Downloading porn in WVA? It may take awhile.

[Lee]

From WSAZ.com:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Anyone downloading a large file off the Internet in West Virginia should be warned that it may take awhile.

A new national study ranks the Mountain State 49th in the nation in Internet connection speed, ahead of only Alaska. According to the report, downloading a file that takes 15 seconds in Rhode Island will take more than two minutes in West Virginia.

The study was released today by the Communications Workers of America, which warns that slow Internet speeds will hurt America's ability to compete in global commerce. The median speed of Internet connection in Japan, for example, is nearly 60 times faster than the median speed in the U-S.

But a telecommunications spokesman in West Virginia says the real problem here is not availability, but demand.

Mark Polen says about 80 percent of the people who have cable Internet can pay for faster connection speeds. But West Virginia lags behind the national average in both broadband use and the number of homes with computers.

The states with the fastest and slowest Internet access, according to the Communications Workers of America's Speed Matters report.

Fastest
1. Rhode Island - 5.01 megabits
2. Kansas - 4.17 megabits
3. New Jersey - 3.68 megabits
4. New York - 3.44 megabits
5. Massachusetts - 3.00 megabits

Slowest
1. Alaska - .55 megabits
2. West Virginia - 1.12 megabits
3. Wyoming - 1.25 megabits
4. Iowa - 1.26 megabits
5. North Dakota - 1.31 megabits

National average: 1.97 megabits.

Source: Speed Matters report, Communications Workers of America.

[Big Media]

Thanks Alaska.

Signed,
West Virginia
'cause we suck less than Alaska.

[Oldiesdude]

Suddenlink has just increased all 3meg service to 6megs and 384k to 1.5megs in West Virginia. And plan to launch a 12meg service in the near future.
Prices reman the same.

My speed to Cincinnati sever.



And to Maryland sever.

[Cameron]

Ashland to Miami:




Hotlanta:



Lesterville:

[nuggie99]

The issue isn't with the speed of cable, it's that so many people (myself included) are on dialup. The only other choice I have is satellite, but the startup costs were too much, considering the service isn't that great.

[Greg Goodfellow]

Amen. Right on par with our roads. Until we improve the infrastructure, (which includes internet) along with a million other concerns, our state will fall further behind-if that's possible.

[Greg Goodfellow]

[quote="Lee"]From WSAZ.com:

A telecommunications spokesman in West Virginia says the real problem here is not availability, but demand.

Mark Polen says about 80 percent of the people who have cable Internet can pay for faster connection speeds. But West Virginia lags behind the national average in both broadband use and the number of homes with computers.

Who is this guy kidding? I have asked/ demanded time and again for faster internet. I hate it when Verizon sends me a 'tease' on the envelope of the bill, stating that I can have high-speed internet. I have called them and told them it's not possible yet in my 'hood.

[Lester]

That's the point. *YOU* demanding it is one thing, an entire CITY demanding it is something else. They can't magically make faster bandwidth appear without infrastructure upgrades. If you're the only one asking for it, the return on investment will stay in the negative numbers for years.

[Lee]

Yeah!

Ironton, Ohio: We just got a BW3s AND we have faster internet...we movin' on up to the big time!

[fearpeddler]

only thing i've noticed suddenlink do was increase the actual upload speed to around 60-75k a sec, they need to do something though since verizon is advertising their fios service starting in wva soon, its gonna be hard to compete with if suddenlink doesnt do something, 50 megs for literally $1 per meg is a great deal considering the 3meg service from suddenlink is almost 50 bucks...

[AmpedNow]

It's about time somebody in WV offered faster service than 3mb.

I have 3mb/768k from Verizon DSL. I almost never get anywhere near that speed. most dl's are about 300-400k. While not bad, I could definitely use faster speeds.

I guess it will be 2015 before Verizon FIOS (30mb/5mb) gets here...

[Brad Allen]

Suddenlink has just increased all 3meg service to 6megs and 384k to 1.5megs in West Virginia. And plan to launch a 12meg service in the near future. Prices reman the same.

The problem I have with Suddenlink has nothing to do with how fast they are. It's the fact that your bandwidth gets cut considerably if you use it for any considerable length of time (of at least that's how they do it here in Buckhannon). Try downloading a Linux distribution and watch your speed slow to a crawl after about 5 minutes. That's why I went back to Verizon. The speed is more consisent.

That, and I'm hoping they'll bring FIOS to WV sometime in the reasonably near future.

[fearpeddler]

if you're using a vod channel it sucks the bandwith out of your connection also... I had verizon and their dsl service is just plain shitty, dealing with their tech support was just plain painful...

[AmpedNow]

if you're using a vod channel it sucks the bandwith out of your connection also... I had verizon and their dsl service is just plain shitty, dealing with their tech support was just plain painful...

True, but Suddenlink is shittier.

They do have unwritten bandwidth restrictions. Leave Bit Torrent on for a month and see what happens...

VDSL has no bandwidth restrictions. If they did, I would know it by now.



It's basically a choice between shit and shittier.

So goes "high speed" internets in WV...

[fearpeddler]

They do have unwritten bandwidth restrictions. Leave Bit Torrent on for a month and see what happens...

VDSL has no bandwidth restrictions. If they did, I would know it by now.



It's basically a choice between shit and shittier.

So goes "high speed" internets in WV...

never had a problem with bit torrent on suddenlink, but verizon doesnt believe in customer privacy when it comes to what you're doin with your net connection...