well, I mean 560 Kbytes/sec that means 560x8 = 4480 Kbits/sec roughly close to 5 Mbps, which is not bad
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 14:44 -0700, Vrej Melkonian wrote: > 570 Kbps down seems rather low. You should be between 1 Mbps to 3 Mbps. > My distance is less than 1 Km and I have 5 Mbps. > Up is probably 860 Kbps or something like that. > > --- On Fri, 4/15/11, Valery Shaevitch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Valery Shaevitch <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MLUG] OT: ISP Provider in Montreal > > To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> > > Received: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:09 AM > > Thanks to all > > I think I'll stick to acanac. I about 1km to the switch > > center > > I have ~ 570 kbyte down, ~ 85 kbyte up > > > > > > On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 13:02 -0700, Leslie S Satenstein > > wrote: > > > I used acanac from toronto. Yearly price is a > > great competitive > > > deal. > > > > > > Having moved to a new home where Bell is the > > distributor, I have not > > > checked Acanac out since, but I think they still offer > > unlimited > > > downloads. Speed is about 7k-8k in our office > > with DSL from Acanac. > > > But we are 100 meters wire to the Bell Distribution > > panel that > > > terminates with fibre. Remember what Bell says > > (they provide dry > > > loop), Your speed may vary. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Leslie > > > > > > Mr. Leslie Satenstein > > > 40 years in IT and going strong. > > > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, > > > and tomorrow will be even better. > > > > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > alternative: [email protected] > > > > > www.itbms.biz > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 4/13/11, Nick Sklav <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > From: Nick Sklav > > <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: > > [MLUG] OT: ISP Provider in Montreal > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, > > April 13, 2011, 10:38 PM > > > > > > On Wed, > > 2011-04-13 at 19:52 -0400, Gabriel Marrero wrote: > > > > I am using > > teksavvy and it is dls however you have all port > > > opened > > > > and static > > public IP. > > > > > > > > For this > > prices ( around $40) it is good deal > > > > > > > > xgabo > > > > > > > > > I have mentioned > > this before, Teksavvy allows people to create > > > groups > > > and get > > additional discounts I have a group called "Tonic" > > > which a > > > friend and I > > started a few years back anybody is welcome to > > > join all you > > > have to do is > > mention the group name when you sign up. If they > > > ask any > > > question like > > name Just say Nick Sklavenitis is a friend and I > > > refered > > > you. > > > > > > Im just not sure > > if they offer it still but it does not hurt > > > to try. > > > > > > I am currently > > paying 32.xx for 5M down 800k up and static ip. > > > Obviously > > > the dry loop > > will add some but maybe under the group discount > > > it might > > > be cheaper my > > limit is 300Gig a month and i run web server > > > mail server > > > etc... Hell i > > even used to host family and friends websites > > > and i never > > > passed the limit > > and that included distro hoping and > > > downloading iso > > > every other > > day. > > > > > > Later > > > > > > Nick Sklav > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mlug mailing > > list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mlug mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mlug mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
