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To: MinorityRepublican

This could be very misleading. 20 MB is available here in Thailand, but for any site out of the area (and many in) it is no faster/better than 512KB due to a very poor international link - must be at least one major chokepoint somewhere.


5 posted on 03/24/2012 9:58:53 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: expat1000; MinorityRepublican

Another thing to consider is “in country” vs “overseas.”

Speeds can vary greatly.


13 posted on 03/25/2012 12:14:31 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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To: expat1000

Got that right. I could bittorrent a 4 GB file in about 15 minutes... but couldn’t watch a 480p Youtube clip without pausing it and making dinner.

Anyone connecting to anywhere outside of South Korea will not see these speeds. Heck, I pinged Tokyo, Japan from Seoul... and got the same speeds.

This article is very misleading because of that.


14 posted on 03/25/2012 12:25:00 AM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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