Slow as maple syrup Canada ranks 54th for Internet speed
Centre @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:03 am
It likely comes as no surprise that Canada is far from the top of the list of countries with the fastest upload speeds. According to a report from Ookla, a company that crowdsources data on Internet connections, Canada is ranked 54th in the world. That's right, residents in 54 countries have Internet speeds faster than any Canadian does.We rank just below Kenya, and just above Mexico.
Tech blogger Peter Nowak created a Canadian map showing the average upload speeds by province, compared to the average upload speeds of various countries, to give Canadians a relative idea of the upload speed of their province. Ontario’s upload speeds are about the same as Bangladesh's.
“In the remote parts of northern Canada, poor upload speeds essentially mean that business simply isn’t happening on the internet,” Nowak writes.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 15194.html
Jabberwalker @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:07 am
Anybody on here still using dial-up?
saturn_656 @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:07 pm
Not since 2003.
Regina @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:56 pm
Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
Anybody on here still using dial-up?
Just you......
Regina @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:57 pm
But we're number 1 in price!!!!
Jabberwalker @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:19 pm
Regina Regina:
Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
Anybody on here still using dial-up?
Just you......
Ummm ... in Oakville?
That would be illegal, I believe.
jj2424 @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:25 pm
Centre Centre:
It likely comes as no surprise that Canada is far from the top of the list of countries with the fastest upload speeds. According to a report from Ookla, a company that crowdsources data on Internet connections, Canada is ranked 54th in the world. That's right, residents in 54 countries have Internet speeds faster than any Canadian does.We rank just below Kenya, and just above Mexico.
Tech blogger Peter Nowak created a Canadian map showing the average upload speeds by province, compared to the average upload speeds of various countries, to give Canadians a relative idea of the upload speed of their province. Ontario’s upload speeds are about the same as Bangladesh's.
“In the remote parts of northern Canada, poor upload speeds essentially mean that business simply isn’t happening on the internet,” Nowak writes.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 15194.html
Tech blogger Peter Nowak created a Canadian map showing the average upload speeds by province, compared to the average upload speeds of various countries, to give Canadians a relative idea of the upload speed of their province. Ontario’s upload speeds are about the same as Bangladesh's.
“In the remote parts of northern Canada, poor upload speeds essentially mean that business simply isn’t happening on the internet,” Nowak writes.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 15194.html
phht it's based on upload speed. How fast do you need to upload your left wing garbage?
Jabberwalker @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:07 pm
Soviet Canuckistani takes longer than Mercun, for sure. We use a wider variety of nouns, verbs, adjectives ... a more sophisticated vocabulary of all types of words, actually and all of those extra "U"s as in "colour", "flavour", help to slow it all down. We may even make an entire sentence with proper clauses to say "Hunh? in Mercun.
herbie @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:02 pm
Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
Anybody on here still using dial-up?
Our ISP just ended dialup service last month. Three people really complained loudly... one was honest and said he was pissed cuz he finally has to break down and pay more than $9.99 a month.
BTW as an ISP what's you upload speed got to do with shit? You want upload speed, pay for a server circuit.
Thanos @ Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:10 pm
Where I'm at in Manitoba has an absolutely deplorable infrastructure for the internet. Saskatchewan at least has the excuse that it's impossible to not lose contact when you're out in the hills; everywhere else the service is good. Manitoba's fucked by their stupidity of the MTS monopoly and not letting Bell/Telus in to compete with them. Kick that stupid NDP government out of there and let the others in to set up business and and Manitoba's efficiency of service should double within two years.
Centre @ Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:11 am
Check your internet speed......
http://explorer.netindex.com/maps
Jabberwalker @ Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:36 am
My connection is really slow today. It's a stat holiday, here and I'm guessing that the whole province is on line right now, narrowing each subscriber's band width.
I'm running a deep security scan right now, just in case I have picked up a Trojan or the like.
Headstrong @ Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:09 am
jj2424 jj2424:
Centre Centre:
It likely comes as no surprise that Canada is far from the top of the list of countries with the fastest upload speeds. According to a report from Ookla, a company that crowdsources data on Internet connections, Canada is ranked 54th in the world. That's right, residents in 54 countries have Internet speeds faster than any Canadian does.We rank just below Kenya, and just above Mexico.
Tech blogger Peter Nowak created a Canadian map showing the average upload speeds by province, compared to the average upload speeds of various countries, to give Canadians a relative idea of the upload speed of their province. Ontario’s upload speeds are about the same as Bangladesh's.
“In the remote parts of northern Canada, poor upload speeds essentially mean that business simply isn’t happening on the internet,” Nowak writes.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 15194.html
Tech blogger Peter Nowak created a Canadian map showing the average upload speeds by province, compared to the average upload speeds of various countries, to give Canadians a relative idea of the upload speed of their province. Ontario’s upload speeds are about the same as Bangladesh's.
“In the remote parts of northern Canada, poor upload speeds essentially mean that business simply isn’t happening on the internet,” Nowak writes.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-bu ... 15194.html
phht it's based on upload speed. How fast do you need to upload your left wing garbage?
Ever hear of throughput?
Brenda @ Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:13 am
Centre Centre:
10.39 Mbps...
herbie @ Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:22 am
Thanos Thanos:
Where I'm at in Manitoba has an absolutely deplorable infrastructure for the internet. Saskatchewan at least has the excuse that it's impossible to not lose contact when you're out in the hills; everywhere else the service is good. Manitoba's fucked by their stupidity of the MTS monopoly and not letting Bell/Telus in to compete with them. Kick that stupid NDP government out of there and let the others in to set up business and and Manitoba's efficiency of service should double within two years.
When you're "out in the hills" you're talking about cellular coverage, not Internet specifically. There are no people out there, that's why it's developed in towns and along highways.
Drive through BC, you'll find lots of dropoff areas and we've got Telus, Bell. Rogers. etc.
I've been doing last mile stuff for over a decade and it always comes to the choice - you develop the place with fifty homes/potential customers before you do anything for the places with only a dozen.
Usually "the free market" is NOT the best way to deliver communications infrastructure on a fair and equal basis. Here's an example, I have premium Internet and live ten blocks from the Central Office in a tiny town. I get 5.2 down and 0.8 up.