1.5M connection..
 

Well this is bad news.
I'm down to 1.5/256
*sigh*
I'll sure as hell be throttling FTP uploads for awhile... :helpme

Yeah that is slow up. What did you have before?

I could not live with that upload.

I was well over 30/1.5 before

Why the downgrade?

Gone from ADSL2 to ADSL1?

I'm just about to move most of my computers to a small industrial storage unit so I can get a better ADSL connection.

I thought that it would be a good idea to downgrade in order to cut costs
You never realize how god damned slow 1.5 IS until you fucking use it

It's Cable

What I WANT is fios.. the big 30 / 30 right in your house for only $150... anyone know if that is real?

I guess I could buy a server in some datacenter, but then I have to figure out how to use it, pay for transfer, or pay alot for a dedicated pipe... right?

You could actually have a dedicated server running whichever OS you want (you could RDP to it on Windows or Linux setups), and have a nice server with 25mbps up and down for under $200/mo

Plus, you'd have all the power/cooling/networking redundancy that a datacenter offers as well. Hit me up if you're interested. :thumbsup

Fuckin, what the fucking fuck.. FUCK
You're telling me I could get all the 25 and 25 I want for $200/mo?
I mean I hear stories in the old days about "unmetered" not being so..
How does it work these days?

:Oh crap:Oh crap

Come to Europe, everything else is expensive as fuck, but generally our internet is decent.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. :)

Here's an example setup:

Core2Quad / 4GB RAM / 2x250GB SATA HDD (Raid-1)

With:

Remote Reboot
KVMoIP (so you have console level access to the server - you can even watch the BIOS screen as it boots, all via a Java applet in your browser, so it's as if it was sitting on your desk)

25mbps Unmetered Bandwidth (both ways)

for $199/mo.


Then, you just get either windows or your favorite *nix distro installed and RDP to it if its Windows, or setup remote X11 forwarding if its Linux, and you're good to go. Remote workstations are getting very popular these days because of the multitude of advantages they offer over home based setups. Additionally, your entire workstation can be set to backup to our redundant backup array daily!

Pretty nifty, eh? :pimp

Oh, and to clarify about your question about "unmetered":

What I mean by that is that the amount of bandwidth committed to your account (your "commit", we call it), gets you a guaranteed capacity for that traffic in both directions, and you pay a flat monthly rate for that amount.

Typically, we cap your switchport at whatever amount your commit is set to (25mbps in this case), so it's impossible to incur overages. However, it is also possible to request your port to remain uncapped, giving you the ability to utilize either 100 or 1000mbps, depending on the model of the switch your server uplinks into. This setup is commonly referred to as a "Burstable" connection. The caveat of this is that if your 95% usage exceeds your commit, hosts charge an overage fee of $x/mbps, for every mbps over your commit that you use during your billing period.

I hope this helps! :)