slowly, slowly

A little reminder from the BBC on how far back the US is:

Only 5% of the population will be able to enjoy speeds of 18Mbps. More than half will only be able to get 8Mbps.
The key phrase there is 'only 8Mbps'. And before you say 'well, I get 6Mbps', I should point out the article is all about how the advertised speeds aren't what consumers are actually getting. Better head on over to speedtest.net and see what you're really getting before you make any smarmy comments. I'm 2.5Mbps down, 433 Kbps up. Not even close to 'only 8Mbps'.
Anonymous commented:
I seem to be doing a bit better. My downloads (on three tests) varied from 6800 kbps to 7900 kbps. My uploads varied from 255 kpbs to 468 kbps.
The service I use advertises 6 Mbps down and upload of 512 kbps, so I seem to be doing pretty well, at least as far as download speed goes.
- Mara
on Fri Sep 21 13:28:44 2007

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