We have cricket wireless with a USB wireless card.


It connects at 230.4 Kbps

Is this good? Because it runs really slow and disconnects a lot. (infact I keep getting disconnected as I am trying to post this lol)

Honestly, NOPE, sucks wind totally.

Mine is roughly 100 KBps and works fine for me... it's wired though.

Btw, what connection speed do you have Ben?

Aww OK thanks ben. Its 'neighbor net' so I guess I can't complain about it :P

I'm running slow at the moment with 11426 kbps which is approx 11 Mbps ;)

Not bad for ADSL2+ and over a mile from the exchange.

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Originally Posted by Curlyben

I'm running slow at the moment with 11426 kbps which is approx 11 Mbps ;)

Not bad for ADSL2+ and over a mile from the exchange.

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You call that slow! That's awsome!! I wonder when I'll have such type of connection... :rolleyes: Thanks Ben!

The connection is rated "upto" 24 Mbps, but drops off a lot with distance from the exchange.
Also as my telephone wires are on poles, the weather has quite an effect on noise on the line.
Normally I get 10-15 Mbps..

The max speed we can get in Mauritius is 1,024Kbps, but of course, it comes in more costly. Sometimes I wonder why Mauritius is not as developed as your country...

It's great... IF it is totally FREE

Otherwise that really sucks


I get more speed from my mobile phone

It might also be great if you live in a war torn third world country

For one, Mauritius is not considered to be a Third World country, but a developing one. Second, in this business world, nothing is free, except if you hack, but then, that's against the law. The big downturn then will be harsh if you get caught red handed. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Curlyben

I'm running slow at the moment with 11426 kbps which is approx 11 Mbps ;)

Not bad for ADSL2+ and over a mile from the exchange.

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We only have ADSL 1 here.
The 16GB download limit we have near kills me :p

They better hurry with those darn fibre optic cables though. :mad:
I want to move to Japan, they have T3, grrr

Pssst Shaz, your picture shows your wireless connection, not your internet one ;)

LOL! Right on Ben! :p

I get about 6mbps at home... which is what my ISP throttles me at, lol. They have this 'speedboost' thing which basically bursts your bandwidth to about 10 or 11mbps for the first 30 seconds or so of the connection. Great for small downloads and page load times.

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Originally Posted by Curlyben

Pssst Shaz, your picture shows your wireless connection, not your internet one ;)

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Ooooh OK, where do I find the normal internet connection?

Here's a good site to test your internet connection speed: Speakeasy - Speed Test

Just select the nearest city.

Oooops just noticed it USA only.
Hmmmmm

This ones for Ozzie: Speed Test on ZDNet Australia

Thanks Ben!

According to that it is:

1,275 kbps.
So only 1.2 mbps.

Bear in mind that's your connection to their servers, so you're more likely on a 2+mbps connection.

Cool, that's not to shabby... well it is, but it's fast enough for what I do!

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Originally Posted by jenniepepsi

we have cricket wireless with a USB wireless card.


it connects at 230.4 Kbps

is this good? because it runs really slow and disconnects alot. (infact i keep getting disconnected as i am trying to post this lol)

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If you're getting the boot all the time, it's your router that's the culprit, not the outside-internet connection.

At least with Comcast, they make bank by changing their service so frequently that you are forced to lease equipment from them, or deal with constant problems. They were able to disable options in our router, which is really a gateway, remotely, we can no longer use port forwarding.

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Originally Posted by slapshot_oi

If you're getting the boot all the time, it's your router that's the culprit, not the outside-internet connection.

At least with Comcast, they make bank by changing their service so frequently that you are forced to lease equipment from them, or deal with constant problems. They were able to disable options in our router, which is really a gateway, remotely, we can no longer use port forwarding.

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Nah, I use comcast, and I've been using my SB5100 for years now. It runs as my gateway and my linksys router does all the NAT for me, with port forwarding. They even let you have outbound port 25 connections to remote mailservers. More than most cable ISPs do for a residential account...