Internet 30 or Internet 100?
Friday, November 12, 2010 by scharchuk | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
My provider in now offering two new bandwidth options 30 Mbps and 100 Mbps. Right now I have 15 Mbps and it seems to suit most of my needs, plus it doesn't have any caps or limits on as well for $65 per month including tax. 30 Mbps is about $20 more a month more, but it'll have a 250 gb cap and the 100Mbps with be $170 per mouth with the same cap. Should I upgrade, and to what, or stay with what I have now?
Reply #3 Friday, November 12, 2010 10:54 PM
Before you decide to change plans, etc the important issue [for us all] is approximately June next year the world will have run out of IP addresses. There are currently around 204 million left. There 'were' 4.3 billion and 30 years ago that was imagined as 'enough'... bit like the Dos 640 memory limit].
This means the 'Net' will switch to a 128bit system for IP handling....the hardware, etc. will need to be new [it's backward-compatible] but without people buying new hardware users will see more nad more of the [total] Net being inaccessible to them.
There are claims it will cost the Net users [as a whole] in the billions to 'upgrade'.
Think of it like running out of phone numbers....and countries moving from [say] 7 digit to 8 digit ...so there's more available...except in this case...if your mate gets a new 8 digit number...you won't be able to ring them as your phone only handles 7.
All this affects cell/mobile phones too....the ones with net access [not just computers]...
Reply #4 Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:36 PM
Totally irrelevant. There was the Y2K problem, the chip capacity problem, and the Internet speed limit. All of them we easily solved. If we listened to the naysayers, people with their heads in the sand, we would still be living in the Stone Age....... You forgot about IPv6.
Reply #5 Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:13 PM
My IP "says" I have 100 mbps and I pay $50 a month...problem is I don't get anywhere near 100 mbps. It all depends on the websites themselves from what I've seen and what they allow you to download at. I think it's just a gimmick to get more money out of you.
Reply #6 Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:17 PM
That's the maximum speed of your network card, not you're actual speed. Under XP mine said the same and I only had a 5 Mbps connection.
Reply #7 Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:03 PM
If you really want to know your Internet connection speed, try using:
Gives you a real good idea. 
Reply #8 Saturday, November 13, 2010 11:28 PM
I didn't forget about ipv6 ... I simply described what it is and why it's important to consider...like, you know...deciding what ISP to actually use....dependent on their timely uptake of the Protocol.
If your preferred ISP is ALSO slow on the uptake it will matter little what connection speed you change to....you may be wanting to change company TOTALLY.
Reply #9 Sunday, November 14, 2010 9:22 AM
If your preferred ISP is ALSO slow on the uptake it will matter little what connection speed you change to....you may be wanting to change company TOTALLY.
My ISP was ranked one of the fastest in NA. Luckily we don't take naysayers seriously. They like to create problems where there really aren't any. Make a mountain out of a mole hill. I.E. Y2K was going to be the end of the world. People wouldn't place the fixes in on time, etc, etc.... NOTHING disastrous happened. IPv6 has been built into Windows for sometime now waiting to be used when the time comes.
Reply #10 Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:03 PM
Actually, I think I'm using the wrong word. It should be doomsayer, not naysayer.
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Reply #1 Friday, November 12, 2010 8:49 PM
If you are happy where you are at now, why not just stay there? I mean, unless your rich and can afford it that is.