# What is your Internet connection?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283 "2010-10-06T19:42:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/41 "2010-10-11T16:14:50Z")

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Cable, but my hatred for ComCast is high and if I could replace them with anything reasonable at all I would.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/42 "2010-10-11T16:58:09Z")

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> [@JpnDude](#):
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> I use [fiberoptic (hikari) option](http://flets.com/english/next/index.html?link_id=g_next) so I chose “other.” During my last [speed test](http://speedtest.net/), it averaged 150mbps for downloads and 100mps for uploads.

Got a spare room? 😃

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/43 "2010-10-11T17:28:19Z")

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[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578\_3-10317118-38.html](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10317118-38.html) Since we don’t have competition, our providers don’t have to give great speed. I have DSL and I think it gets slower over time. It is through AT& T.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-internet-connection/556283/44 "2010-10-11T17:54:34Z")

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Cable at home, OC12 at work.

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