Internet speed

Posted Aug 19, 2011 12:09am by tauer

Joined: Aug 13th, 2011
Posts: 10

Just moved into a new apartment. Horribly slow internet speed. 2mbps is atrocious compared to what I'm used to. Especially because the download speed is usually at 40kb/s... Sometimes at 300kb/s, which is acceptable.

I've been doing some research, and I've found out that the normal speed is either 2mbps or 4mbps. But I've also read somewhere that Unicom offers 8mbps. Is this true? And is it available here in Beijing?

I know it's more expensive, but I'll manage.

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Nidaye

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: Nidaye on Aug 24, 2011 2:32pm

8Mbps is available here but it depends on the area/building you live in. A while back I was looking to upgrade to 4Mpbs as it is not that much more, but the clerk at China Unicom told me I should stick with 2Mbps as there wouldn't be much difference.

Grelot

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: Grelot on Aug 24, 2011 5:54pm

I heard that the 8Mbps is not so stable. You better stick to 2/4Mbps

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: Marshalpiter on Nov 19, 2011 10:21pm

It is true that Unicom provides 8mbps speed but it depends on area and your PC configuration. I think you should get these information from your connection provider because this is easy and best way.

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blucat

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: blucat on Nov 20, 2011 8:19am

I have heard that in terms of accessing sites hosted outside of China, you could have 10000000mbps and it still wouldn't make any difference because the bandwidth is so throttled.

Herbz

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: Herbz on Nov 21, 2011 11:44pm

Been getting over 300kb/s for the past week.... WOW!... its been about 40 max for the past 5 years.

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Nidaye

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Re: Internet speed

Posted by: Nidaye on Dec 15, 2011 2:51pm

blucat wrote:

I have heard that in terms of accessing sites hosted outside of China, you could have 10000000mbps and it still wouldn't make any difference because the bandwidth is so throttled.

Yes, everything's got to go through the great firewall.