My ISP just upgraded my speeds. This is nuts.

[DeeBye]

My wife was having some problems with the cable box connected to the TV she usually watches, so she called our cable/ISP provider to find a solution. Their solution was to give us a new cable box for the TV, but to do that they also had to package it in with an upgraded internet plan. I don't know why, but I'm not complaining. It isn't costing me anything more, but I did have to go and pick up a new cable box and gigabit modem/router.

Our old plan was 100Mbps unlimited bandwidth, which was just fine for me. I actually got around 150Mbps, so downloading things like games and movies was pretty quick. I don't really need gigabit speeds, but since it was a "free" upgrade from my ISP I'll surely take it.

I'm paying about $125 CAD/month for internet and a pretty decent digital TV package. This includes 2 digital TV boxes and the gigabit modem/router rental.

I remember when I got my first actual "Broadband Internet" (remember that term?) from my ISP. It cost me about $40 CAD/month and was a whopping 2Mbps connection.

Online speed tests are kinda flaky at these speeds. The image above is one of the higher ones I've tested (it's from PC Mag), but I've tested a bunch of others and get anywhere from 500Mbps-1,000Mbps.