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Old 03-23-2014, 04:47 PM   #1
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I have Shaw 25mbps. I'm thinking I should upgrade, but not sure if it will really be worth it. I have a mid-2010 macbook pro, so I figure at some point my computer will hinder any advantages to having more bandwidth.

I don't really play any online games, but I do download and stream a lot of content (CBC hockey games, YouTube in HD, etc).
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Old 03-23-2014, 04:51 PM   #2
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I'm on Shaw in BC.

Using Speedtest I got 15Mbps down and .54Mbps up.
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Old 03-23-2014, 05:03 PM   #3
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Shaw as well. "Hi Speed 25"
Used the above Speedtest link.

23.20 down
8.22 up
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Old 03-23-2014, 05:26 PM   #4
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http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3391160509

During the week from 3pm to midnight approximately, my speed drops to about 1/10 of this making watching utube or centre ice almost unwatchable.

My plan is for 25Mbps down and 2.5Mbps up.
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Old 03-23-2014, 05:36 PM   #5
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Shaw BB50 (It can fluctuate time to time, but no real complaints for speed).

Wired.
Down 48.77 Mb/s
Up 3.30 Mb/s

WiFi.
Down 27.49 Mb/s
Up 3.28 Mb/s
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Old 03-23-2014, 06:00 PM   #6
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Paying for 25 getting about 7.
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Old 03-23-2014, 06:06 PM   #7
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Old 03-23-2014, 06:12 PM   #8
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Google Fiber 1 gigabit....

Ha I wish.

Shaw 25, actual speeds have been pretty good:
Down: 25.18 Mbps
Up: 2.70 Mbps
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You guys are sooo lucky. I'm happy if I can get 1 Mbps out in the jungle.
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Old 03-23-2014, 07:20 PM   #11
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I think 25Mbps is fine for streaming unless there's lots of people in the house, downloads just take longer so it's just a question of how long you want to wait for a download.

Gaming even if you did it wouldn't be a factor, streaming takes up a lot more bandwidth than gaming.

Other than being to download a large file faster, not sure what other benefit there is.

I wanted the 10Mbps upload for work.
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Old 03-23-2014, 07:29 PM   #12
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Shaw BB50 (It can fluctuate time to time, but no real complaints for speed).

Wired.
Down 48.77 Mb/s
Up 3.30 Mb/s

WiFi.
Down 27.49 Mb/s
Up 3.28 Mb/s
I'm about the same as you on both



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I think 25Mbps is fine for streaming unless there's lots of people in the house, downloads just take longer so it's just a question of how long you want to wait for a download.

Gaming even if you did it wouldn't be a factor, streaming takes up a lot more bandwidth than gaming.

Other than being to download a large file faster, not sure what other benefit there is.

I wanted the 10Mbps upload for work.
This.

I only have higher than BB25 so I have the improved upload of BB50
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Old 03-23-2014, 08:26 PM   #14
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victoria telus 25

just ran it:

down: 26.91 mbps
up: 6.73 mbps

getting 1.9 mbps higher than what i'm paying for, hurray?
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Might be a bit limited by wifi and am streaming hbo at the moment:

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Paying for Telus 25, on wifi.

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Might be a bit limited by wifi and am streaming hbo at the moment:

What are you paying for that?
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What are you paying for that?
$78. I only have internet with them, so no bundle discounts.
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$78. I only have internet with them, so no bundle discounts.
I don't think we have fios down here, wired for my I'm at 50mbps and it's like $70
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Old 03-23-2014, 09:17 PM   #20
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Just did a quick re-test over Wifi.

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