[DeusEx]

The Fastest Internet In the World? It's In Berkeley - Berkeley - Gizmodo

Awesome.

 

[Head Injury]

I knew I should have went to Berkeley.

 

[Kirosia]

It's not the speed of the internet that matters, but how you use it.

 

[Pepsi]

What the "F" is a Berkeley?

 

[Kees]

Everything you download whizzes right past you...

 

[TouchOfEvil]

Brb moving Brb.

 

[choka]

But I am perfectly happy with my internet speed now. How much do you need to download anyway? I suppose when higher quality video/3d-stuff/live-shows/whatever-crap-that-will-come-up-that-needs-more-bandwidth, the general broadband speed would have gotten much faster than today and I will still be happy about it.

 

[Graphicism]

This is just as misleading as 'World Series' considering it's only giving top US speeds. Parts of Europe, China, Japan and likely elsewhere in the world enjoy speeds in excess of 100Mbps.

 

[subtle]

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Originally Posted by Graphicism /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is just as misleading as 'World Series' considering it's only giving top US speeds. Parts of Europe, China, Japan and likely elsewhere in the world enjoy speeds in excess of 100Mbps.

Why would you say it's just the US when the article itself is titled "Fastest Internet in the World"?

With the average speed at 18.7Mbps, Berkeley is top on Akamai's list of worldwide data speeds. Second place is Chapel Hill, NC followed by Stanford, CA before moving onto the usual suspects in Japan and Korea.

 

[Graphicism]

Quote:

Originally Posted by subtle /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why would you say it's just the US when the article itself is titled "Fastest Internet in the World"? With the average speed at 18.7Mbps, Berkeley is top on Akamai's list of worldwide data speeds. Second place is Chapel Hill, NC followed by Stanford, CA before moving onto the usual suspects in Japan and Korea.

...Well that's exactly what I said, or at least exactly what I thought I said.

- The World Series is only in the US even though it has world in the title, I was relating the two. In a nutshell I'm saying current internet speeds are pretty slow in the US compared to the rest of the world. The Gizmodo article should be titled Fastest Internet in the USA.

 

[subtle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graphicism /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...Well that's exactly what I said, or at least exactly what I thought I said. - The World Series is only in the US even though it has world in the title, I was relating the two. In a nutshell I'm saying current internet speeds are pretty slow in the US compared to the rest of the world. The Gizmodo article should be titled Fastest Internet in the USA.

I still don't understand what you're saying to be honest. It clearly says Fastest in the World and gives credit to Japan and Korea. It also says that the fastest average speed in the world is found in Berkeley. I don't think there is any place in the world that averages at 100Mbps.

Maybe I'm confused but why should the article be titled Fastest Internet in the USA when it is based on worldwide data speeds? Am I missing something?

 

[Graphicism]

I suppose I'm saying I don't believe it, or the title and actual statistic is so perverse it doesn't make sense. If the school has a T1 line lets say and 100-1,000s of people can use it simultaneously and each attain pretty decent average speeds I don't see how this compares to millions of people spread throughout Japan all averaging much greater speeds.

 

[krmathis]

Yeah, I am suspect at the result as well.
But in either case, an average speed of 18.7Mbps is pretty impressive.

 

[Townyj]

Doesnt the USA claim everything

 

[apatN]

Just you wait.