Broadband speeds

ColombianoGringo (Moderator) says on Jul 29, 2009, 13:08:

You'll have to be more specific. I know people in Bogota with fiber connections to their apartment buildings that get above 10Mb.

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kenblanquito says on Jul 29, 2009, 13:10:

Hi Shorty.
I am not sure what speed our ISP provides/claims to provide to us but at times it appears to be very good and at other times frustratingly useless! Worst hours seem to be during the week, just before 8 am, then lunchtime and finally between 5 and 6 pm. This is probably when everybody with a computer at work uses the internet most; not for work but playing during company time with a company facility. In my ex place of work, written warning material. Horrible am I not?

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cvivaspoorbuthappy says on Jul 29, 2009, 13:35:

Telmex offers up to 8MB download, I hve 2 MB download and it has worked perfectly for the past month. I use skype to call phones in the US, remote desktop to computers in the US as well and monitor call centers from Bogota located in the US and it seems to be enough for now.

CV

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pedro says on Jul 29, 2009, 13:40:

About the same as when you left in February. But mobile broadband plans are getting to be good value now (a USB modem that works with Comcel, Movistar or whatever cell provider you sign up to).

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worzel says on Jul 29, 2009, 14:26:

Wow im living in the dark ages here , nearly hit 53kbs earlier ................

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barrumundi says on Jul 29, 2009, 16:25:

On the same subject but diverging slightly (not wanting to hijack the thread) does any of you knowledgable and intelligent people have a MOBILE broadband carrier that you would recommend......or are they all the same. I suppose they all have different 'packages' that make it hard to compare. I am moving back to the farm soon (near Pacho) and there is no phone cable to the farm and it would be expensive to install a brand new cable from town so I am looking at the usb modem options. I can't do without my computer. Thanks for the piggy-back Shorty.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) says on Jul 29, 2009, 16:27:

If you are in the sticks, your best bet for mobile service of any kind is probably Comcel. However, it depends on your specific area.

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durito2 says on Jul 29, 2009, 16:48:

i got a movistar internet movil plan today. modem was only 9,000 with a year contract at 62,000 a month for unlimited acess. it's not working so great yet, but we will see.

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Brian858 says on Jul 29, 2009, 17:21:

Telmex Ibague:
Last Result:
Velocidad de bajada: 992 kbps (124 KB/sec)
Velocidad de subida: 713 kbps (89.1 KB/sec)
Latencia: 67 ms
miércoles, 29 de julio de 2009 19:21:22

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njc (Dev team) says on Jul 29, 2009, 17:28:

Intra-Colombia connections are fast, but if they sell you a link faster than 5Mbps it probably won't get speeds that fast to the US or Europe... at least in Bogotá.

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barrumundi says on Jul 29, 2009, 17:47:

Durito2 is not happy (yet) with movistar and Brian848 speeds don't look real flash. I have a comcel sim card for my nokia phone that worked great at the farm, so maybe I will try the comcel broadband.....assuming they have one?

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Bluesdude says on Jul 29, 2009, 18:22:

Well, UNE WiMax is having another bust. I have been getting 250k download but paying for 2Mbps for two days now. Calling them tomorrow if it doesn't clear up.

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durito2 says on Jul 29, 2009, 19:07:

i got the movistar card working better now, but couldnt stay connected on a skype call

comcel has the same service, but they wouldnt give the postpago

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Oviedo says on Jul 29, 2009, 19:49:

"Well, UNE WiMax is having another bust. I have been getting 250k download but paying for 2Mbps for two days now."

I'm having the same problem with UNE paying for 4mb and barely getting 2mb downloads

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Shortiao says on Jul 29, 2009, 23:48:

When I was there earlier this year - all the mobile companies required too much ID...which I couldn't really provide.

I was with Une and when they sais 2MB....I actually got 2MB...then they increased it to 3MB. This was in Medellin. One thing I did notice though, when I was streaming football matches.....it kind of sucked....too much buffering going on.


I just upgraded to 20MB here in the UK...damn...its quick and actually is 20MB too.

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Shortiao says on Jul 29, 2009, 23:50:

In my ex place of work, written warning material. Horrible am I not?

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you know Ken, I can't imagine what work was like before the internet. people must have actually worked.

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kenblanquito says on Jul 30, 2009, 09:52:

They did work better without the added distraction of internet access Shorty. In my latter professional days in the UK, my staff were told to ask permission to use the computer for personal things during their breaks. Violation of that privilege resulted in long bans and continued violation resulted in official warnings. Seems drastic but if adults behave like children, then you need to treat them in the same way. Especially when you are paying them for their games and afterwards they expect to be paid overtime because the working day was not long enough to accomplish their objectives.

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larryrn says on Jul 31, 2009, 11:37:

Ok, I had many internet providers here in Colombia and currently I am on Telmex. I get (according to speedtest.net) 8.09 megabits (down) from the US (Miami) and 0.48 megabits (up) to Miami. I am in Santa Marta and 4 hops to the NAP in MIami.

Larry

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