How did they start their own ISP

[kirill2485]

At my school, we get 100 gbit internet speeds. Where does the school get the internet from, the best internet speeds we have in the Bay Area are 100mbit(Comcast BuisnessClass). When I do a speedtest, the ISP shows Palo Alto Unified School District and during school hours speeds are 500mbit, and during lunch, I decided to go to the computer lab to try downloading a 1 gbyte file, and it finished in 16 seconds at about 60 mbyte/sec, with every other person watching youtube, or doing something that requires a lot of bandwith ... Where does my school get their internet from, and how did they start their own ISP, please note that the cables where not cat7, but just regular ethernet cables.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2980441705

Businesses and large organizations like schools can pay more to get a connection with a lot of bandwidth. The school likely has an expensive fiber line in order to have enough bandwidth to serve a lot of students.

60 MB/s is about 500 Mbps. Usually, you'll see Internet speeds advertised in bits per second (bps).

I did a quick look at Comcast's business site, and they provide up to 10 Gbps connections. That's roughly 10,000 Mbps.

[kirill2485]

Hello, yes I already knew a long time ago that there is 8 bits in a byte. I am looking at the Comcast Buisness site and the most I'm seeing is 100mbps down 20 up: http://business.comcast.com/internet/business-internet/plans-pricing

Where does it say that Comcast Buisness Class is 10gbps

[kirill2485]

just looked at a different page and saw the 10gbps. http://business.comcast.com/ethernet/products/network-services

thanks