Just had a new internet service installed at the moment it's delivering about 730 Mbps downstream and 100 Mbps upstream. How does that compare with what other people are getting. Surprisingly, it's not fibre direct to my desk like my ultra-fast service in Thailand - this is coax.

@Paulos_the_fog Ha, I've got fiber direct to the home, and 1gig down and up. I'm now getting 1.4gig for cheaper, and they have 8. I'm going to try and persuade them to let me have the 8, so I can blog about it, with my popular influencer bit. Perhaps my 8 readers will find it amusing.
Anyway, it becomes useful with Linux where I am always downloading updates. The main internet is finally catching up to 1gig, on everything -- torrents and downloads. 8gig will be faster than my internal ethernet. How will I upgrade that? :)