Comments on: Who is the World's Biggest Broadband Company? Find Out

By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:17:35 +0000

Hello, I do internet technical support for the ISP Insight Communications. Your list appears to be outdated. We currently offer residential broadband speeds for 10Mbps & 20Mbps. Also 30Mbps & 50Mbps connections coming next month. Our 10meg connection is our basic service.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:48:01 +0000

Sanjay

It just might be that they are simply scaling up right now and in time would get to a point where China too will have higher quality/speed of broadband.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:47:00 +0000

Have you tried Sonic.net? I hear they are pretty awesome.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:46:25 +0000

Sorry about that. I had fixed it while you were leaving this comment. Your vigilance is appreciated.

By: Sanjay Maharaj

Sanjay Maharaj — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:45 +0000

One thing that clearly stands out in the analysis is the quality of the broadband in China vs. US, where China has 3.5 Mbps while US come sin at 16.5

Is this further proof of the stigma associated with all products made in China that they are indeed not up to the quality we in the west have coem to expect?

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:58:00 +0000

Yup I used to live in West Marin (San Geronimo) and a carrier pigeon was faster than the Internet. Very pretty out there though...

By: Nerdizen

Nerdizen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:43:18 +0000

What's phenomenal about the Worlds Top 10 Broadband ISP's is that they are all share the same telecom equipment provider and that is the behemoth, ZTE, based in China. It's hard to get anything competitive done in the telecom or broadband arena without including ZTE or Huawei.

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:40:35 +0000

15 Mbps download in Marin County? Is that what I'm missing out on in West Marin? Damn. The continuous agony of the last mile.

By: Jim Baker

Jim Baker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:10:47 +0000

I’m glad to see Comcast the top of the US list. I live in Marin County just north of San Francisco and the broadband service is very good. I check using Speedtest fairly regularly and consistently get >15Mbps down, >4Mbps up and around 15-20ms of latency. This was the last test I did in June:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/855260567.png

Now I just want the Remote DVR for iPhone to come out…

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:56:11 +0000

Oops. I just fixed it. thanks for helping out with the correct note.

By: PawanG

PawanG — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:52:52 +0000

I guess the correct web address is speedtest.net for Ookla's popular web servide.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:54 +0000

Hi Om, minor correction above… Ookla runs http://speedtest.net, .com looks to be parked on by some domain squatter.