What's Your Internet Speed

[pcasciola]

I'm wondering what percentage of POTN users are using phone modems/cable modem/dsl/T1/T3/etc., and what kind of speeds we are all getting.

Run the test from this link and post your location and results:
Java version: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1
Flash 8 version: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1

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New Jersey (Optimum Online Boost)
http://www.casciola.com/pics/speed.jpg

I know some of you guys in Finland/Sweden have 100Mbit available, so let's see if anyone can break 100mbps.

[cdifoto]

I'm on 1.5mbps and I'm on my wireless laptop. I used the Jersey test since it was closest to me (PA)
http://www.dslreports.com/im/22651722/3410.png

[blonde]

mine pretty much sucks. i get 13.42mb dl and 366kb upload...

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22654096/69628.png

[gjl711]

Well, I'm king of suck right now :( I ran it 10 times and this is the best.

[cdifoto]

Here's the results on my desktop machine:
http://www.dslreports.com/im/22655837/27856.png

[saravrose]

mines at 48 mbps... no idea what that means...

[liza]

I have dial up, which is 19.2 kbps. With the accelerator, it isn't much faster. I'm supposed to get satellite in the near future, though. Not sure how fast that is.

[JaertX]

wow...1449 kbps/355 kbps. kinda sucks.

[saravrose]

wow...1449 kbps/355 kbps. kinda sucks.

huh?.. yours is a lot faster than mine i'm assuming... why does it suck?

[saravrose]

wow...1449 kbps/355 kbps. kinda sucks.

huh?.. yours is a lot faster than mine i'm assuming... why does it suck?

[Nimnifnof]

DSL
edit, well their link didn't work so here's a screenshot

ran it a second time and scored better

[saravrose]

DSL
<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/22656997/62904.png"></a>

hmm.... :confused: ... is this supposed to explain something?...

[JaertX]

huh?.. yours is a lot faster than mine i'm assuming... why does it suck?

not if you're at 48 mbps....you're at over 30x faster connection. be happy!

[cdifoto]

mines at 48 mbps... no idea what that means...

That means your connection kicks arse.

[inthedeck]

Edited: here goes. Fios is great. Going to Parsippany, NJ.

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22658141/92813.png

[saravrose]

oh. it's the m. and it better kick bottoms took the guys forever to come and bring the box thingy and it's expensive..

[cdifoto]

oh. it's the m. and it better kick bottoms took the guys forever to come and bring the box thingy and it's expensive..

Hah I can't even afford a connection that fast whether it's available here or not. Although I must say what I already have is usually plenty fast for most things.

[saravrose]

Hah I can't even afford a connection that fast whether it's available here or not. Although I must say what I already have is usually plenty fast for most things.

yeah. well my only entertainment bills up here is netflix. so, it was a bit of a splurge..

[pcasciola]

To Parsippany, NJ.

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[pcasciola]

yeah. well my only entertainment bills up here is netflix. so, it was a bit of a splurge..48Mbps is AMAZING!! Who is your cable company?

They are beta testing 50Mbps service here, but it will be at least $200-300 per month.

[cdifoto]

yeah. well my only entertainment bills up here is netflix. so, it was a bit of a splurge..

I hear ya on that. Makes perfect sense. What does it cost you for that service a month?

[saravrose]

48Mbps is AMAZING!! Who is your cable company?

They are beta testing 50Mbps service here, but it will be at least $200-300 per month.

I hear ya on that. Makes perfect sense. What does it cost you for that service a month?

umm.. it's northwest something or other.. the only company that exists up here.. and it's like 30 dollars added on to the phone bill... by the way I don't even have a phone to plug into the wall yet.. it was all about the internet.. all together it's like seventy dollars a month..

Am I really getting a good deal?

[cdifoto]

umm.. it's northwest something or other.. the only company that exists up here.. and it's like 30 dollars added on to the phone bill... by the way I don't even have a phone to plug into the wall yet.. it was all about the internet.. all together it's like seventy dollars a month..

Am I really getting a good deal?

That doesn't sound right. 30 bucks a month is too cheap... I pay more than that for what I have.

[saravrose]

That doesn't sound right. 30 bucks a month is too cheap... I pay more than that for what I have.

when I put my mouse over the blinking computer thing it says 48mbps.. and the phone was 30 dollars a month the internet 30 and then extra taxes and whatever.... not more than seventy dollars.

[cgratti]

nothing major here....

[inthedeck]

Here's another, to NYC via the 'Flash' speed test...

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22658532/2476.png

Which is about right, for the 29.99 FIOS plan.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

I have roadrunner business class. Technically, when I straight plug in my desktop, it says "100mbps". However, my wireless router is limited to 54mbps, and with a huge house (more of a detriment than a help) and me being in the very end of it, my wireless desktop is wavering around 2mbps most of the time, but it's more than fast enough for everything I'll ever need. <a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/22658216/38884.png"></a> <----that link doesn't work, and since I ran the test a second time and got half the numbers, I can't get the original back. Stupid thing. How do I make html work? Me no speaka the HTML.

Oh, and I pay roughly $40 for my internet. A bit less since I have maximum choice HD digital cable and digital phone through the same company, though.

[inthedeck]

Just put this link into the 'image' tags --> http://www.dslreports.com/im/22658216/38884.png
Ronalds house =
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[Wazza]

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[ibdb]

To my notebook - so reflecting my internal network:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22659557/96355.png

To my desktop - so the actual speed to my house:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22659793/33367.png

[2005GLI]

622downloaded/1329upload. This is my work speed. Have no idea what it is at home.

[pcasciola]

when I put my mouse over the blinking computer thing it says 48mbps.. and the phone was 30 dollars a month the internet 30 and then extra taxes and whatever.... not more than seventy dollars.That's the speed of the connection between your computer and your cable/dsl modem, not the speed of your Internet service. For the speed they are providing you, you have to run the test at the dslreports using the link provided up top.

[lostdoggy]

Here is mine

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[joeseph]

141733

[pcasciola]

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sweetness thanks

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

Bahahaha,

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22660171/76661.png
4.7 / 3.3 KB/sec

On New Zealand 56k dial-up, how miserable. Oh how I miss DSL :(

[pcasciola]

How about the New Zealand guys try this one instead to be fair. Testing the speed to the U.S. is like testing your car's 0-60 time up a mountain.

http://www.nzdsl.co.nz/index.php?module=speedtest

[Moppie]

Mine varies between 1-3mps down, and is usually around 128kps up.
I think 3.5 is the highest Iv seen downstream.

[CliveyBoy]

ADSL "Broadband" as the New Zealand marketers like to call it!

<a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com"><img border=0 src="http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661047/32976.png"></a>
160 / 134 (Kbps)

[Cyborg Death Ninja]

How about the New Zealand guys try this one instead to be fair. Testing the speed to the U.S. is like testing your car's 0-60 time up a mountain.

http://www.nzdsl.co.nz/index.php?module=speedtest

Nah, assuming that the're no bottle necks along the way the only thing that distance affects is ping (latency)... Even with bottle necks dail up down/up speeds hardly affected seen as the speeds are so slow.

Download Speed: 39 kbps (4.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 132 kbps (16.5 KB/sec transfer rate) You can see it's almost exactly the same on an NZ test site, although for some reason that site doesn't test upload properly. :)

[timbernet]

I would post my Speakeasy - but our Internet speed (100Mbps) doesn't work with their test... The joy of working for an ISP!

[RgB]

Right Now I'm on 1500/256kbps.

I just changed my plan and from the 1st of February I'll have up-to 8000/386kbps.

I could get 24000/1000kbps now but I would have to disconnect my contract then reconnect with the same ISP, or I can wait for my ISP to put me on the new billing system then it would be free and plan changes will be immediate.

I can't wait till the do this 24000/1000 WOW that's ADSL2+

[tommykjensen]

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661658/9232.png

[SimonG]

My Telus service is rated at 100 Mbps, but it typically caps out in the range of 40-50 Mbps (though it will hit 80+ on occasion). It's pretty quick tonight:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661655/81973.png

[RgB]

My Telus service is rated at 100 Mbps, but it typically caps out in the range of 40-50 Mbps (though it will hit 80+ on occasion). It's pretty quick tonight:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661655/81973.png

How much is that a month?

[SimonG]

About $50, taxes included, which incidentally is slightly less than I used to pay Rogers for their "extreme" cable (6 Mbps).

[RgB]

That is amazing. I almost don't believe it.

[CRE@TE]

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661578/42842.png

Vancouver, BC, Canada to New Jersey.

[condyk]

Mine is 1mbps faster than any other post that has or will be made here :-)

[SimonG]

You can read more about it here (http://www.mytelus.com/cityplace/internet.vm) if you like. It's only available in a few buildings in downtown Toronto (specifically, buildings in the Cityplace development), and it's currently the fastest residential internet in Canada.

[joeseph]

How about the New Zealand guys try this one instead to be fair. Testing the speed to the U.S. is like testing your car's 0-60 time up a mountain.


sure is...

141752

Nah, assuming that the're no bottle necks along the way

:-) you know what they say about assuming...

[RockOne]

Upload - 31kbps
Download - 43kbps.
SLOW !!!!

[SuzyView]

Comcast just upgraded here in my area and everything is lightning fast at certain times of the day. Makes shopping that much easier, dang it! But I have to admit, I download to my photobucket account slow still, but not bad. I can have all 4 computers on the net, have 4-5 sites working on each and it's still okay. But I pay through the nose for it. :(

[Steve In Kentucky]

Home dial-up(rural area) 49.3kbps
Work commercial high speed SMOKIN FAST

[Becca]

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22667507/79619.png

[memorex88]

Have you guys tried this speedtest? This one is global and you can at least pick a city near you.

http://www.speedtest.net/

[memorex88]

Oh BTW here's my test report...

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22668518/7085.png

[gjl711]

Comcast just upgraded here in my area and everything is lightning fast at certain times of the day. ..... But I pay through the nose for it. :(
Well, I think they got the equipment from my house. I use to be lightning fast until just a few weeks ago but now it's turtle slow. I still pay through the nose though.

[pcasciola]

My Telus service is rated at 100 Mbps, but it typically caps out in the range of 40-50 Mbps (though it will hit 80+ on occasion). It's pretty quick tonight:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22661655/81973.pngThat's a great deal for $50 a month. That's what I'm paying for 30mbps service.

[sprinkles]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/78745875.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Citizensmith]

Here's mine from work. A large (and rapidly expanding) office. I think we have 3 T1 shared across about 300 workstations so its never great. Be interesting to try again at home where I normally have a faster connection.

[Tsmith]

Comcast

http://i.dslr.net/imc/0/0/1/9/22721446.png

[Eagle]

:confused:

[T.D.]

Says upload is 18% worse than average and download is 67% worse than average.

Much better when I test it to San Francisco.

[markbluemica]

slow today :(
http://www.speedtest.net/result/79077954.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Dan-o]

Fios fiber optic.

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22774484/77592.png (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/%3Ca%20href=)">

[Tom W]

I may well have the only cable connection with dialup-like speed.....

157 kbps download, 437 kbps upload.

I won't vote in the poll yet, as this is not my own internet connection.

Maybe 'cause I blocked their sorry cookie....

[gjl711]

I may well have the only cable connection with dialup-like speed.....

157 kbps download, 437 kbps upload.

I won't vote in the poll yet, as this is not my own internet connection.

Maybe 'cause I blocked their sorry cookie....Nope, I am having all kind of issues. We have now had the entire system replaced sans modem. I don't know why they dont want to swap out the modem, but thats next. Complete new wires from distribution box to modem and all I can muster is:
And thats the best of 10 runs

[ayotnoms]

The reading from my humble DSL connection. :neutral: :)
http://www.dslreports.com/im/22801167/2087.png

[islandtime]

Here's mine. Mediacom advertises 5mb but 4.1mb is the average test speed.



http://www.dslreports.com/im/22801534/26414.png

[islandtime]

I just got this on using the Broad star test from Miami. I have to guess that shorter distances between your location and the test server's location euqals better results.


http://www.dslreports.com/im/22801902/67577.png

[Tsmith]

Nope, I am having all kind of issues. We have now had the entire system replaced sans modem. I don't know why they dont want to swap out the modem, but thats next. Complete new wires from distribution box to modem and all I can muster is:
And thats the best of 10 runs

Have they checked/monitored the line quality of the main cable. Mine was very bad a few months back and until a cable tech left the meter hooked up for about 15 minutes we then saw fluctuations in the signal quality. Turned out to be the main line amplifier was out of calibration.

Copy this in your browser less the quotes: "http://192.168.100.1/moreinfo.html" then do a screen capture and post the results.

[Stosh]

New York to the middle of nowhere, Ontario, Canada

Until I saw what most of you are getting, I thought I had it really good, but it is still much better than the dial up I used to have.

[gjl711]

Have they checked/monitored the line quality of the main cable. Mine was very bad a few months back and until a cable tech left the meter hooked up for about 15 minutes we then saw fluctuations in the signal quality. Turned out to be the main line amplifier was out of calibration.

Copy this in your browser less the quotes: "http://192.168.100.1/moreinfo.html" then do a screen capture and post the results.
Yes, they have now been out to the house 3 times. They were suppose to come again today, but alas, no-show. Anyway, yesterday, the guy had a monitor on the coax right at the back of the modem and stats were perfect. about 10,000 pings and not a single dropped packet. Throughput was spot on as well. I keep telling them, swap the modem to the new Motorola and not that cheap one they have there now. Thats what was to happen today. Anyway, I tested it on my laptop and it still sucked to day. I took the laptop to a neighbors house and plugged it in and it screamed. I would believe that my wire is bad, but I have 6 PCs in the house and they all behave the same crappy way. They'll be back out Monday I'm sure and hopefully they can resolve the problem.

[Tsmith]

but what I meant have they checked their main line on the overhead? Thats where my issue was at with mine. I got sick and tired of comcast sending tech after tech wanting to check out my house cable and modem.

Hopefully the modem will get you going. When its all said and done call comcast and demand a discount on your bill. They ended up giving me 6 months of service for $24.95 a month.

[gjl711]

but what I meant have they checked their main line on the overhead? Thats where my issue was at with mine. I got sick and tired of comcast sending tech after tech wanting to check out my house cable and modem.

Hopefully the modem will get you going. When its all said and done call comcast and demand a discount on your bill. They ended up giving me 6 months of service for $24.95 a month. Yes, the guy that came yesterday was a line man. He was out monitoring at the distribution panel for about 1/2 hour and came up to the house to tell me everything is perfect. Then we headed into the basement when he monitored for another 1/2 hour and still perfect.
I like the idea of demanding a discount though and I believe I will do that. Service was rockin' until just around xmas when things just went into the toilet. Now it's been going on for the entire month and three visits and it still is not resolved.

[Tom W]

OK, I tested again this morning and things were much, much better:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22810192/61511.png

Time Warner supplies this place, and the internet service has been pretty bad. It's failed 3 times in less than 2 months.

[gjl711]

WOOOHOOO... doin' the happy dance. Finally got my modem swapped out and everything is crusin' great.

[Dan-o]

Here's mine from work. A large (and rapidly expanding) office. I think we have 3 T1 shared across about 300 workstations so its never great. Be interesting to try again at home where I normally have a faster connection.


I think that is the first I've seen someone with a faster down then up.

[3Turner]

here are my results...piped through a wireless router to my desktop.
http://www.dslreports.com/im/22932281/9701.png

[2005GLI]

http://www.dslreports.com/im/22946384/9395.png

[mven74]

my laptop

http://www.dslreports.com/im/23000188/2156.png

[pcasciola]

here are my results...piped through a wireless router to my desktop.
http://www.dslreports.com/im/22932281/9701.pngThat's really good wireless speed. Which wireless router are you using? Is it one of the newer "N" wireless routers, because I can't get that speed from my wireless G Linksys.

[Tom W]

New service at the new house - to NJ:

http://www.dslreports.com/im/23009320/70586.png

And to Florida...

http://www.dslreports.com/im/23009624/74681.png

[RgB]

Here's mine, my plan just changed.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/80502586.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

In the next weeks I will have ADLS2+ (20000kbps/1000kbps) for less money but I'll be off-line for a few days (new contract 12 months of 24 half price)

[Jamdiver]

I'm ashamed to post my results........ :(

Download Speed: 326 kbps (40.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 27 kbps (3.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

I'm on a 512k dsl package.., should be on a 2Mpbs package very shortly though

EDIT -did a test with speedtest.net, my recommended server was in Guatemala city...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/80870460.png

[Raphael Emond]

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[sqjaw]

Nothing earth shattering but it works for me:
[512Khttp://www2.verizon.net/images/spacer.gif
603.8 Kbits/sec75.5 Kbytes/sec] its cheap and good enough for me::D

[Jamdiver]

Not bad sqjaw ;).......

I think we should have as a contest as to who has the slowest internet conenction :-P.
Think I might win that one hands down :D

[Citizensmith]

I think we should have as a contest as to who has the slowest internet conenction :-P.
Think I might win that one hands down :D

Here's my modem. :)

[Billginthekeys]

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[Jamdiver]

Here's my modem. :)That's what you call old school ;)...

I remember using my Us Robotics 2400 baud modem to go on AOL :cool:

[koalagurl]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/72704586.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Citizensmith]

That's what you call old school ;)...

I remember using my Us Robotics 2400 baud modem to go on AOL :cool:

Ah, the days when you could actually hear your data being sent back and forth. :)

[pcasciola]

That's what you call old school ;)...

I remember using my Us Robotics 2400 baud modem to go on AOL :cool:Ok, I guess I'm even older. I remember using these 300 baud modems. You would manually dial on a regular old fashioned phone, wait for the "noise", then push the phone into the rubber couplers on the modem.

http://www.syssrc.com/html/museum/images/modem_noakes.jpg

[20DNewbie]

Connected.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/82890668.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Wireless.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/82893301.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[thomascanty]

Ok, I guess I'm even older. I remember using these 300 baud modems. You would manually dial on a regular old fashioned phone, wait for the "noise", then push the phone into the rubber couplers on the modem.

I had something similar for my Commodore 64. I would dial the phone, wait for the handshake signal, then unplug the cord from the phone's handset and jam it into the modem real quick.

[grego]

Cheaping out on the regular Cable, but then i don't think i need anything super fast right now.
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Nice upload.

[Citizensmith]

Ok, I guess I'm even older. I remember using these 300 baud modems. You would manually dial on a regular old fashioned phone, wait for the "noise", then push the phone into the rubber couplers on the modem.

These things really are pretty close to holding the phone and just yelling "one zero zero one zero....." :)

[gjl711]

Ok, I guess I'm even older. I remember using these 300 baud modems. You would manually dial on a regular old fashioned phone, wait for the "noise", then push the phone into the rubber couplers on the modem.
Aw crap… I’m ancient. My first modem was 75 baud… No “K”, no zeros. It was for my AppleII. They had just introduced their first 300 baud modem but it cost a couple of hundred bucks. There was schematic floating around the user groups to build your own modem for like $10. But it was only 75 baud.

These things really are pretty close to holding the phone and just yelling "one zero zero one zero....." :)
No, saying one and zero was an improvement. This baby was like spelling one and zero reeeeeaaaaalllll slow…