Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? 812
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."
Not so slow (Score:5, Funny)
See? First post
I don't know what you're doing... (Score:3, Funny)
... but I can still get all my porn just fine! Oh Yeah!!! :)
Re:Two words (Score:5, 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.
Re:Not so slow (Score:5, Funny)
the internet is so slow cause timmy touches himself at night
Re:What does this mean? (Score:5, Funny)
Do you mean that spam-bot that granny has on her desk is slow accessing internet pages?
Not slow here... (Score:2, Funny)
First post !
Re:Internet Axiom: The internet is slow (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Traffic shaping is the answer (Score:3, 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.
Re:Not so slow (Score:2, Funny)
Bullshit. Compare your internet prices to South Africa. You are comparatively extremely fortunate with your internet services.
WD-40 (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.