Internt speeds, does it affect browsing?

[RCBH928]

so much for 10mbs
This is what I do not understand, I swear the torrents are as fast as advertised from my ISP.

[ExedExes]

so much for 10mbs
This is what I do not understand, I swear the torrents are as fast as advertised from my ISP.

Is that a cable internet 10mpbs? Understand that with a cable internet connection, you and other users in your area are connected to a single "neighborhood" node of sorts, meaning from that one node, you share a single connection, and your speed will be affected by the demands put onto that one node by the other users, so if someone is streaming, torrenting, or doing something that puts a load on that node at the same time as you, you'll be experiencing a slower speed. I don't know how network conditions are outside of the US.

[BurningDoom]

C-, wow, my internet sucks.

so much for 10mbs
This is what I do not understand, I swear the torrents are as fast as advertised from my ISP.

I don't understand, my d/l is as 11 something, and yours is 3 something and my upload is nearly double yours, yet you have a higher grade than I do. What am I missing here?

[ninjainspandex]

hughsnet isnt that satellite internet? i had that when i was a teen living with my parents, oh my god was it terrible i used to play world of warcraft with 1000ms ping every day, not sure why i put up with it guess because its all we could get.

[alienjesus]

Not bad.

I don't understand, my d/l is as 11 something, and yours is 3 something and my upload is nearly double yours, yet you have a higher grade than I do. What am I missing here?

Maybe it's on a regional basis and his is on average better compared to a greater number of other users in his area than yours? Note that you're slower than 57% of the US and he's faster than 59% of Bahrain.

[ninjainspandex]

man i cant wait for google fiber to catch on 1gb/s downloads, not even sure what i would do with all that power, here comes skynet

[ExedExes]

hughsnet isnt that satellite internet? i had that when i was a teen living with my parents, oh my god was it terrible i used to play world of warcraft with 1000ms ping every day, not sure why i put up with it guess because its all we could get.

It certainly is, and if that's bad enough, they have some pretty strict bandwidth caps (if you can reach them) and I believe speeds are still throttled during certain times of the day.

[ninjainspandex]

hughsnet isnt that satellite internet? i had that when i was a teen living with my parents, oh my god was it terrible i used to play world of warcraft with 1000ms ping every day, not sure why i put up with it guess because its all we could get.

It certainly is, and if that's bad enough, they have some pretty strict bandwidth caps (if you can reach them) and I believe speeds are still throttled during certain times of the day.

wow that makes sense now i remember waking up in the middle of the night to play just because the ping would dip down to like 400-500 still horrible but somewhat playable. i always wondered why the ping varied during the day vs the late night

[RCBH928]

so much for 10mbs
This is what I do not understand, I swear the torrents are as fast as advertised from my ISP.

Is that a cable internet 10mpbs? Understand that with a cable internet connection, you and other users in your area are connected to a single "neighborhood" node of sorts, meaning from that one node, you share a single connection, and your speed will be affected by the demands put onto that one node by the other users, so if someone is streaming, torrenting, or doing something that puts a load on that node at the same time as you, you'll be experiencing a slower speed. I don't know how network conditions are outside of the US.

its something called Wiimax. They give you a device that looks like a router and it connects to the internet like your cellphone connects to 3g. Look at the picture.

As for speeds, thats what gets to me. You think its slow because others are using it, but once you run torrent files...those things give you 100% speed as advertised and maybe a little bit more. So this confuses me. I used to get 0.5 mbs on speed test when I had the 4mbs package.

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1-Can some one please explain to me what is Ping in simple terms? No one ever mentioned to me his internet speed by measuring the ping.

2-How come businesses get these crazy internet speeds like 10GB downloads, and how much do they pay for such stuff? I always wonder who is Google's ISP that can handle so much upload power.

3-I noticed my ISP uses static IP address, is this dangerous security wise? The ISP I had before would assign a new IP address for you ever time you dc .

[MrPopo]

1. Ping is the time it takes for a packet to reach a remote server. Think of it as how far you are from the server in internet terms. Ping affects how real-time stuff is; if you're playing TF2 and your ping is 500 ms then that means that all the data you get from the server is coming 500 ms after it actually happens, which is a noticable delay.

3. A static IP is technically a security risk over a dynamic IP, but as a practical matter you shouldn't worry about it.