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Old 07-06-2012, 08:11 AM   #31
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I think he was talking about what English food tastes like...
There's nothing wrong with English food, I eat it all the time, but then I am English and slightly biased.

I prefer a rissole and curry sauce to go with my fish and chips.
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Old 07-06-2012, 09:44 AM   #32
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There's nothing wrong with English food, I eat it all the time, but then I am English and slightly biased.

I prefer a rissole and curry sauce to go with my fish and chips.
Curry sauce with chips, yes, but not with fish, too. That's just... wrong
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Old 07-06-2012, 10:44 AM   #33
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Curry sauce with chips, yes, but not with fish, too. That's just... wrong
Don't knock it 'till you've tried it, especially with a sprinkling of salt and vinagar on it first. Hmm!
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Old 07-06-2012, 03:38 PM   #34
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I paid about $70 a month for 30MB down and 4MB up. My modem only goes to 20mbps but that's okay until they make me upgrade I will keep it. Our cap is 250GB and hubby just discovered Netflix. Our ISP has the strike 3 rule on bandwidth. We've never gone over yet. We just bought a new router that tells us how much bandwidth we are using to keep that from happening. Our ISP is too cheap to give us one.

We use cells phones with data plans. We pay $30 a piece for our data plans with 3G unlimited. Our cell bill is about $200 a month.
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Old 07-06-2012, 04:41 PM   #35
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im getting 30mb down 4mb up from charter (not counting charters speedboost feature wich for the first 10 seconds boosts my download speed by another 30%) not as helfull for long downloads but very nice for viewing new clips online. has 250 gig cap, thinking of upgrading to 100mb down 5mb up as it has a 500 gig cap plus the speedboost feature. speedwise running netflix in hd on 3 tv's in the housem while downloading a game on steam, and my wife running an HD you tube vid all while we are both playing an MMO online doesnt even strain our internet connection. to be honest the only reason to go to the 100mb speed is for the larger data cap wich im not sure we need yet. but as we slowly start getting rid of our cable tv it may be more usefull
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Old 07-06-2012, 06:39 PM   #36
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"Internet Service Comparison
Discussing Cloud vs. SDCard it became apparent that we really don't know what kind of service others have. It is easy to assume that everybody else have the same kind of service as you do. I thought it might be useful for us to have something to compare with. So, when you feel like it, please list your service, speed, price etc.Mine are:
Local cable provider. Installed fiber optic cable to the house. Gives me 30 Mb down and about 7 Mb up. Price is $42 (exchange rate fluctuations apply) a month. No caps. Service works fine, 2 - 3 times a year the service may be down for a while, a whole day if it is a Saturday or Sunday. I think this service is becoming expensive........"

Difficult to beat a rubber band for value.....
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Unfortunately, when I start to jam it's at 1 Mb download. I have no mobile data service.
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Old 07-06-2012, 06:42 PM   #37
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Old 07-07-2012, 02:19 AM   #38
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ADSL 3.7 Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up $200/month, yes that's two hundred dollars

3G $20/month, I've never used it enough to find out what its speeds/caps are. Unfortunately, the inconsistency in the performance specs of wireless networks means I'm stuck with the ridiculous ADSL connection.
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Old 07-07-2012, 02:27 AM   #39
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ADSL 3.7 Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up $200/month, yes that's two hundred dollars

3G $20/month, I've never used it enough to find out what its speeds/caps are. Unfortunately, the inconsistency in the performance specs of wireless networks means I'm stuck with the ridiculous ADSL connection.
That's an incentive for tight code!
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Old 07-07-2012, 04:37 AM   #40
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ADSL 3.7 Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up $200/month, yes that's two hundred dollars

3G $20/month, I've never used it enough to find out what its speeds/caps are. Unfortunately, the inconsistency in the performance specs of wireless networks means I'm stuck with the ridiculous ADSL connection.
Some tough cookies.
Mumbai being a huge city, I would have assumed a much better infastructure for mobile communications.
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Old 07-07-2012, 09:58 AM   #41
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I'm sure India will catch up someday, hopefully before I have a lot more gray hairs...
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Old 07-07-2012, 10:05 AM   #42
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Old 07-07-2012, 11:28 AM   #43
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Cable Internet, 15 mbps download speed, 5 mbps upload speed with 125 gb a month for $40 cad (pretty much at par with usd). This is not with one of the "big" companies like Bell or Rogers but a smaller re-seller therefore cheaper.
Cell phone with data saver plan, $5/month for up to 25 MB of data and then automatically fit into right bracket every month based on use, maximum cost 3 GB for $30 a month. (but I've never used that much, usually use under 1 gb)
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Old 07-07-2012, 07:52 PM   #44
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Old 07-08-2012, 12:51 PM   #45
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DSL with 'up to' 12mb (although the most I've gotten is 9), landline phone with unlimited long distance included, with taxes and such I pay $86/month. I don't have cable - I stream Netflix and Hulu for my TV, so I guess I'm a pretty heavy user, but I don't know how much I actually use. There's no caps or throttling.

I don't have a smartphone, just a cheapo cell from TracFone that lives in the car for emergencies and costs $5.99/month.

I'm amazed at the cheap Internet most of you Europeans have, since everything else over there seems so much more expensive. Do your governments subsidize it?
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