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post #11 of 38
10/6/12 at 7:55am
It depends on how much money you can afford to spend and the price difference between the two plans.

But these days i would get the 120Mb/s plan, especially with 3 computers hooked up to it.

Then it wont be a problem downloading torrents / steam games / w7 updates (just some examples) all together without getting to slow speed to browse internet smile.gif
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post #12 of 38
10/6/12 at 8:05am
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The difference is about 5€ monthly. It will still be cheaper (120mbit) than what we are currently paying as we are using to ISPs.

But would I be blowing money into the air with the 120 Mbit, or not.
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post #13 of 38
10/6/12 at 8:09am
Go for the faster one. I usually max my 50Mb/s torrents, and getting a new game downloaded from steam in minutes is really nice.

I had the option of going 50/50 or 100/10
I chose 50/50 but now I wish I went 100/10
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10/6/12 at 8:12am
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The difference is about 5€ monthly. It will still be cheaper (120mbit) than what we are currently paying as we are using to ISPs.

But would I be blowing money into the air with the 120 Mbit, or not.

Heck no. I am on a 105Mbit currently. big difference from the 60Mbit connection.
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10/6/12 at 8:13am
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So 120 Mb/s it is. Any other suggestions/arguments?
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post #16 of 38
10/6/12 at 8:14am
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Go for the faster one. I usually max my 50Mb/s torrents, and getting a new game downloaded from steam in minutes is really nice.

I had the option of going 50/50 or 100/10
I chose 50/50 but now I wish I went 100/10

Cool thing about cable, I can switch back and forth on a day to day basis if my bandwidth needs go up and down.

I am also lucky my node only has like 300 people on it.
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post #17 of 38
10/6/12 at 8:16am
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60Mb/s will be MORE than enough. most torrents cap out at 2Mb/S MAX and steam games are not that much higher. unless you have 25+ torrents going at the same time, go for 60Mb/s.
P.S.- What isp has a 120 Mb/s download option? I want! biggrin.gif

Not sure what torrents you've been downloading, but I've seen my full 12.8mbps transfer rate being downloaded at times. Torrents regularly go over 9mbps transfer rate for me.

I just took this just now, I'm on a 100mb connection, but it almost always Speedtests at over 100-

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My vote goes for the 120, for 5 Euros extra, you'll be glad you went with it.
Edited by Monstrous - 10/6/12 at 8:19am
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post #18 of 38
10/6/12 at 11:54am
If you can get faster, do it.

Also, not sure where these torrent cap posts are coming from.
It's largely dependent on the speed of those seeding the torrent.
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10/6/12 at 12:01pm
Well it depends on the price of the two and how much downloading you need. If the 120Mbps is slightly more expensive (10-15 euros more/month than the 60Mbps) then I would definitely recommend getting the 120Mbps.

I should be getting an upgrade to 120Mbps in the next few weeks biggrin.gif My ISP said some time in Oct.
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60Mb/s will be MORE than enough. most torrents cap out at 2Mb/S MAX and steam games are not that much higher. unless you have 25+ torrents going at the same time, go for 60Mb/s.
P.S.- What isp has a 120 Mb/s download option? I want! biggrin.gif

No, I maxed out at 13MB/s (I do mean megabytes per second) with Steam. You are right about the torrents, the fastest one I have seen maxed out at 4MB/s for a short while (30 seconds)

At the moment I have 100Mbps advertised but sometimes I get over that, sometimes I get under it, and when I get under it (usually 75-95Mbps) there is a huge difference in speed with Steam compared to the 105Mbps I usually get.

EDIT: I have seen Steam screenshots of people getting 25-75MB/s
Edited by andrews2547 - 10/6/12 at 12:04pm
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10/6/12 at 12:03pm
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The difference is 5€ per month. It is a package with TV and Telephone.
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