Maybe Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink will help you when it comes online 
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AstonJ
Really interesting going through this old thread! I wonder how everyone’s speeds have changed now?
This is via wifi to my Mac (ignore the upload speed, I purposely throttle this on the router as a security measure).
Here’s what I get to the router:
I’ve just discovered one of my providers offer a symmetrical 1gig service - which would be really handy for using my home connection for more interesting things (doing high cpu intensive workloads for project sites, using my home connection as a decent VPN when travelling, hosting projects even). Curious if anyone is using their home connection in such a manner.
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groig
Here in Cuba we mostly use mobile data, capped to 8Mbps almost everywhere but it rarely reaches that speed during the day.
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BartOtten
This. 1Gbs up and down so more than plenty. Wifi does not even keep up.
Have to admit it is overkill. Thought it would be brilliant for syncing photo collections; but after the first initial sync..welll….could do with less. Especially as hosting projects seems a bad idea; no redundant power, fiber etc…
I think the enormous speed also has a drawback: videos load instantaneous so you are subject to attention keepers (infinite scroll, auto video playbacks etc) (read: wasting time). It’s a first world problem I’ll admit and I don’t envy the 3mbs users.
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BartOtten
Will soon be writing software to be used in Cuba so thanks for sharing. Besides being max 8mbit, are the connections stable or flaky?
And how come upload is much higher…?
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manhvu
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mudasobwa
Creator of Cure
I never did this test and I honestly have no idea what part of the TV+mobile+internet would be the internet itself (I’d say about €50/m,) but now I am surprised it’s less than 1G.
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AstonJ
groig
Intriguing.
It varies through the day, but its rarely stable.
No idea, our ISP is not exactly competent on top of everything else 
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BartOtten
Never sure what might raise flags so I keep it generic: a system helping those in need. The system was build to replace a astonishing amount of Excel for a Dutch organization and we thought: now we have the data for ourselves, we might as well make it available over-ocean. Although we might conclude paper is still more stable…
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