How fast is your internet?

[Megiddo]

Bwhahaha, my work internet is awesome


(And that's TOTALLY being limited by the server I'm downloading from/uploading to!)

Ah, man.

[MrPresident]

Comcast here on JBLM.. It's not too bad.. the node sucks.. so like my pings to anywhere not in Seattle kind of suck (100+) and my Mbps are lower than this.. but this is my optimal speeds.

[JamminR]

Not sure I've ranted about this.
 Since at least June 19, I've been fighting Comcast regarding tv quality and internet speeds.
Sound skips, digitizing of picture for TV, internet speeds as low as .58mbps during worst case.


Right now, it's not so bad.


Until June, I could get;


I'm currently working with escalations.
I've already gotten $80 credit.
Still working $60 more for 3 missed appointments, 2 of which tried to blame my wiring ("but were 'nice' and didn't charge me")
I now have a voice recording of escalations guy saying the node is saturated.
My wiring my butt.
Anyway, that's another long story for another long post, and the story isn't over yet.
In fact, I now get to tell the escalations department that internet is now broken again.

[Fuskare01]

[Megiddo]

Don't think I've posted results for this summer yet:

[Rooftops]

First time got 3/3, then I realized it was megaBYTE not megaBIT. Whoopsies. Much better after settings change.

[riki137]

Well, i thought i am bad on it...

[krooks]

I ralise this is an old thread, but it looks fun


Taken with 4 people on my gmod server, I'll edit this again if I get a chance to test with no one on the server

[JamminR]

Ok, so, early March, Comcrap finally upgraded my area.
My docsis 3 modem has 4 channels down, 1 up.
Still seems like oversell/use for my tier, but, meh, if they can guarantee I'll always have my current speeds, I'm ok with it.
I no longer have "power boost", but my top speed is consistent as long as the server can feed me.



I saw a regular here (krooks!) complain in another thread that it's difficult to get reliable speed tests due to various ISP's powerboost.
I agree.
Several applications are available for local machine speed monitoring, which can show the rate after boost cuts off.
One I recommend for personal use is SIW, it can give you more information than you'd really want to know, and a whole bunch of info you do want.
(Free for personal, has 'newer' downloads for cost - I've been tempted to purchase it several times. Perhaps if it ever goes on sale)

Actual download sites that (usually) will download long enough to get you past speedboost.
http://testmy.net (use the automatic)

And, old fashioned large file downloading.
Unfortunately for me, the site's based in the UK I think..I lost some overhead going across the trans-ocean cables, but, I was still satisfied to see a good steady speed after 5+ minutes.
Your milages WILL vary depending on ISP and routing.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download.html
(They even offer different ports.. some ISPs prioritize port 80 over others since it's standard HTTP browsing)
That site showed me I no longer get powerboost.

EDIT(Hmm, as of this edit, I can't get any of the files. Tracert shows high pings. Maybe it will correct itself. I've no idea what time it is in the UK atm.

Code: [Select]

12    58 ms    57 ms    57 ms  xe-2-0-0.cr2.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.24.29]
13    61 ms    57 ms    62 ms  ge-1-2-0.mpr2.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.29.58]
14   480 ms   689 ms     *     so-3-0-0.mpr1.lhr3.uk.above.net [64.125.28.65]
15   635 ms   727 ms   735 ms  above-gw2.thdo.ncuk.net [213.152.254.53]
16   754 ms   738 ms   772 ms  gi0-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.9.9]
17     *        *


[krooks]

Aww, so you DON'T have 14.4 like I suspected in the hijacked thread...

Thanks for the info btw, I will get another test when my server clears out 

*EDIT*
I just did the test at work, only 1.8mbps up

[aswin]

Well, i thought i am bad on it...

hi i test the speed of my internet in many sites i got the best  speed results from here http://www.ip-details.com/
my results are
download=1.09Kbps
upload=0.87Kbps
i dont know the reason why my speed seems to be slow many of them said that if Cable Internet services share bandwidth with satellite Internet access. 
If there are many subscribers using that same bandwidth, it can slow down the connection. kindly guide me how to solve this problem .

[JamminR]

Not tested in a long time.

I don't remember if I've ever stated, but I now have a samknows.com router. It monitors montly for me. Have had it since December of 20010, 3 months before my local upgrade.
Figures. I signed up so FCC would know that Comcast sucks.
Then they upgrade my particular area.
Ah well, I'm still enjoying it.

Also, just checked my net usage Comcrap meter... I got netflix in October..went from ~70GB average usage to ~115.
I'm considering cancelling TV during the next rate hike and going internet only (Netflix/Hulu Plus, torrent for other shows not available through PS3 media server/Tversity/, and a Roku I've asked for for Christmas 2011) in addition to HD attic mounted antenna.
I can only imagine I'll be hitting 200GB of my 250GB limit.

[Stickly Man!]

I just realized that my speedtest results from work were no longer visible. So here they are again! [nobrag]



Although, if it makes you guys feel any better, my home network gets about 4 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up And that's if we're lucky!

[Megiddo]

I call foul on Stickly Man's result, since the link between his school and the server he's using is a huge backbone for the area. Show us results to another server!

Anyways, here's the results from my school. Surprisingly good! Don't mind the censor, just don't want crazy ULX fans hanging out at my school bugging me while I'm researching.

[Stickly Man!]

I agree that my last work results were unfair, so I did it again. This time with a somewhat better work computer (which may not affect the speed at all), and I'll use UEN's speedtest.net server now that they have one!

WHOOOOOOOOO!!



.. Okay fine, here's the results to a server in Bangor, Maine, on the other side of the US:

For ~2,200 miles, that's still pretty great


And because I was bored here's a test to Frankfurt, Germany:

And now you know how distance can affect internet speed! Yay!


We're getting Comcast internet at home tomorrow, so I'll probably be doing some tests from home on our new internets.