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Topic: What is your average internet speed?
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jstricker
Member Posts: 12955
From: Russell, KS USA
Registered: Apr 2002
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Just so everyone knows, this was my result from speedtest.net:
This was my result from http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
A few years ago when I was having speed problems with my wireless connection I was using both speedtest and speakeasy. Speakeasy had a lot less variability than speedtest at that time and was typically slower especially on the upload side.
John Stricker
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topher_time
Member Posts: 3033
From: Collierville, TN
Registered: Sep 2005
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My average:
It is a little slower than the normal, only because when the internet slows down, it crawls. I ain't complainin 'bout it none, it is free from Comcast  Looooooong story.IP: Logged |
williegoat
Member Posts: 756
From: Glendale, AZ
Registered: Mar 2009
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The wires are very old from here to the DSLAM and they are not yet willing to replace them. I can't wait for them to bring in fiber optics.IP: Logged |
Larryh86GT
Member Posts: 1247
From: Tonawanda,NY USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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8Ball
Member Posts: 6244
From: Knoxville TN
Registered: Jul 2001
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Here is mine from home atm..
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$Rich$
Member Posts: 13346
From: Sioux Falls SD
Registered: Dec 2002
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this is mine from home, from the local cable company and also running a cable box with a DVR off the same line
same connecttion on a wireless router that is thru a floor and a few walls
from the speedtest.net ap for Droid with 3 of 4 bars on the 3G
.83mbps dl with .81mbps up load[This message has been edited by $Rich$ (edited 02-06-2010).] IP: Logged |
williegoat
Member Posts: 756
From: Glendale, AZ
Registered: Mar 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by $Rich$:
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Zero delay on the ping? ^ What, are you sitting on top of the server?IP: Logged |
$Rich$
Member Posts: 13346
From: Sioux Falls SD
Registered: Dec 2002
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| | | quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Zero delay on the ping? ^ What, are you sitting on top of the server? |
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i have no idea what ping even is  IP: Logged |
$Rich$
Member Posts: 13346
From: Sioux Falls SD
Registered: Dec 2002
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just did it again
0 pingIP: Logged |
cone shark
Member Posts: 114
From: Northern, NY
Registered: Jun 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by pokeyfiero:
click on the "copy forum link" it will copy to your clipboard and then paste it in your post. |
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You guys don't know slow.
Copy and paste didn't work under Ubuntu 8.10. I had to switch to XP.[This message has been edited by cone shark (edited 02-08-2010).] IP: Logged |
$Rich$
Member Posts: 13346
From: Sioux Falls SD
Registered: Dec 2002
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at work
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$Rich$
Member Posts: 13346
From: Sioux Falls SD
Registered: Dec 2002
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again at work
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Larryh86GT
Member Posts: 1247
From: Tonawanda,NY USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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| | | quote | Originally posted by cone shark:
You guys don't know slow.
Copy and paste didn't work under Ubuntu 8.10. I had to switch to XP.
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Boy, that is slow. Is it tin cans and strings up there in the frozen north? 
Larry
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Fiero_Adam
Member Posts: 1358
From: Northwest OK
Registered: Apr 2005
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Does the computer you're using effect the speed? My ISP advertises an 8mb download speed for my plan, but I'm usually right around 3mb, give or take a few tenths. I don't think I've ever seen it go up to 4. This is cable, by the way.IP: Logged |
cone shark
Member Posts: 114
From: Northern, NY
Registered: Jun 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Larryh86GT:
Boy, that is slow. Is it tin cans and strings up there in the frozen north?
Larry
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No.
Trained monkeys with semaphor flags.IP: Logged |
USFiero
Member Posts: 4260
From: Hampton, VA the U S of A!
Registered: Mar 2002
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All you guys with your fancy smanschy high speed internetz... I was excited when Verizon DSL came to my neighborhood and my house almost six years ago. This was my speed a week ago:
I was paying for 1.5Mbs downloads <--- fixed because I held down the CAPS key while typing in mps and didn't pay it no mind (don't recall the upload speed)
And now, for $5 more than what I was paying for my phone and internet from Verizon, I got phone and FIOS:
I'm paying for 15 Down/5 Up
21 ms ping is good...
And these are sustained speeds, not 'speedboosted' for ten or twenty seconds like the cable companies.
I even got ten bucks off each month for six months... damn, I'm feeling smug [This message has been edited by USFiero (edited 04-04-2010).] IP: Logged |
faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by USFiero:
And these are sustained speeds, not 'speedboosted' for ten or twenty seconds like the cable companies.
I even got ten bucks off each month for six months... damn, I'm feeling smug
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if you use the speedtest many cable companies list on their websites (charter does for sure) it will list the REAL speed, not including any bursts. had a GOOD cable guy here the other day and let me in on some few tips he learned over the years (like the obvious "tech support doesnt know sh*t"). and there are mobile speed test sites. AND, for reference if it hasnt been said yet, to know your REAL speeds (in megaBYTES, not useless megaBITS) devide the numbers that speedtest.net gives you by 8.IP: Logged |
faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by cone shark:
No.
Trained monkeys with semaphor flags. |
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there is no way that is accurate. higher upload than download? 0.00375 megabytes per second download and 0.01 upload? no way. it would take hours to load any webpageIP: Logged |
87antuzzi
Member Posts: 5567
From: two fat guys house.
Registered: Feb 2009
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slow. but its mine!IP: Logged |
proff
Member Posts: 4654
From: The bottom of the world
Registered: Oct 2004
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I feel so ashamedIP: Logged |
faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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 thats kilaBYTES, so to compare to everyone elses speedtest.net numbers, mine would be about 32kilabits. not to mention that was the average speed over the span of downloading over 7megabytes, so it wasnt a glitch. most likely burst speed, but i kept doing the test over and over again and it stayed pretty steady at around 4000kilabytes, sometimes going a bit over 4000. that was using my wifi thru my Droid
edit to show inaccuracy typical to speedtest.net and crappy routers
all while paying for 5megabits per second. REAL speeds never changed. NOW after getting a nice router and waiting a bit for speedtest.net to improve, my results are around 10megabits, as they should be (charter doubled our speed for free a few months ago)[This message has been edited by faaaaq (edited 04-04-2010).] IP: Logged |
Carver1
Member Posts: 1900
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Nov 2000
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86 SE 4 Speed 3.4 "The Short Bus"
Under the knife. Soon to be choptop...
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billpapps
Member Posts: 545
From: Ktown TN.
Registered: Jul 2009
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Speekeasy
Download Speed: 26786 kbps (3348.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 3775 kbps (471.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
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Cliff Pennock
Administrator Posts: 8720
From: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 99
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Sorry, just wanted to brag.
Also, I'm moving in a few weeks and now I can do a before and after comparison.IP: Logged |
cone shark
Member Posts: 114
From: Northern, NY
Registered: Jun 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by faaaaq:
there is no way that is accurate. higher upload than download? 0.00375 megabytes per second download and 0.01 upload? no way. it would take hours to load any webpage |
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I just download a manual for the Millermatic 35.
It was a 4.8MB pdf file.
During the download the speed varied between 2.4 and 3.2 KB/sec.
3.2 KB/sec
3200 B/sec
25,600 b/sec
.026 Mb/sec
0.03 Mb/sec is in the ball park.
The upload number? I do not know.
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Cliff Pennock
Administrator Posts: 8720
From: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 99
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| | | quote | Originally posted by faaaaq:
thats kilaBYTES, so to compare to everyone elses speedtest.net numbers, mine would be about 32kilabits. |
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You got your terminology a bit mixed up.
First of all it's "Kilo" not "Kila". 3941 KiloBytes per second would be about 32 Megabits per second. If it was 32 Kilobits per second, that connection would be slower than through an old fashioned serial modem. But, mobilespeedtest.com measures speed in kbps (Kilobit per second, so the speed really is about 3.85 megabit per second, not 32 megabit per second. And 3.85 megabit per second is about maximum for a mobile device.IP: Logged |
AutoMark
Member Posts: 414
From: Somewhere between the Red and Rio Grande
Registered: Jan 2005
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not bad for free internet![This message has been edited by AutoMark (edited 04-05-2010).] IP: Logged |
aaronkoch
Member Posts: 1080
From: Spokane, WA
Registered: Aug 2003
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Sorry Cliffy..
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aaronkoch
Member Posts: 1080
From: Spokane, WA
Registered: Aug 2003
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Ok, in the spirit of fairness, my previous one was from my game server (in a Netriver Collo, it's on an unmetered 100mbit port..
This one is mine from home.. Anything more than 25mbit/s and I had to build a PFsense box to handle it..
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faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
You got your terminology a bit mixed up.
First of all it's "Kilo" not "Kila". 3941 KiloBytes per second would be about 32 Megabits per second. If it was 32 Kilobits per second, that connection would be slower than through an old fashioned serial modem. But, mobilespeedtest.com measures speed in kbps (Kilobit per second, so the speed really is about 3.85 megabit per second, not 32 megabit per second. And 3.85 megabit per second is about maximum for a mobile device. |
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whoops lol. thanks cliff. i knew what i meant at least xPIP: Logged |
billpapps
Member Posts: 545
From: Ktown TN.
Registered: Jul 2009
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I was nice. I ran my test 150 miles away I also run a gaming server.
Games Running are old games But still played by a few.
GL-Quake
Quake 2
Quake 2 Lith.
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faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by billpapps:
I was nice. I ran my test 150 miles away I also run a gaming server.
Games Running are old games But still played by a few.
GL-Quake
Quake 2
Quake 2 Lith.
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ive got the PC version of Quake 3 running on my Droid, and the graphics are iffy lol, cant imagine what Quake 2 looks like on a normal monitor :PIP: Logged |
Cliff Pennock
Administrator Posts: 8720
From: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 99
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| | | quote | Originally posted by aaronkoch:
Sorry Cliffy..
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II hate you.
Seriously, it's not the download speed that impresses me, it's the upload speed. But that ain't no home connection innit?IP: Logged |
aaronkoch
Member Posts: 1080
From: Spokane, WA
Registered: Aug 2003
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No, it's at a rackspace company.. I pay $60 / u of space, unmetered 100mbit.
It's not always 100mbit, but the pings are AWESOME, which is why I love it so...------------------
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WingNut - MD
Member Posts: 5108
From: Hockeytown
Registered: Apr 2003
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Holy smokes, some of you guys have some awesome speeds![This message has been edited by WingNut - MD (edited 04-06-2010).] IP: Logged |
faaaaq
Member Posts: 2716
From: Madison WI, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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if google comes to Madison (seems likely actually), ill be getting their service. 1 gigabit down speeds (around 125 megabytes). idk what the up speeds are.IP: Logged |
skuzzbomer
Member Posts: 2035
From: Nashville
Registered: Sep 2009
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I don't care about "tests"...... Let me see actual real-life usage and I'll be impressed.
In reality, I have sustained 600k upload speeds for hours on end. Something like 2.5megabytes/s down sustained (with a good swarm).
A good way to check total speeds, download a linux distro from their server and a separate torrent at different times / it'll give you a pretty good indicator of your overall connection.IP: Logged |
