A recent conversation here on GD reminded that it’s been a little while since we last talked about internet connection speeds and download caps. Every year our game downloads become increasingly gargantuan; unwieldy beasts that mean if we want to play a game we have to plan for it potentially days before.
Barring the few of us that have insane business net connections measuring in the gigabits, downloading GTA 5 in a matter of minutes rather than hours, we all have to contend with regular 50GB downloads. At the last time of writing I was hooked up to a 15Mb/s ADSL connection and I was pretty happy with it. Fast forward two years and I couldn’t live without my 50Mb/s fiber. It’s not setting the world alight, but I’m usually downloading at a decent 6.5MB/s, enough to get pretty much any game within a few hours.
The problem I’ve now encountered though is patches. If, like me, you’ve got several dozen games installed at any one time, there’s several patches I need to download every time I turn my PC (my other half is paranoid about leaving electronics on). It would be alright, but even with single-player games, Steam locks me out of playing until the patch is complete. Some are fine, while others, like DOOM’s impromptu 18GB patch last week, are a pain in the proverbial arse.
When it comes for bandwidth speeds, we’re always found wanting for more. I know here in the UK we sit somewhere near the middle of the heap, while elsewhere there’s a spread of blistering speeds and crawling paces. What we don’t have to contend with often here are broadband caps though, an entirely different problem that can become a logistical nightmare for some. Data caps don’t seem to be going anywhere though, and in some places they’re getting either worse - ISP’s settling on a method to squeeze out every last penny from their customers. Just the prospect of having a 200GB limit for a month is enough to set me off - do I download this? Or will it mean I can’t stream this? Not choices you want to make when you’re handing over 80 bucks a month.
So this Up For Debate is threefold, which is sadly beyond the technical ability of our single poll CMS. We've opted for a poll below for you to share your net connection speed, and feel free to share your bandwidth caps below, as well as how fast you think a gaming net connection should be in 2017!
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10Mbps down, 1Mbps up with 100 GB monthly cap for 1299 php (about 25 usd) T_T
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got myself 20 mbps for 1500 php without a cap, i presume that's pldt?
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http://beta.speedtest.net/result/6589703263.png
New connection. Finally!!!
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Im in Pleasanton Tx USA. Im using commzoom isp with 25Mbps Down and 3Mbps Up. Top speed for my area is 100Mbps down and 30Mbps up. The beauty of it is... no data cap at all. YEAH!!!
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Around 40 Mb/s down speed with 60 GB peak time and 60 GB off peak time at about 27 USD (4000 LKR) here in Sri Lanka. But ping is a bit high.
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DL 300Mbit/s, no cap; the upload speed's about 30Mbit/s. The cost is about 40$, but as it is combined with other services I use from that company I've gotten a discounted package for everything I used from them.
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Here in rural Idaho, I'm limited to satellite internet with a 50 GB monthly cap. I can get decent download speeds of about 4 MB/s, but my ping is never under 800. Can you imagine paying $140 per month for that trash? There is literally nothing better in my area...
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Are there any plans for 5G in your area? That might solve the issue, provided they don't jack up the price.
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Ya that sucks...
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10Mb download and 1Mb Upload, it's from Vospol, and it's the only one reliable provider here. I'm paying 12€/month. I hope that we will get faster connection in the future :/ Well, at least it's realiable...
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Happy to hear.
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In UK Virgin Media seems to be the fastest, I have around 200mb/s bandwidth.
In Romania in rural area bandwidth is around 15mb.
In the cities, you can get up to 1000mb/s download and 500mb/s upload...
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Bandwidth caps here are outrageous, $130 for 200gb a month. Had to give up playing AAA games on Steam, due to massive download size and updates.
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Try paying the same amount for satellite capped at 50 GB... I'd kill for 200 GB
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I know your pain. I had to go from flat rate to 50GB cap. I had to be really careful what I was downloading.
My tip for downloading games in a data cap situation, is to wait for the last day in the month. What ever GB you have left over spend them on the last day. That way if you go past your monthly cap you don't...
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have to wait a long time to use your internet again.
Hope this tip helps.
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150mb down and 20mb up...
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Nice
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Thanks, oh and it is unlimited. Ii don't have cable TV. I stream what I want to watch (Youtube, Netflix) Here is Canada this servive costs about $100 per month.
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speed test
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i have the worst connection.
only 1 mbit/s for about 8 dollars a month.
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that's near dial up speed, my girlfriend has a similar internet speed and she hates it. She lives in a rural area in Canada were there isn't a better option.
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Are there any planes for getting the internet through copper wires (how you get electricity) in your area?
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Are you high?? That is nowhere near dial up speeds.
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I don't know how it's in your area, but there are some places in Croatia where they get internet through copper wire. Speed is about 12Mbps (download) and 1.5 - 2Mbps upload. I think that there was an article on GD a while back, where there was some talk about using data compression to achieve 400Mbps by copper.
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1M up 1M down is a T1 line.
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Is that enough 4 you needs Jacob?
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Speed is 50MB/s ( download is around 6.2 Mb/s and upload is around 2 Mb/s ) soon im getting a 60MB/s connection ( Down 7.5 Mb/s Up 2.5 Mb/s )
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You do realise that 50MB does not equal 6.2Mb plus 2Mb, right? And your second one is even more false.
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Probably just what the ISP advertises vs. what they actually get. My ISP says 30MB/s download, while speedtest.net gives me 12MB/s at most, and downloading games on Steam I'm lucky to get better than 2MB/s.
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Nope not false read the speeds 50 MB/s notice the capital MB that means Megabytes per second while the actual download is 6.25 mb/s and lower case mb means megabits ( 1 bit is 8 bytes thats why 50/8 gives 6.25 down speed and for the up i just coped from the site because i dont test that since i dont need / use it so i might be wrong about that )
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hrmm most everyone's down is different then their up. 36D 6U for me. i have heard that the US has worse internet for price than a lot of European countries. id like to see a pole of GD users speed and costs. I pay 50-60 USD a month for that speed via the cable company. i only pay for internet, no tv or phone.
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Not fast enough, VDSL2 12Mbps
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Here in croatia I have 100-214... Kbp/s
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10mbit/s (1,2mb/s download) here, also in croatia xD, i guess i need optic cables for faster
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Ozbiljno Luka? Gdje živiš?
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Here is a tip from me for all those in Croatia. TELE2 has a new package for 169kn (using their sim card), you get 4G speed (about 5-6MB download speed & 1.5 MB upload speed (max values my xp)). The data cap is 1TB, and in case you pass that limit your connection doesn't get slowed to a crawl. Best part...
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NO CONTRACT OBLIGATION. Meaning you can cut the service at any time with no penalties. I have been using their service for 8 months now and it's beyond great.
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dang it, i clicked 51-100 but i actually have 350 :/
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5Mbit, and that's really a maximum available here on the edge of capital city, due to high household aggregation (regardless of price I'd pay), upload is around 0 lol
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5MB/s download? because 5mbps mean 500 Kb/s download? right?
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yes roughly around 620kB/s download
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no divide by 8
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Yup , thanks guys!
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look at all you 10Mb loosers, lol
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Well if u don't know some countries NET is expensive or they don't have faster net. Like some people's have nice cars, some don't. Its simple as that.
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Yea, what a bunch of dumpfu***. Everyone knows you can just download mbits from the internet. The other day I downloaded 8gigs of ram and now my PC running fine.
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I could say look at you rx 480 loser,it's the same thing not everyone can afford the best :/
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What's the problem with RX 480 ?
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You didn't get my point,there's no problem with the rx 480.
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shut up 1070 peasant :p
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Real mature Mohamed.
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i have 150 megabits p.s. download, and 15 mbps upload.
it's okay, but i would really like my upload to be higher...
if only i would get Fiber here. i could take up to 1 GBPS down AND upload!! :D
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I see someone is downvoting all comments with (semi) high numbers.. nice..
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Only weak ppl have the need to walk over others so they can feel strong. The strong have no such need.
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I upvoted you because it makes no sense to downvote, some GD users I've noticed are salty AF.
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thanks :) . some are yes. but i think the more long time users, are nice. it's just some new people that seem like it.
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I up-voted you as well.
A person who has the balls to speak his/her mind, should never be underestimated or undervalued.
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500 Mb/s..Pretty much the only good thing in my country is the fast internet xD
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Where do you live?
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My guess is Romania.
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Yup Romania,extremely cheap and very fast internet(at least here in the capital)