Anything under 10mbit/s I would consider slow, but maybe I'm spoiled with cable (90 mbit/s down - 9mbit/s up) and countrywide 4G (27 mbit/s down - 18 mbit/s up at my house). Yes, the uploadspeed on my phone is faster than the squeezed cable connection. If only the uptime would be better, we have had two days with no connection in the last two months and my ISP (Ziggo) is going to do maintenance tomorrow at 10:00 AM, could they pick a worst time?

I recently downgraded my internet connection from 175/175 Mbps to 50/50 Mbps to save some money. For day to day internet usage it's fine, but I really notice the 70% slower speed when doing offsite backups, copying things to and from work, and the like.

Having only 10 Mbps upload would cramp how I use the internet. I'm so glad those days are gone.

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;395869]Having only 10 Mbps upload would cramp how I use the internet. I'm so glad those days are gone.[/QUOTE]

I did my first year at university at 300 baud (dial-up). I was thrilled when I upgraded to 1200 baud for my second year.

Then I dropped out, because I was bored....

[QUOTE=chalsall;395874]I did my first year at university at 300 baud (dial-up). I was thrilled when I upgraded to 1200 baud for my second year.

Then I dropped out, because I was bored....[/QUOTE]

When I was young I was kicked off the computer because I "didn't go outside enough". I managed to cobble together a 16 MB, 40 MHz 386 AMD clone and got myself back online with.... a Hayes 2400B modem. Browsing the web was an exercise in futility even with images off, but at least I could chat (with considerable latency) and do text email.

It's interesting to think I had a home connection six orders of magnitude faster in only 15 years.

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;395869]Having only 10 Mbps upload would cramp how I use the internet.[/QUOTE]And the one time I was able to get the incredible amazing 2 Mbps up I was absolutely thrilled. Right now I'm on 15down/0.5up and consider it at least equal to (if not better than) the average I've used over the past 3 years.

I just speed tested at 31 Mbps down, 80 up -- though speedtest is known to not be a great metric. I can pretty consistently achieve 65+ Mbps down for hours on end with Torrent.

[QUOTE=chalsall;395866]bps?[/QUOTE]

152 Mbps

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;395869]I recently downgraded my internet connection from 175/175 Mbps to 50/50 Mbps to save some money. For day to day internet usage it's fine, but I really notice the 70% slower speed when doing offsite backups, copying things to and from work, and the like.

Having only 10 Mbps upload would cramp how I use the internet. I'm so glad those days are gone.[/QUOTE]

I'd love a symmetric connection, how much was the 175/175 ?

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;395834]Since the 70 bit assignments will be exhausted in six months, I am curious about what kind performance drop you experience beyond 70 bits. How much does GHz-d/d drop?[/QUOTE]
About 10-12% in the worst case (that is me): mfakto, cgn card, and Bdot does not release his long promised new kernels for mfakto :razz: I do DC to 70 only, and only with a 7970 card. It averages[URL="http://www.gpu72.com/reports/worker/2423ae6e8f696d5e7d1447de91ca35a6/"] 550GHzD/D[/URL]. If I move to 71/72 bits, I lose about 55G. That is why I bothered Chris. Of course, I won't move to 71, because, if I consider the "time unit" (tu) the time needed to find a factor at current bitlevel, then 71 would be ~2tu, and 72 would be about 4tu, but doing DCLL for a 41M expo take between 1.6tu and 1.8tu. That is why I was bothering Chris. For Nvidia cards, with the new mfaktc, it does not seem to be any loss, or well... it is an insignificant loss (on 580s and Titans).

In average (as people use different cards) we talk about few percents, like 2-3, max 5, maybe.

[QUOTE=Gordon;395900]I'd love a symmetric connection, how much was the 175/175 ?[/QUOTE]

Well I'm in Canada, so it's still expensive (unlike Europe or Asia where such connections have been cheap for years). I was paying $90/month plus $30 more for unlimited traffic. The 50/50 connection is $70/month.

[QUOTE=LaurV;395902]About 10-12% in the worst case (that is me): mfakto, cgn card, and Bdot does not release his long promised new kernels for mfakto :razz: I do DC to 70 only, and only with a 7970 card. It averages[URL="http://www.gpu72.com/reports/worker/2423ae6e8f696d5e7d1447de91ca35a6/"] 550GHzD/D[/URL]. If I move to 71/72 bits, I lose about 55G. That is why I bothered Chris. Of course, I won't move to 71, because, if I consider the "time unit" (tu) the time needed to find a factor at current bitlevel, then 71 would be ~2tu, and 72 would be about 4tu, but doing DCLL for a 41M expo take between 1.6tu and 1.8tu. That is why I was bothering Chris. For Nvidia cards, with the new mfaktc, it does not seem to be any loss, or well... it is an insignificant loss (on 580s and Titans).

In average (as people use different cards) we talk about few percents, like 2-3, max 5, maybe.[/QUOTE]

Ahhh, okay. Makes sense :)