Question on Internet Connection Speed

My local internet company is offering 10 meg service (I currently have a 3 meg service) which seems fast enough. But………This is a package deal with phone and TV so you get it no matter what if I switch.

Do you need a special modem or card to process this fast? (I have just the standard card that came with the computer which is a few years old already)

Chances are your cable provider will give you a new modem to handle their 10meg service, unless of course it already can. Pretty sure your nic card can handle it.

if you mean your ethernet card then it should be at least 100 mb/s which should be fine. I don't think I've seen anything slower than that for ethernet.

Thanks and yeah its a standard 100 card (modem not sure so I will give them a buzz) Thanks again

The arcane arts of internet speedery :/

You should be ok with a 100. Most computers come with 10/100/1000 built in nowadays, but the top-end is for local networking rather than internet. Obviously the 10Mb is theoretical top speed that will never be achieved - assuming US law allows the same luxury of optimistic advertising that English law does.

[noob note: do ISP figures and NIC figures both refer to Megabits, rather than Megabytes? Always wondered ^^]

snog they usually refer to megabits instead of megabytes however there are small exceptions

You're talking about DSL right?

If you upgrade to 10Mbit, make sure you have an ADSL2+ modem because the max for that regular DSL crap is like 6Mbits? So going from 3 to 10, you'll have to check that your modem is go.

I cleaned out the server room at work and I found some base 10T hubs. But that's off topic

If you are referring to, let's say Roadrunner as an example, then yes...they provide the modem, install disk, etc.