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too bad i don't use RoadRunner.
I use Insight Communications and today, i just upgraded to 20.0 mbps.
Turns out that the 20.0 is not capped...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/297443521.png
:D :bigyello: :D
This is a consistent speed and i have verified it on various sites, including bittorrent downloading, and microsoft.com (i downloaded a 350mb file in about 4 minutes)
In summary, DSL blows. Cable is the future...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/297458004.png
And I'm using cable...
i have DSL. I never noticed how slow my connection is....
My neighbors have another service provider, and theirs is faster than mine
mine
wondering my upload speed is better than download :D
Cable (at least Time-Warner and Comcast) won't let you connect a web server without shelling out serious $$$. Of course they don't dare to tell you this until you have already signed up... :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Orwell
DSL works fine for me, thank you - I shudder to think what you're shelling out for 20 mbps.
And don't forget all the fun we've had with bashing Comcast...
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=520123
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=518004
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=511424
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=485883
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=469617
$40 a month.Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
Insight Communications (www.insightbb.com) has a different business service available. balances up and download and gives you a static ip. Don't know what the cost is.
The 10.0 i had was $30 a month. Interestingly it had the same upload speed. I have to be really careful with torrents or i will max the upload out.
My results are funny:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/297593130.png
This is on a wireless connection, by the way.
Singapore... You are not allowed to pee in elevators there...
Now all of you (except for kregg) I think live in the States. What about places like Australia? I recall reading somewhere about them selling 20Mbps cable for around $60 (AUD) p/m?
What a harsh rule!Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
eventually they will install commodes in them for those extra-long commutes. They will work like those on a city bus though. Just a hole straight down.Quote:
Originally Posted by dclamp
http://www.speedtest.net/result/298049895.png
I remember doing this before.
Oh this speed test has been done to death. It just gives a few members the opportunity to rub their ego.
bah you're on dial-up
i have DSL
also on that website, i was looking around at my cities top isp's.. and there is one called DSLExtreme, it sucked the most. and on the radio, there is a TechGuy that swears by it. Probably because they are paying it a bunch...
Me? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Orwell
you suck
Am I right in saying...Quote:
Originally Posted by Atheist
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND????
http://www.vbforums.com/ <-- me
wow, that's a lot of zeros. The download speed is a huge source of envy, but goodness look at the upload speed! That would make a nice server bandwidth i am sure. I just tested mine again (just to see if it was a fluke) and got even higher numbers. it's advertised as 20.0 and i pulled over 30 this time.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/298317105.png
ISPs should be shot for having such crappy upload speeds unless you shell out $10,000 a year.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/298405800.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightwalker83
God bless copper wire. :rolleyes:
There's an update to this story: I downloaded a couple of torrents. For example i own Final Fantasy 8 and Neverwinter Nights 2 and both games were unplayable due to accidental damage to the disk. I torrent-downloaded replacement disks. Well, here's the result:
:cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by email from ISP
So you pay for a service, with the caveat that you can't use it.
Yup — sounds like an ISP!
well, the 20.0 isn't capped. obviously i could be stealing others bandwidth. However, i would say large files downloading probably isn't a problem. It's the over and over that would be a problem. I downloaded about 20 gigs worth of stuff since i opened this thread.
Uploaded it again, got a different result:
Attachment 65574
http://www.vbforums.com/
you used the wrong font for the distance. Be more careful next time you fake a result.
It was supposed to look like it was faked. I don't want anyone going "OMG kregg actually got over nine thousand lolol" on MSN to me, or about me in this thread.
Heh, that's believable..
well try harder next time! :mad: It almost looked real! Put the results over a cat image next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
I refuse to run this test due to the page not opening up quickly enough. :afrog:
Lord you said that cable is the future. What about fiber optics.
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/in...c,61174.0.html
Fiber optics isn't too popular in the USA now but perhaps in the future.
fiber has been around forever. I have seen token ring setups based on fiber. If you have a really long run (miles) it can benefit from fiber because of the signal degradation (by interference) a similar length of copper would have. It always boils down to cost. most people are using cable because their house already has a cable wire installed in it. Very little roll-out cost. Whereas fiber requires in most areas new lines to be ran. It is probably the only way the phone company will catch up with cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
at my grampa's place:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/301365081.png
I've just changed my ISP because according to them the 700Kbps I was getting on average was a more than adequate speed for my 8Mb service. :rolleyes: