How Fast Is Your Internet Connection?

[Pony99CA]

How fast is your Internet connection (download speed)? Also, post your upload speed and what you use to connect. If you want to test your speed, try DSL Reports (http://www.dslreports.com/stest).

I get 640 kbps down and 291 kbps up using my DSL connection.


2003-03-02 15:06:19 EST: 640 / 291
Your download speed : 640722 bps, or 640 kbps.
A 78.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 291332 bps, or 291 kbps.

Steve

[rfischer]

From DSL Reports:

2003-03-02 15:27:48 EST: 1811 / 288
Your download speed : 1811574 bps, or 1811 kbps.
A 221.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 288933 bps, or 288 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

I use AT&T Broadband Cable Modem Service.

[ThomasC22]

2003-03-02 15:32:44 EST: 3271 / 79
Your download speed : 3271505 bps, or 3271 kbps.
A 399.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 79888 bps, or 79 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!


Pretty good for Cable :)

[brntcrsp]

2003-03-02 15:37:09 EST: 1758 / 225
Your download speed : 1758272 bps, or 1758 kbps.
A 214.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 225149 bps, or 225 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!


Sad thing is that my office is using a fractional T1, and we max out the entire office at 76KBps so if one person uses Windows update the entire office crawls durning the download. my home connection is 20 times faster.

[Roosterman]

2003-03-02 15:39:00 EST: 1997 / 354
Your download speed : 1997743 bps, or 1997 kbps.
A 243.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 354316 bps, or 354 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Using Roadrunner cable for last year. Prior, had DSL Earthstink I mean Earthlink. Was getting about 1200/300 until a year ago Dec. Speeds dropped to 8 kbps. Evidently, they over sold there capabilities abit :evil: Went to RR and happy ever since. :D

[dacs29]

2003-03-02 15:56:23 EST: 2717 / 4769
Your download speed : 2717501 bps, or 2717 kbps.
A 331.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 4769475 bps, or 4769 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Using a OC3 line with a T3 backup (not dedicated, but rather shared with the rest of the school) at the University of Rochester.

David

[SnAPPUrU-nyan-ko]

2003-03-02 16:03:24 EST: 944 / 80
Your download speed : 944746 bps, or 944 kbps.
A 115.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 80040 bps, or 80 kbps.

Adelphia.net cable. Stupid upload caps :3

[Jason Dunn]

Using 802.11b WiFi on my notebook which is connected to a Microsoft MN-500 connected to a cable modem:

2003-03-02 16:42:12 EST: 1263 / 721
Your download speed : 1263074 bps, or 1263 kbps.
A 154.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 721934 bps, or 721 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

[JonnoB]

2003-03-02 16:36:06 EST: 1497 / 505
Your download speed : 1497320 bps, or 1497 kbps.
A 182.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 505561 bps, or 505 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

I am using services through a line-of-site WiFi to a tower about 1.5 miles away implementing mesh networking.

[Steven Cedrone]

2003-03-02 17:10:22 EST: 1180 / 81
Your download speed : 1180801 bps, or 1180 kbps.
A 144.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 81858 bps, or 81 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Steve

[WxOKC]

2003-03-02 19:16:03 EST: 4792 / 483
Your download speed : 4792190 bps, or 4792 kbps.
A 584.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 483134 bps, or 483 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Using CoxHSI in OKC...

[Shadowcat]

2003-03-02 19:36:56 EST: 950 / 133
Your download speed : 950717 bps, or 950 kbps.
A 116 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 133801 bps, or 133 kbps.

[bdeli]

Connected via 802.11b to a linksys wi-fi router which is hooked to an rca cable modem.

2003-03-02 20:30:33 EST: 1404 / 187
Your download speed : 1404663 bps, or 1404 kbps.
A 171.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 187573 bps, or 187 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

[jgahr]

2003-03-02 21:14:31 EST: 1925 / 346
Your download speed : 1925363 bps, or 1925 kbps.
A 235 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 346410 bps, or 346 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!


MN roadrunner

[GoldKey]

2003-03-02 21:16:51 EST: 1347 / 124
Your download speed : 1347457 bps, or 1347 kbps.
A 164.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 124863 bps, or 124 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

[Fishie]

Not acurate for me, anyways here goes:

2003-03-02 22:07:36 EST: 736 / 67
Your download speed : 736553 bps, or 736 kbps.
A 89.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 67012 bps, or 67 kbps.

[Rirath]

2003-03-03 13:28:26 EST: 3014 / 108
Your download speed : 3014542 bps, or 3014 kbps.
A 367.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 108680 bps, or 108 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!


It's all in the tweaking. I can actually get get 3500 kbps or more at the right times. (4.5mbit on other benchmark sites)
Cable modem in a small-ish midwest town.

Anyone using Windows and broadband, especially XP, do yourself a huge favor and at the very least install a premade registery settings script. www.speedguide.net can get you started. Windows is almost never set up properly for broadband by default and will hold you back big time by thinking you're a common aol 56k'er.

As far as DSL vs Cable, it all depends on where you live and what services you have. I've used both, and each for years. Here, cable beats DSL hands down no questions asked. My DSL was always going down at random times, always having problems. I got 1.5mbit max speed. Switched to cable, and it's a rock solid connection and twice the bandwidth. Sure, it may be shared bandwidth... but there's barely a dent in bandwidth at peak hours here. Maybe a 0.5 drop at most.

[StarkAZ75]

2003-03-03 20:08:53 EST: 1127 / 324
Your download speed : 1127101 bps, or 1127 kbps.
A 137.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 324201 bps, or 324 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Using Earthlink DSL