Wow, not even 1/5th of 1MB... That looks painful.

Wow, not even 1/5th of 1MB... That looks painful.

No, dialup was painful. It seems faster than that, actually; I was surprised the numbers were that low. Not a fluke, repeat tests were worse yet.

Oh, and I got the price wrong, it's only $14.95 - for the first three months, then it goes up to $40.00. That's renting the modem, we could do better if we bought our own. I think we should, after completing this contract, they're not that expensive.

I was also surprised to see Century Link shown as the ISP, since we're buying the service from EarthLink. Not sure what the deal is.

40 bucks for DSL? That's rather overpriced considering the speeds you're getting. You might be able to get cable Internet for the same price, if not a touch more.

To get cable for that, we'd have to get a bundle with unlimited long distance and cable TV, services we don't need or want, and pay 3 times as much in total. Can't afford that.

I got mixed up about the modem deal, it was CenturyLink that had the choice of renting a modem or paying $10.00 a month less and buying a modem (I'd have gone with that deal if it was my choice, but it wasn't). By getting the deal from EarthLink, we got a "free" modem (hah! a quick search found an identical modem for about $60.00). Not sure if we own the modem at the end of the 1-yr contract; the only thing that's clear is we have to return the equipment if we terminate the contract early, which implies that we don't after that. I wish I was certain of that.

Anyway, we're not paying $40.00 - average in the three cheap months, we're paying $33.75. Low speed is undoubtedly because we're so far from the provider (50 miles from Portland), one of the penalties of rural living. The service is "up to 6Mb/s", but at this range... .

silly internet speed, already mad at it, sometimes can not even open a website

Hey @Sniper, pretty nice speeds you've got! Hope you've been well.

Here's mine after I upgraded to a new router last year.

How things change over the years.

 

We've upgraded some

We're supposed to have a new modem on the way. I'm curious to see if our speeds improve beyond what they are now which is higher than my last picture.