Fasting BG 2021

[skb]

Hello All,
Like every year, we are starting a new thread for the year 2021.

I'm starting the year with a high of 125. Will be working hard to get this down asap.

[Tamagno]

52 this morning.

Quite cold this New Years Day with a weather advisory predicting snow and ice starting in about 45 minutes and lasting 12 hours.

Hopefully, we manage to keep our power, phone and internet this time around, but if not I think we're prepared.

[walkerwally1]

86 this morning.  Weather here is pretty mild with the high around the high 60s for the next few days. 

[Grammabear]

114 this morning (posted earlier, but for some unknown reason it disappeared)

[bigskygal]

98 this partly cloudy morning. Chance of snow showers tonight.

[skb]

113 today morning.

I took a new fiber connection starting 2021 and am now getting speeds of about 140-160 Mbps for both the downloads and uploads. How does this compare with you guys? Let me know.

[Sweety]

Starting the new year with a fasting reading of 101.
My sister is OK now. Covid test is negative.

[Tamagno]

91 this morning.

Sweety, I'm so glad to hear your sisters okay now!

SKB, my download connection is consistently about 114 mbps with upload speed of about 14 mbps. Given my proximity to servers that's likely nearly the maximum for me at least over cable. Your new fiber connection sounds very good and should be more than enough for household use.

[Grammabear]

107 this morning.

That is good news Sweety regarding your sister.  I hope she continues to feel well.

Upload speed here is 3.5Mbps - download speed is 17.06Mbps

[walkerwally1]

93 this morning.  Weather here looks pretty boring but nice.  We should be in the mid to high 60s for the next few days.
Fiber is not an option where I live.  This is an older neighborhood and cable is overhead like the power and copper is all that is available.  The phone company installed fiber in the newer housing areas but I know they won't spend the money to run it in these older neighborhoods.  Still I get around 120 mbps down and 15-20 mbps up and it just fine for what I do.  Streaming movies is smooth and uninterrupted and down time is rare so I'm not unhappy with it. 

[bigskygal]

102 this cloudy morning.

The high yesterday was 40°, today's forecast is 43°/34°.

I guess I have pretty poor internet service comparing my numbers to all of you. I live in the boonies and there aren't many choices. Download is 4.04 Mbps Upload is 1.84 Mbps. It seems fine to me...

[skb]

I guess I have pretty poor internet service comparing my numbers to all of you. I live in the boonies and there aren't many choices. Download is 4.04 Mbps Upload is 1.84 Mbps. It seems fine to me...

Ya we have all grown up with no internet and then the dial-up connections and speeds in kbps. Yup, things have changed.

[Tamagno]

184 this morning.

I doubt we'll ever get optical fiber where I am either and I know of only a small area in town that has it. What I've got is more than enough, though, plus my video streaming devices along with a number of other things are connected via Ethernet so it's stable.

There's a young guy down the road who's a gaming professional (who knew that was a career choice) and if this is fast enough for him it must be okay.

I still remember that odd noise you used to get when using dial-up...

[skb]

I still remember that odd noise you used to get when using dial-up...

Yes, the funny "handshake" was actually used because it was synonymous with the sound of horse hooves and the clatter of carriages on the stone streets, or so it was said.

[1970clea]

6.5 this morning.