Bandwidth & Broadband Topics
(Dialup & xDSL & Cable & Fibre)

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• ISP Topics...

• Bandwidth speed
• Calculator
  • Bandwidth converter @ toolstud.io
  • broadband bandwidth calculator
• Bandwidth Place, Speed Test
• Broadband Speed Checker
• CIRA Internet Performance Test
• Comparitech | Internet speed test - Thanks to Jeff Grant for recommending this site.
• Fast.com | Internet Speed Test | Fast.com - Netflix
• FrontierInternet | The Gateway - Internet Speed Guide  - Thanks to Jason Linton for recommending this site.
• JD's Auto Speed Tester
• Speedtest Custom - Test your internet speeds
• Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test
  • Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test
  • Speedtest by Ookla - Beta
• Xfinity Speed Test - Check Your Internet Speed
• TOAST.net - Internet Speed and Performance Test
• Videotron's Speed Test
• Which | Broadband speed test - Which?
• downforeveryoneorjustme.com - Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me
• Get Faster Wi-Fi: 4 Essential Steps for Speeding Up Your Internet Connections - CNET
• How To Get Faster Internet Connection Speed - The Complete Guide
• Data Communications Concepts...
• Firewalls...
• High Speed Internet .net
• HighSpeedInternet.net - High Speed Internet - Find the best internet providers near you (USA only).
• Internet 2
  • Internet2
  • Abilene Backbone Network
• Ping
  • L4S = Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput
    • TBA
      • RFC 9330 - Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture
    • Apple, Google, and Comcast’s plans for L4S could fix internet lag - The Verge
  • Introducing a Better Measure of Latency | Ookla®
  • Latency: Check latency with 'ping' (or 'traceroute') to a number of distant hosts and use the highest typical value. (See Important Note below under "Latency") Reasonable rough rules of thumb are that low latency is below 100 ms, and high latency is above 200 ms (with normal latency in the middle).
• S p e e d G u i d e . n e t
• Telecom glossary (PDF)
• How to improve network speed in Windows 10 by increasing IRPStackSize - TechRepublic
  • Regedit > Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters > New | DWORD (32-bit) > IRPStackSize=32
  • If you are connected to a broadband network with speed ratings exceeding 10 Mbps, you should see improved network performance right away.
  • If you have ever received this strange error message, "Not enough storage available to process this command," then this change may solve that problem for you.
• How to flush the DNS cache to improve network performance in Windows 10 - TechRepublic
  • Windows PowerShell (Admin)
    • ipconfig /flushdns
    • ipconfig /renew
    • netsh winsock reset
      • reboot

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• Fibre Optic = Fiber Optic (USA)
  • Internet connection - Bell as an ISP = FibIP + FibTV
  • Telus PureFibre in your neighbourhood?
  • Aston University researchers send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadband | Aston University - 301 Tbps = 301,000 Gbps = 301,000,000 Mbps
    • In the average American house, any download rate above roughly 242 Mbs (= 0.242 Gbps = 0.000242 Tbps) is considered a solidly speedy broadband internet connection. That’s pretty decent, but across the Atlantic, researchers at UK’s Aston University recently managed to coax about 1.2 million times that rate using a single fiber optic cable—a new record for specific wavelength bands.
    • Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband | Popular Science
• ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• DSL must be within 4.5 Km of telco central office.
• RBOC = regional bell operating companies
• CLEC = competitive local exchange acrriers - lease lines from RBOCs
• 3Com on DSL
• Broadband Forum
• Dialup Internet Access
• 56kbps maximum   (Realistically you can't expect more than 45kbps)
• If available in your area, you really should consider getting DSL or Cable.  It really is worth the few extra dollars a month.  You will never regret it.
• Narrowband
  • Internet-access services that work over both wired and wireless phones
  • for cell-phones, PDAs, Internet appliances, cars, GPS, pagers, etc...