DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
...of house-sitting where the broadband speed is 20 times slower than at home...
Oh the joy...
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swee'pea99
Legendary Member
We stayed recently at a place where the bb was significantly faster than we get at home and - crucially - more reliable. "Why isn't ours like this?" "Why can't we get proper broadband?" "How come Maz can afford decent broadband but we can't?" De blah, de blah, de blah. 
Or even 1/20th the speed....of house-sitting where the broadband speed is 20 times slower than at home...
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
I'm looking after our Mum all next week at my sister's house. She has recently had full fibre installed. 
Although for everyday use, when I was there for 3 days a couple of weeks ago, I didn't notice any difference to my home which just has fibre and a mesh network. Perhaps it is noticeable when my nephews are gaming and my BiL is trying to do his software engineering stuff.
Although for everyday use, when I was there for 3 days a couple of weeks ago, I didn't notice any difference to my home which just has fibre and a mesh network. Perhaps it is noticeable when my nephews are gaming and my BiL is trying to do his software engineering stuff.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
If your domestic speed is 10 Mb/s, that would be a pain. If it is 500+ Mb/s, then not quite so bad......of house-sitting where the broadband speed is 20 times slower than at home...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Of riding naked in the rain
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I've just upgraded from a 28K to a 56K modem
The first modem I ever used was 110.
Just to be clear, not 110k, but 110 ! We had access to a mainframe computer when we were doing some programming in the sixth form.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The first modem I used wasn't even a modem... This was in the pre-Internet days.
We had access to Warwick university's computer but we had to physically take our Algol programs over there on cards which we had punched using a hand punch at school!
You really learn the meaning of 'slow' when you have to share a hand punch with 20 other pupils, wait a week to go over in the school minibus to hand your punched cards to the computer operators, then go back a week later to pick up the cards and a printout usually saying something like 'Syntax error, line 3'!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
The first modem I used wasn't even a modem... This was in the pre-Internet days.
We had access to Warwick university's computer but we had to physically take our Algol programs over there on cards which we had punched using a hand punch at school!
You really learn the meaning of 'slow' when you have to share a hand punch with 20 other pupils, wait a week to go over in the school minibus to hand your punched cards to the computer operators, then go back a week later to pick up the cards and a printout usually saying something like 'Syntax error, line 3'!
More than 50 years ago. Happy days.
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Or that...Or even 1/20th the speed.
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Erm...
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Mine is 70-75 Mb/s, here is 3 to 4. Not unusable, just a bit sloooow...If your domestic speed is 10 Mb/s, that would be a pain. If it is 500+ Mb/s, then not quite so bad...
