ADSL, and the increased upload speeds is becoming more important these days. Ever tried uploading a 10 minute HD video to youtube with a .7mbps upload? Its not nice...

And if like me you live with your family/other heavy users then you really do start to see the benefits of a bigger "pipe", even if you are not using much of that pipe yourself.

Edited by deleted (Wed 26-Jun-13 21:29:19)

11-12 Meg here, and I couldn't justify paying more for faster, but I don't download too much or too often. If one could custom-order their BB connections, I'd have 10 Meg SDSL and sub 20ms pings...and a 50GB monthly allowance.

In reply to a post by gomezz:

One use of that is to watch stuff on your home PVR from a remote location while away on business for example on the other side of the world.

You can't find anything more interesting in your spare time whilst abroad that you have to pretend you are at home doing the the same old?

I have just upgraded from 40/10 to 80/20 and there is certainly no particular "need" for the extra speed but for the sake of an extra £5 per month I may as well have the extra speed available.

I can imagine if you are away from home frequently or for long periods as part of the grind of doing your job then a bit of the same old, same old to chill out to is exactly what you may want at the end of a tiring day in yet another anonymous hotel room.

In reply to a post by Lethe:

I am with you - and reading the replies, I still do not understand it at all.

Being on the 'net since 1995 with a 33.6kbs modem, I cannot understand the 'faster uploads' bit - let alone the 'streaming household' bit also?

Why do people need to 'upload' videos to family? What happened to speaking to them? Why does everybody need to have separate TV's/consoles/gadgets on the net to watch streaming video? Does nobody watch air TV any more/play football/go to the pub?

The world is getting weird and very, very sad.

Nick
P.S. when I was a kid, there was no mobile phones/internet - so when I went out for hours on end to play football, cycle or whatever, my parents never knew where I was or what I was up to - but it didn't matter. Now it seems, everybody is 'integrated' into facebook style lives where they all have to tell each other (with videos) when they have a cr4p et al.

It is not all about family videos that get uploaded, my upload reasons are updating my website, which often means uploading multiple images uploading even 10meg on a 0.3 upload speed is torture. Then when I have to upload a 500 meg plus tutorial video to youtube I have to do this overnight or hog the connection for hours during the day.

I can think of a lot of things to do abroad - job or not - but if I was abroad, the last thing I would think of is 'how fast is my internet connection today'.

You must have a sad job and life but sync at >66mbps.

Nick

In reply to a post by colic:

In reply to a post by Lethe:

I am with you - and reading the replies, I still do not understand it at all.

Being on the 'net since 1995 with a 33.6kbs modem, I cannot understand the 'faster uploads' bit - let alone the 'streaming household' bit also?

Why do people need to 'upload' videos to family? What happened to speaking to them? Why does everybody need to have separate TV's/consoles/gadgets on the net to watch streaming video? Does nobody watch air TV any more/play football/go to the pub?

The world is getting weird and very, very sad.

Nick
P.S. when I was a kid, there was no mobile phones/internet - so when I went out for hours on end to play football, cycle or whatever, my parents never knew where I was or what I was up to - but it didn't matter. Now it seems, everybody is 'integrated' into facebook style lives where they all have to tell each other (with videos) when they have a cr4p et al.

It is not all about family videos that get uploaded, my upload reasons are updating my website, which often means uploading multiple images uploading even 10meg on a 0.3 upload speed is torture. Then when I have to upload a 500 meg plus tutorial video to youtube I have to do this overnight or hog the connection for hours during the day.

OK, 500 meg video? Explain - what is that, a 3 hour film? 500 meg?

Nick