What is the FASTEST internet provider in Grand Baie?

Hi Nik,

unfortunately I think you will never be impressed by the Internet speed in MRU

I think you maybe right Julien...BUT i think there has to be something faster than what i currently have here!

Julien wrote:

Hi Nik,

unfortunately I think you will never be impressed by the Internet speed in MRU

how much does this shows ? http://www.speedtest.net/

I'm using Orange (home use): Download 2 Mbps - Upload 0.29 Mbps

Nik,

No matter how fast the *local* connection speed is, once you go off-island the traffic is heavily throttled. AFAIK, Maritius Telecom has a monopoly over all of the pipes leading to/from our little rock, and everyone else - even Emtel - has to hitch a ride with them for international connectivity.

The good news is that, if you know what you're doing, you can eek pretty close to the max speed out of a fixed ADSL connection. However, you'll *never* experience anything like the U.S.

My Comcast line in FL gives me 20Mbps down, and that's the most basic package. So coming back to the island each time equals taking a 10x performance hit on my surf speeds. Just another side "benefit" to living in paradise.

BTW, PM me about your kid as our school year begins next Thursday and we're actively enrolling both current and future students.

Randall C. Kennedy, Director
American International Academy

good morning nik, forget about this 21 mbs advertising bu**sh*t. check your speed with a real speed test like

http://www.enetsc.com/bandwidth.htm

when you dig more into the site you will find mauritius on place 170 among all countries

http://www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/

with 1,58 mbps in average.
which does not say much about what finally arrives at your end of the pipe.

i have experienced the internet development in africa since its beginning, from dial up to fiber and i can assure you, mauritius internet is, in general, not bad at all. for shure nothing to compare with American or European high speed fiber, but....
you need to develop a managing approach, means download heavy stuff at night hours, use the busy hours, when the pipes are throttled only for mails and other light stuff.

and take it easy, you cant change it, try to get a dsl access and even TV streaming is possible.

happy surfing Rainer

Sorry for the late response...my speeds are: 3.52Mbps (DL) and 0.16Mbps (UL)

so i GUESS i shouldn't complain....i guess......!

Julien wrote:

how much does this shows ? http://www.speedtest.net/

I'm using Orange (home use): Download 2 Mbps - Upload 0.29 Mbps

Hi RCK01, Yes you are right....a joy of the island i guess! So our daughter is going to the IPS British school in the North of the island, and starts tomorrow....we are living in Grand Baie, so it makes sense to send her there due to distance.

Hi aquawatch: thanks for your input too!

hi, howz the school to which your child is going?

my son goes to hampton school in quatre bores, i was told by many that it is a very good school, but somehow i can nowhere compare it close to good school we have in india.

Hi All,

I have just moved to the island and wanted to know whether this isn’t still the case from your experiences since this post was last active) ?

Just who can give us a good download/ upload speed in the Grand Baie area?

My experience so far is only with Emtel and it’s not great right now...

Thanks a lot people!

George