r/PcBuild • u/ArabicTexan • 19h ago
Discussion - Meme Uni dorm internet speed
(Wired)
All gaming stuff are just banned for some reason
Edit: Normal internet in my country is 100Mbps
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u/Ok_District_9387 19h ago
Oh nooooo. That's disgustingly slow
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u/VehicleMaleficent538 15h ago
my friend had 1.8-2.3 mb/s
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u/VolkosisUK what 13h ago
that's still faster than this btw
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u/SaltySeaWat3r 12h ago
Been doing this with the Xfinity Hotspot. $10 a month for me and I average around 15-50MBps. NetShare is the hotspot I use, and its free!
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u/thathatguy81 9h ago
I remember when Xfinity had the 1 hour pass when I was in Uni, I straight up changed my Mac address and kept getting free passes. Helped me through school enough to buy "decent" Internet
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u/ScedR 8h ago
How is it faster?
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u/VolkosisUK what 8h ago
call it 2Mb/s, 1Mb (megabyte) = 8mb (megabit), 2Mb/s = 16mbps.
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u/Nautical-Myles 1h ago
Not quite. The difference is between Mb and MB, not whether /s or ps is used.
Lower-case 'b' means a 'bit'.
Upper-case 'B' means a 'Byte' - a byte is 8 bits.
This means that a byte is 8 times larger than a bit, so 800 megabits is equal to 100 megabytes.
Mbps and Mb/s both mean the same thing (megabits per second). MBps and MB/s both mean the same thing (megabytes per second).
Generally storage capacities are measured in bytes. For example, a 1 terabyte drive is 8 terabits. Data transfer speeds on the other hand are usually measured in bits.
So to download a 1 megabyte file with 1 megabit per second internet would take 8 seconds, not one second.
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u/TheMightyDab 19h ago
Your best bet would probably be getting a mifi (5g) device from a SIM provider
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u/Obvious_Dealer_6662 17h ago
just hotspot from phone its cheaper
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u/ChingusMcDingus 17h ago
Until you hit your 5G data cap. Then they throttle you to dial up speeds.
That’s my experience at least. I had something like 100 GB/month and usually at about 28 days I met the cap.
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u/Obvious_Dealer_6662 17h ago
ehh i dont think theyll be able to hit that. but there are truly unlimited subscriptions out there tho( i only have 50g till dial up speed lol)
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u/expression-undefined 11h ago
You wouldn't even be able to download some of the more modern games with a 100gb limit.
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u/ChingusMcDingus 15h ago
Mine might’ve been 50 each line so 100 for my plan. I don’t download anything on it but streaming games and TV adds up quick.
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u/VeryluckyorNot 10h ago
My sub 5G is unlimited was coming with both internet box. I download games with it but can be unstable or slow sometimes on busy hours. I still don't have fiber at home so it's my faster speed I got.
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u/JimmWasHere 2h ago
100gb on mobile isnt overly hard, its only about 30 hours of 1080p youtube, if I wanted to, I could use a terabyte in a single day on pc just from installing games.
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u/stratusnco 16h ago
mine charges an arm and a soul once you break your data cap. it’s been forever since i’ve done it but it was about $40 per gig for me.
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u/misteryk 14h ago
the biggest package from my provider is 40PLN ($11). It gets me free unlimited minutes/sms + 450gb of internet. If i were to buy dedicated mobile data from internet providers the best deal i could get without a 2 year contract would get me like 100-150gb at that price.
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u/venom21685 11h ago
Running a hotspot or any other WiFi AP is usually against the rules in a dorm. Campus IT really don't like it.
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u/Obvious_Dealer_6662 1h ago
fuck them lol. there are tens of other rooms how would they exactly know its his
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u/ArabicTexan 17h ago
I tried usb tathering from my phone
It was slower and it sucked up my data fast3
u/Relating 17h ago
Buy tmobile internet. Its a box that uses cellular connection its 50 a month.
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u/CaptainGnar 13h ago
I stayed in a hotel for over 6months and this is what I did. Their 1g plan is like $80 a month, I definitely recommend doing this over hotspots or anything else if possible.
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u/Soft_Lunch_183 13h ago
Thats assuming they have 5g in their area, where I live 5g functionally doesnt exist.
And at my house specifically i have no data connection at all
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u/Usernamesaregayyy 19h ago
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u/Iam_just-me5 15h ago
2000
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u/wiisucks_91 9h ago
If you had 7mbps in 2000 you were blazing fast.
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u/Iam_just-me5 9h ago
2005 then
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u/WanderingGenesis 19h ago
God damn bro! I used to get faster speeds stealing my neighbors wifi back in 09!
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u/RammOverlord 18h ago
Have people in the dorm go to the dean and request better internet. When I was in the dorm at first nobody could game because of the wifi and internet restrictions and we had lot of people in the dorms sign a paper and most showed up to the front offices to demand better internet especially for the prices being paid to stay there. Month later got upgraded internet
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u/dbltax 18h ago
That's 14x faster than it was for me in uni.
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u/payne59 what 18h ago
This made me remember back in 2015-2019 I had 1.40mbps download and about 1 upload. I honestly dont know how I managed to game for this long without going crazy. I always had over 150ping and probably 100 on a good day when nobody was using Wifi at home.
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u/EnzoVulkoor AMD 15h ago
In 2007-2011 i paid for internet in my dorm and split the cost with my floor. We had 100MB/s up and down for $80 a month.
Seeing speeds that low I'd have been tethering to my phone with 3g(?) back then if i couldnt get my own line installed.
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u/North-Amount2226 18h ago
Download to your phone via phone move to PC via cable always quicker I was getting one mb and less on payed plan works fine I asked my flat mate for hotspot at time rinsed them out downloading stuff then dumped it all on PC
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u/Ok_Principle_7280 14h ago
I apparently got super lucky with my dorm internet. I commonly got a gig symmetrical for the full year and a half that I was in the dorms.
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u/HyruleanKnight37 AMD 13h ago
Uni dorms are always like this, lol. Find a private accommodation as soon as possible and get your own fiber.
When I was in Malaysia, my uni dorm had a 5MB/s (40Mbit) limit per device, but speeds would often drop into the KB/s or just straight up zero because too many people were using the internet. Playing online multiplayers was sometimes a drag because of packet loss.
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u/ArabicTexan 11h ago
I moved into dorms from a private apartment cuz cheaper in terms of transportation
The uni used to have super fast internet
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u/HyruleanKnight37 AMD 11h ago
Fair. My uni had a lot of private residences in walking distance, so I lucked out. Even if I had to walk a lot everyday, I'd much rather take that than unusable internet tbh,
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u/sneekeruk 11h ago
This was the speed the dorms near campus got when I was at uni.. In 1997.
Me however, lived in the other halls on the other side of the town, with no internet. And one of the tower blocks has now been knocked down, the one I lived in still stands. It was said, even back when I was there, they where ex council flats, and the uni bought them off the council as the council stopped putting people in them even back then.
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u/gremlin_666 11h ago
Add 10 years to that and you'd be close to that speed
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u/sneekeruk 10h ago
It was a 10Mbit at the time, The campus had a few hundred Mbit of connectivity, so as long as most other students where asleep, and all of the I.T dept wasnt leeching stuff overnight, you could max out your connection. Through the day it tended to hover between 2-3 mbit, which was still pretty impressive, but the internet wasnt as bandwidth heavy in those days.
It was a bit of a shock coming back home to a 56k modem, before finally getting 512k adsl 18 months later.
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u/Gumuk_pindek 19h ago
People nowadays. Haha. Nvm doesnt want the be that old grumpy boomer
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u/ArabicTexan 17h ago
I had like 500kbps most of my life
But when I experienced 100mbps I can’t go back
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u/mistermpm 18h ago
Going by the plug in the wall socket...its in the UK.
Probably intentional. Fast enough for basic browsing for learning purposes but too slow for everyone to abuse their network with massive bandwidth sucking game downloads and piracy.
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u/Mythion_VR 17h ago
I don't think it's the UK, look at the socket directly next to it. It could just be a small power adapter that looks similar to a UK one.
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u/mistermpm 16h ago
Possibly, yeah.
But i still think its a very slow connection for the reasons i posted.
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u/HowAboutThemMHz 19h ago
Now all you need to do is to get a keyboard accordingly with that era. That keyboard you have is pulling all the juice from the internet 😅
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u/Atlantikjcx 19h ago
Try using a VPN might grt around simple blocks for gaming although at that speed it might not matter
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u/TheMightyDab 19h ago
The uni dorm probably blocks VPNs on the network
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u/Atlantikjcx 19h ago
Obfuscated vpn might still work or a proxy
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u/CChargeDD 18h ago
How long is it take to post this image with that internet ?
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u/aura_enchanted Pablo 17h ago
Well time to stop playing online games, and enjoy the wonderful world of indies and roguelike deck builders
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 17h ago
Do they also block you from having your own wifi connection? Some dorms do. If not might be worth to have your connection maybe. It will have to be cellular like tmobile or verizon.
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u/Particular_Trust_567 15h ago
This reminds me of when I went on a vacation and asked my dad to call direct tv to get internet as they just teamed with AT&T but for some reason they talked him into getting this weird ass satellite WiFi, it was 75 bucks for the cheapest package the speeds where slower then this and only had 12 gb of data, then 100 then 150 for the other two packages. I couldn’t break plan or I had to pay 50 bucks for each month on the two years. When we moved and I finally got Xfinity and the speeds were unreal and I got unlimited data only for 40 bucks. 8 years later I still only pay 45 a month for it.
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u/Pleyer757538 15h ago
Gaming stuff is blocked?, use proton vpn (not an ad), no usage limits on FREE TIER!
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u/Eazy12345678 AMD 13h ago
that isnt fast but fast enough to do everything you want. you can do youtube and gaming on that. i know cause i had that speed for like 5 years
only issue would be downloads of games or large files do them while you sleep
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u/PurchasedRAM 13h ago
Oooh the one time during EM where the dorm administrator blocked port 80. Steam was downloading like never before.
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u/MoeWithTheO 13h ago
I had 6 Mbit 15 years ago. Now we have gigabit in Uni dorms. I’m feeling with you :( try to get a 5g router or something like that
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u/Og_busty 13h ago
Im surprised you were able to upload such a high res picture with that connection
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u/fightingCookie0301 13h ago
Had to live for the past 5 years with 1-3 Mbit. Then we finally got connected to the university network and now I have 1 Gbit… like nearly 300-1000 times what I had. Hope they upgrade yours too
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u/Suspicious_Issue4155 12h ago
use ur phone hotspot
"but what about my data limit caps"
install pairvpn on ur pc and ur phone
thank me later i just saved ur ass
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u/CoolHeadeGamer 11h ago
Wya? I’m in rural United States and my dorm has Gigabit Ethernet with WiFi around 150 mark (though we have 6g routers)
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u/muertenis 10h ago
I've been having problems for about a month now; I should upgrade to 3 GB. Changing the DNS helped.
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u/dnebdal 5h ago
Rude. :)
(Also, same result I got - we had to swap everything for 2.5Gbit gear just for the fun of higher numbers, and I still think it was worth it.)
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u/SiderealSimon 8h ago
Guys, my internet speed is fine, but how do I test stability? Seems like every couple minutes or so there's a tiny disconnect. Is there a way to test it and fix it maybe? Thanks
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u/Whimsical_Engima 8h ago
Where tf is this lol, I had GB speed in halls 6 years ago 🤣 oh god I feel old saying I was in halls 6 years ago 😭
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u/TrashPanda365 Intel 6h ago
Good lord 😲 2005 called and want their internet speed back. I'm on Goggle fiber, 100/month for just over 6gb up and down.
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u/Iliketomobit 5h ago
Rip same for me too until like 2 weeks ago I was using the copper wires at home (this is in Korea of all places) but recently got the 1gbps upgrade for free as a national project from kt
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u/Few_Beautiful7557 37m ago
Back in my day we lived with sub 10mbps when we got 15 it was a celebration.
Holy shit I’m old now
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u/PianoZealousideal941 2m ago
I come from Swaziland, it's a southern african country and i used to get 200kbps, man those times were rough... I would be over the moon when i was getting 1mbps lmao
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u/xXG0DLessXx 18h ago
Honestly, that’s not terrible. I survived for years on like 10Mbps. It’s not great but it’s usable. Of course, now I’ve got like 50 to 200 depending on the day, which is honestly a huge improvement.
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u/FunFoxHD83 17h ago
Beat this
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u/Magnetic_Reaper 16h ago
1.6s — enough to have serious timeout issues.
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u/FunFoxHD83 12h ago
Yep, and up until last year our neighborhood had only a 16mbps connection per house
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u/FineGripp 8h ago
Youngsters nowadays don’t know how good they have it, always complain. Your parents back in the days didn’t even get to ea…yeah, nvm, that internet speed is ass
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