Broadband in other parts of the world...

Inkblot · Dec 03, 2009, 07:40:28

Take a look at the speeds this guy is getting...

The online game I play (Lord of the Rings) is about to launch a new expansion and the 1g patch was made available a couple of days back via a torrent. Somebody thought it wold be fun to see who could seed the most - here in the UK we don't stand a chance! There have been a few people saying they have 100m/100m connections - some of them claim to have downloaded the patch in just a couple of minutes

I can imagine piracy being a much bigger problem if everybody did have connections that quick!

Is the UK really that far behind? I remember reading of a report that placed us way down the list of average speeds - not even top 50 I think but I could be wrong on that.

Edit: Picture is smaller that I expected! For those who don't want to squint at it he is currently uploading at 7.0mb/s with an average of 4.3 mb/s and he managed to download the 1.01g file in just under 26 minutes - and I bet there weren't as many seeders then either, took me about 1/2 day to get the file!

Rik · Dec 03, 2009, 08:29:52

You know how to upset a person, don't you.

Inkblot · Dec 03, 2009, 08:34:19

Quote from: Rik on Dec 03, 2009, 08:29:52
You know how to upset a person, don't you.

I practice lots - at least that's what my wife says

Rik · Dec 03, 2009, 08:34:59

Fox · Dec 03, 2009, 16:50:00

We are still in the dark ages as far as the interweb goes. A friend of mine in California has FIOS and gets 50Meg download 20Meg upload speeds....dont you just hate that

Rik · Dec 03, 2009, 17:06:02

Yes.

Glenn · Dec 03, 2009, 17:11:58

Just go to Korea http://gizmodo.com/5144345/korea-to-get-1gbps-downloading-by-2012

Rik · Dec 03, 2009, 17:14:30

Donald Russell don't deliver there.

Glenn · Dec 03, 2009, 17:34:16

Do they to California then?

Rik · Dec 03, 2009, 18:08:41

Haven't checked yet, but the Hebridean Smokehouse do.