Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook

Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by gkoberger on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:01PM (#6728032)

Right now, I'm in a restaurant on the beach. Internet is pretty good here (and everywhere else I've been -- way better than the average coffee shop / hotel / etc internet in the US). I use StrongVPN and haven't had any problems yet. I Skype and watch Netflix all the time with no issues at all.

Here's a speed test (while off my VPN and at a restaurant rather than my house): http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3099024113

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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by adventured on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:36PM (#6728279)

Doesn't sound like a very accurate description of Costa Rica's Internet:

http://www.ticotimes.net/Business/Internet-slow-but-speeding...

Costa Rica has among the slowest Internet speeds and least broadband access in South America.

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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by benologist on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @05:24PM (#6729093)

It's slow as in you're not going to find a 20 megabit connection all to yourself. Normal speed is probably closer to 1 megabit, but you can easily get a bit better than that these days (I'm on 5).

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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by alex_doom on Thursday November 14, 2013 @04:42AM (#6731496)

Do you have Time Warner? I'm pretty sure South America is getting a faster connection than I have.

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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by DanBC on Thursday November 14, 2013 @07:34AM (#6731913)

Better than what I'm getting.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3100376268

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Re:Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook by X4 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @10:31PM (#6730357)

That's 16mbit/1mbit ADSL:

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