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[proustme]

I read it's 100mbits. I'm curious to know what kb/mb real speed people max out on KT's highest service, QOOK. I'm on KT Lite now, maxing out at 500kb/s -- really crumby. I can't wait to get QOOK at my new apt (KT said they support 100mbit at my new address).

Hmm, I asked about a business line today on the phone with them. They said it's 1,500,000 Won with a dedicated IP. I wonder how fast that is.

[Easter Clark]

We have megapass lite and get download speeds of 10 megabytes per second when it's maxed out. That's a 100 m/bit connection.

I can't imagine faster speeds with the "highest service."

[samd]

I've had 1.1MB/s download speeds before, which is 1MB/s more than the 10(100mbps) I pay for. Up is slightly less, think the max I've done is 8. I'm on QOOK Lite by the way, which used to be KT Megapass Lite when I first signed up for it.

What kind of building are you in, and what are you donwloading and from where? This is more likely the cause of your slow speeds.

[Englishee]

ive got as high as 11mb/s. yes, thats 11000kb/s. i was downloading a House M.D. torrent just after it aired.

if im downloading off sights like microsoft or something with a stable server, ill go a couple mb/s on average.

[wormholes101]

The lite service is supposed to provide 5MB/s download. The full service is supposed to provide 10MB/s.

I have the lite package but due to living in the god-damn countryside, my max is 750kB/s or 0.75MB/s. Upload is cruddy too - only 75kB/s.

And yes, I know how to max out my connection.

[flipa77]

[Englishee]

i couldnt believe it. i thought it was a mistake or something. this was shortly after i arrived and i was used to maxing out at about 1.1mb/s with rogers cable in canada. i was paying about 90$ for that. my qook only costs like 30, and in getting unlimited bandwidth and unbelievable speeds.

i love that about korea. but at the same time, KT is trying to tell me the best they can do is like 69,000w for a shitty 2gb blackberry plan with only like 150 minutes on it....stuff is assbackwards here.

[proustme]

My new apartment (it's in an old apartment building) has the 4-prong telephone socket.

Right now I've got KT Lite with my modem connected to a regular telephone socket. Just 500kb/s, though.

I'm calling KT tomorrow to see if 4-prong socket vs. phone line socket will make a difference in speed. I have a strong feeling it will...

[blackjack]

[darkjedidave]

I usually get around 14MB/s on a dedicated 100Mb KT and 45Mb SK line

[reactionary]

i've had up to 7 mb/s downloading. it actually slows down my computer more than anything else. i've also had up to 3 or 4 uploading

[pkang0202]

Non of the speeds are guaranteed. I get about 2.8MB/s with my gwanglan( fastest)service. Wheb i called to complain they said " sorry, we cant make it faster. Also we cant give you any discounts because the speeds we asvertise are mqximum speeds. We do not say they are rypical of the average user."

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[jonpurdy]