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Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow?

Posted by timothy on from the because-of-slate dept.

Anti-Globalism writes "The major ISPs all tell a similar story: A mere 5 percent of their customers are using around 50 percent of the bandwidth, sometimes more, during peak hours. While these 'power users' are sharing three-gig movies and playing online games, poor granny is twiddling her thumbs waiting for Ancestry.com to load."

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  1. Not so slow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    See? First post

    1. Re:Not so slow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      the internet is so slow cause timmy touches himself at night

    2. Re:Not so slow by amilo100 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "we have some of the slowest and simultaneously most expensive internet service in the world."

      Bullshit. Compare your internet prices to South Africa. You are comparatively extremely fortunate with your internet services.

  2. I don't know what you're doing... by bhunachchicken · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but I can still get all my porn just fine! Oh Yeah!!! :)

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  3. Re:Two words by badpazzword · · Score: 4, Funny

    The point is not about the cost, the point is about this mythical 5% group of cancer/hackers/sharers/etc. who are at fault of everything that's wrong with internet. They are killing the music industry, They are killing the films industry, They are killing the videogame industry, They shamelessly copy copyrighted content to their computers, They disrupting the ad industry with filthy plugins, They do not contribute to the OOS movements, and they are the cancer who is killing random boards on weird websites.

    It's always Them.

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  4. Re:What does this mean? by ergean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you mean that spam-bot that granny has on her desk is slow accessing internet pages?

  5. Not slow here... by eulernet · · Score: 1, Funny

    First post !

  6. Re:Internet Axiom: The internet is slow by mollymoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ultimately, my point is, and I think the one of the person who started this chain, is that charging by bit or byte is fine, but then the onus is on the ISP to make it very clear both what my costs and usage are. If they did that, then it would be easier for us to adjust to that new model.

    Most UK ISPs are limited now and they do provide web pages to check your usage and emails giving you warning as you approach your limit (mine trigger at 50% 75% and 90% IIRC). Better ones also allow unlimited off-peak and allow you to carry over or borrow against the previous/next months allowance.

    I use 10-20 GB a month (2 desktops, 2 laptops, one server, one PS3). My dad never uses more than 1 GB a month. He pays less than the old unlimited packages and I pay about the same. People who use hundreds of GB per month pay more.

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  7. Re:Traffic shaping is the answer by mollymoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have to read the entire sentences before replying now? Holy crap, I though reading TFA was bad enough.

    Uh, OK, guilty as charged.

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  8. WD-40 by ciaran.mchale · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow?

    It's because of lack of regular maintenance. You need to unplug your network cable, spray a bit of WD-40 on the connectors and then plug it back in. Repeat this every two weeks. Also, do it whenever you replace a network interface card.