Thinking of Changing ISPs....What's the better deal?

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For $50 that download speed is ok/good (if you're in an area without fiber). That upload speed is :wtb:, but your experience will greatly vary based on what you do on the internet and how many people are saturating your provider's node at a given time. What kind of internet based services do you use right now (VoIP phone, gaming, etc)?
 

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For $50 that download speed is ok/good (if you're in an area without fiber). That upload speed is :wtb:, but your experience will greatly vary based on what you do on the internet and how many people are saturating your provider's node at a given time. What kind of internet based services do you use right now (VoIP phone, gaming, etc)?

Gaming, VOIP (have OOMA). :lupe:
 

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Gaming, VOIP (have OOMA). :lupe:

Both of those use your upload speed so you may have a worse experience with a lower UL speed. Not 100% sure what the suggested speeds are for either since I don't have VOIP and rarely game.
 

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Upload speed usually doesn't matter that much for gaming unless you're running some kind of a server.

It does matter for VOIP, but I'd say 6 up is probably fine unless you're running a business or something with multiple IP phones.
 

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The 50 dollar one is clearly better unless you do a lot of uploading
I don't so I think I'll do that. How much does online gaming require? Does streaming require a lot?

Edit.... Apparently the deals are.

25/4 for 20 a month
100/6 for 30 a month
150/10 for 50 a month

:patrice:
 
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I don't so I think I'll do that. How much does online gaming require? Does streaming require a lot?

Edit.... Apparently the deals are.

25/4 for 20 a month
100/6 for 30 a month
150/10 for 50 a month

:patrice:


I don't stream so I don't know about that, but gaming itself doesn't take much bandwidth. The most important part for gaming is ping.
 
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