The Incredible Speed of the Internet (You thought your FIOS was fast)
I just thought I would brag about the insane speed of Virginia Tech’s internet. It has been slower recently due I suppose to more traffic, but it is still insane compared to most places.
Update: While being here for Summer Session I was able to attain the picture above.
During the Fall I was able to get this to go from 40000-60000, but as I said its been slower now. Still, where else but a college campus would you find this. I had dial up until 2 years ago, then we finally upgraded to DSL, which I still regret using on breaks now. It is soooo slow compared to this. Just for comparison, DSL usually returns about 200-700 kb/s on Speedtest. We have 99 percentile of the global internet connection in terms of speed. BTW, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) has “data outputted by blasting it through dedicated 10 gigabit-per-second fibre optic lines to 11 Tier 1 sites across North America, Asia and Europe.” That is the epitome of fast.
