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Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies

 
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Canuck Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:40 am    Post subject: Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies Reply with quote



after seeing that other ppl living in korea are getting a much better connection to the net, i asked my cable company to explain why my "high speed" connection was so low speed. the tech who came to my home said, "korean internet cable is designed for use on korean sites. it doesn't connect well with 'foreign' sites. it is the same for everyone."

so, i guess you are all lying about your fast internet service.

i live in Daegu, in a new, "modern" apartment, and have the "best" internet available.


hmmm
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

go to http://speed.nia.or.kr/english/ click on speed test and tell the IT guy your speed - this site is Korean, if you have slow speeds he'll have to respond.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why would Koreans ever want to go beyond Korea for anything? Tut tut.
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cbclark4



Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is simply lying to you.

There should be a guarantee of upload speed.
With broadband/DSL you should be getting at least 1Mb down.

It could be bad cabling, or the splitter may be bad.

Check with your neighbors see how their service is.

Get another provider.

cbc
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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The cable guy is being a dillhole.
Did he show you a speed test from the hanaro site? After I got my cable internet hooked up I got a speed test of 20 megs down on the hanaro site. Yes, your high speed internet is faster from Korean sites...but your speeds are rediculously slow.
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Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies Reply with quote

Canuck Teacher wrote:

, i asked my cable company to explain why my "high speed" connection was so low speed. the tech who came to my home said, "korean internet cable is designed for use on korean sites. it doesn't connect well with 'foreign' sites.

hmmm


You should have told him that the internet was invented by AMERICANS and kick him in the azz hard as he's leaving.

Nice how he pulled the ole "It's the foreigner's fault" excuse. Mad
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It probably has more to do with the pipeline between America and Asia then your loop.
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Thunndarr



Joined: 30 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Juregen wrote:
It probably has more to do with the pipeline between America and Asia then your loop.


Yokohama is in Japan. But yeah, he probably isn't getting a good connection. You really need to check on a Korean speed test site.
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PEIGUY



Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Download Speed: 4.6 Mbps (579 kB/s, 578,845.1 cps)
Upload Speed: 651 kbps (81 kB/s, 81,415.1 cps)

Not much of a computer whiz but this seems fast yet, I can't stream videos properly? one website i have to stream it at low (56K) for it to stream properly.. it's just been about a week i can't figure it out..I like to watch the news on the CTV website (different from the one I mentioned above)but it won't stream properly even if you put the video on low.. you have to hit pause to let it load for a while and then hit play for it to go....But yet, i'm streaming radio from a station on PEI.. it's very frustrating
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Theda



Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: Australia

PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies Reply with quote

Canuck Teacher wrote:


i live in Daegu, in a new, "modern" apartment, and have the "best" internet available.


hmmm


I live in the Korean countryside, in an old apartment, and the last time I checked my speed on speedtest.net I got around 13 000 kb/s download and 1500 kb/s upload speed.

That tech guy was clearly full of it.

If it helps I'm with Megapass (KT), maybe you should try switching?
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wuzza



Joined: 02 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies Reply with quote

[/quote]

You should have told him that the internet was invented by AMERICANS and kick him in the azz hard as he's leaving.

Nice how he pulled the ole "It's the foreigner's fault" excuse. Mad[/quote]


While I agree with the latter sentiment.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners_Lee
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Thunndarr



Joined: 30 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Those Krazy Korean Kable Kompanies Reply with quote

wuzza wrote:


You should have told him that the internet was invented by AMERICANS and kick him in the azz hard as he's leaving.

Nice how he pulled the ole "It's the foreigner's fault" excuse. Mad[/quote]


While I agree with the latter sentiment.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners_Lee[/quote]

Pfft. We all know who really invented the net.



All hail Al!!!
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