FacePalm of the day

[DazMode]

Just again I was asked what the difference between 3:1 and 4:1 heatshrink.

[gdesmo]

Was it Bungs ?

[bungwirez]

[gdesmo]

Heh Heh !

[Relikar]

I've got a 15 Down/10 Up internet connection from Bell. My actual upload speed is 0.65 Mbps, and just got off the phone with a LEVEL TWO TECHNICIAN.

I had to explain to him that Kilobits are not the same thing as Kilobytes.

COME ON BELL.

Also they're selling 15 Up/10 Down when the hardware in my town doesn't even support those speeds. Cool.

[jrees]

I've got a 15 Down/10 Up internet connection from Bell. My actual upload speed is 0.65 Mbps, and just got off the phone with a LEVEL TWO TECHNICIAN.

I had to explain to him that Kilobits are not the same thing as Kilobytes.

COME ON BELL.

Also they're selling 15 Up/10 Down when the hardware in my town doesn't even support those speeds. Cool.

I have the same plan. They are still rolling out Fibe here, and it's not available in my area. I top out around 11.5 down, and my upload is the same as yours. Was told that although it's the 15/10, I'd be lucky to get 15/1...

It would be nicer to have the full upload for sure, but at least the important one is running decent. I'll likely make the jump to a 25 package when Fibe finishes rolling out.

[Izerous]

Through Shaw I'm on a 50/3 plan quite often with speedtest.net when i check occasionally will report about 40/2 as a result. If you read the fine print most providers however mention that the speeds are "UP TO" those number not guaranteed those numbers. I had a big fight with Telus before because of that, also had a fight with Telus because they changed our static IP for our office and broke the DNS mappings to our servers by doing so.

[Relikar]

I know it says up to, but come on, 10mbps down too 0.65 is a joke.

Also, hate to break it to you jrees, but their Fibe network is still DSL. I'm on Fibe 15 right now. Fibe 25 is still 10 up too.

[Neo182]

Speaking of facepalms. Google Nexus 4 owner here. (In case you aren't aware that's their flagship phone...)
I received android 4.3 over the air update 3 weeks ago. It destroyed my phone. No joke. Battery , performance. Everything else. All you need to do is google "Nexus 4 Android 4.3" and read all the nightmares owners have been having with this.
http://www.neowin.net/news/nexus-4-o...o-brick-phones
Google has stayed completely quiet on the matter. I received my brand new replacement a moment ago and am in the process of restoring from a very old backup (Android 4.2.2 thankfully!)

Anyway...Technology. What a pain in aaaaa....

[jrees]

I know the 15 is Fibe. The new hardware and infrastructure rolling out to support Fibe tv and such will increase the bandwidth.

[bungwirez]

I know the 15 is Fibe. The new hardware and infrastructure rolling out to support Fibe tv and such will increase the bandwidth.

and then "stolen" by Verizon ... muhahah

[MRDcanadian]

I've worked for bell a few years ago. back then, if you had a down 3/.5 up as a plan and your region can give you more in either up or down, they will offer a faster plan to you regardless if the highest your region can get is just 3.2/.6 and the next plan is 8/2 and the price premium is higher then the actual speed benefit. That is how it was a few years ago and doesn't seam to me like it changed based on what I read here. I am with 3WEB and switching to distributel at the end of the month as they bought them out. they promise me 25/3 if I am remembering right I’ll have to see if that really is the case with two services in the house but I was always satisfied so it pained me to have to switch and buy a new modem on top of the ( I owned my own). By the way, these speed test not that accurate in most cases but I have to admit the numbers wouldn’t vary that much as they can be relatively close.

[DazMode]

Request of the day: I need red liquid with this complete watercoling kit. Will it cost me more?

[jrees]

Include a pack of red Kool-Aid.

[DazMode]

This continue to amaze me how people still have no clue that DazMode is Canadian.

"bonjour je voudrais savoir si il y a des frais de douane?"

Do we have customs between Ontario and Quebec?