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Connection speed
on: March 31, 2010, 09:27:05 PM
So how fast is your internet connection? I just upgraded from a 2 MB to 16 MB connection
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #1 on: March 31, 2010, 09:42:12 PM
How could one tell?


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #2 on: March 31, 2010, 10:30:11 PM
You can use this speedometer to check http://www.testmyspeed.com/ it’s always nice to check that you are getting the bandwidth that your ISP have promised you
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #3 on: March 31, 2010, 10:33:04 PM
My "high speed DSL" is about 0.5 MB, thou most of the time it's 0.2 MB or much less depends on which application I'm using.  ::)


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #4 on: March 31, 2010, 10:33:34 PM
Download    6352Kbps

Upload        429Kbps  

i gather mine is very slow then  :-\


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #5 on: March 31, 2010, 10:37:09 PM
Download    6880Kbps
Upload        852Kbps

That's not fast either I guess compared to your 16mb (that is 16000Kbps, right?) Medic  :ahhh  But I have no idea what to provider promised either  :think:


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #6 on: March 31, 2010, 10:47:53 PM
Download Speed: 33405 kbps (4175.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2666 kbps (333.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
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http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #7 on: March 31, 2010, 10:53:52 PM
Download    6352Kbps

Upload        429Kbps  

i gather mine is very slow then  :-\

That's not too bad for ADSL Paul, quicker than mine anyway, I'm getting about 4736 Kbps at the moment, although my uplink is quicker at 896 Kbps.

Here in the UK, it depends on things like how far you are from the nearest exchange and whether that exchange has the latest kit in it. They are in the middle of a huge program to upgrade them all though, so we should all see better speeds soon.
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #8 on: March 31, 2010, 10:55:14 PM
12.48Mbps download (12480 kbp)
0.82Mbps upload (817 kbp)

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Re: Connection speed
Reply #9 on: April 01, 2010, 12:02:00 AM
Download    8752Kbps
Upload        448Kbps
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #10 on: April 01, 2010, 12:17:21 AM


even though we're subscribed to "up to 20MB"...  ::)  :ahhh
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #11 on: April 01, 2010, 12:21:57 AM
Mine's not too bad considering I also have two TV's running off it in addition to my desktop, laptop and netbook!

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Re: Connection speed
Reply #12 on: April 01, 2010, 12:26:37 AM
6 meg is a decent download speed in much of the US South East AT$T area. Unless its U-Verse, blah..blah, etc. The corporate logo resembles the Death Star for a reason.... >:D ::)


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #13 on: April 01, 2010, 12:27:48 AM
According to the test, I'm at 4000kbps

I'm not much for current affairs, but apparently Australia's internet is the laughing stock of 1st world countries.



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Re: Connection speed
Reply #14 on: April 01, 2010, 12:30:08 AM
http://www.speedtest.net/ will give a better idea as it has test servers closer to you...
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #15 on: April 01, 2010, 12:42:01 AM
speedtest.net gives me 12 mbps.

Apparently a 800mb movie will take me 8 mins.

That's a bit like saying my car can travel to Melbourne in 3 hours. this is probably true, if my point of origin is the ISS when it is above St Kilda.

In practice, It takes me a crapload longer than that.



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Re: Connection speed
Reply #16 on: April 01, 2010, 12:46:15 AM


Tonight its not too bad but its not uncommon for it to drop down to 2.5Mb/s  The contention ratio around here sucks :rant:
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #17 on: April 01, 2010, 12:55:00 AM
Big difference here:



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Re: Connection speed
Reply #18 on: April 01, 2010, 01:11:18 AM
It's a slow night I guess

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Re: Connection speed
Reply #19 on: April 01, 2010, 09:14:14 AM
also keep in mind downloading & torrents can affect the test.

for cleanest results try it with as little as possible running.

I sometimes post my results on one of my sites: http://www.themetal.net/taxonomy/term/3 altho it's typically when my connection is bad, as you can see, I've had better overall in the past, so they've actually downgraded our connection. They told us it was to make our connection more stable, which is a lie, because it's equally bad as it was, and slower.
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #20 on: April 01, 2010, 09:17:53 AM
All I do is internet and MS word on my laptop.  Never rly DL anything or play gaymes.  I'll test after I sleep and show my results. too grumpy when I'm sleepy >:(


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #21 on: April 01, 2010, 09:25:21 AM
i have "some" internetz ::)

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Re: Connection speed
Reply #22 on: April 01, 2010, 09:41:13 AM
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #23 on: April 01, 2010, 09:47:29 AM
but to be fair i usually cap myself to 10M, we do have other customers :D
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #24 on: April 01, 2010, 09:55:56 AM
i have "some" internetz ::)

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Re: Connection speed
Reply #25 on: April 01, 2010, 10:36:09 AM
seedbox!
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #26 on: April 01, 2010, 11:21:25 AM

Our ISP promised its 16Mb/1,5Mb ... :ahhh


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Re: Connection speed
Reply #27 on: April 01, 2010, 11:54:10 AM
I'd be happy if our upstream was actually the 1mb they promised... the downstream is fine, even if it is a bit slow. We have considered getting ONO fibre optic cable which is way lower contention and actual speeds are as advertised, not "thereabouts"
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Re: Connection speed
Reply #29 on: April 01, 2010, 04:26:30 PM


Bit quicker according to that one.
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