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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:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/301424805.png
The slowness of my NetZero "HiSpeed" connection blows you guys away. See if you can beat this degree of slowness.
wow. that.... sucks
something fishy there. You have a faster upload.Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
That's true for everyone else the download speed is faster than the upload speed. The test is designed for broadband and I'm just using a non-dsl dial-up connection so maybe it's throwing something off. If I actually got 45 kb/s I'd be overjoyed with NetZero. When I download stuff off the internet the transfer rate is typically around 5 kb/s. That works out to 300 kb/minute and 18 mb/hour. Sometimes it's closer to 6 kb/s.
There isn't any cable internet offerred where I live that I'm aware of. And you can't get dsl where I live either. You have to go with either satellite or wireless to get high speed internet. I've been doing some internet surfing to try to find an alternative to the internet I have but after I punch in my address it always says that there isn't any service available in my area. Verizon doesn't offer high speed internet in my area and they take care of my phone line so I'm not going to get high speed internet via phone service from anyone else.
I live out in the California desert about 50 miles south of Palm Springs. I'm not ready to pay $ 45 a month for satellite internet. I saw one offer from NetZero for satellite internet at $ 62 a month. I can actually do ok with the service I have since I don't download a lot of stuff. It would be nice to have the pages load quicker though.
http://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2008/07/1.png
I'm really ripping now. I've picked up a whole 2 kb/s!
Lord Orwell you have my ping figure beat with 307 ms as well as the dudes out in Copenhagen (Kregg and Atheist) both at 295 ms. NightWalker83 wins the contest for the lowest ping at 20 ms.
Congratulations! You've got a speed that just beats the speed of a turtle! How do you feel?Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
This turtle is doing just great. I pay $ 9.95 a month for unlimited internet access and I use a local phone number to connect so I don't run up any service charges on my phone. It works out ok. I have a lot of free time so if I have to download a 300 MB service pack and it takes me 24 hours it's no big deal. I can still work on my computer while I'm downloading.
If in the future I can get faster internet for $ 20 a month or less then I'd likely go for it. Right now it's either what I've got or something like $ 45 a month or more so I'll take what I got. Verizon offers high speed internet for $ 20 a month or less but they don't offer the service where I live unfortunately. It wouldn't be anything like the service Lord Orwell has but it would be a step up from what I have now.
To be honest, if they gave you internet connection from a dead badger, that would be a step up from what you have now.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
look at post #23. My ping is normally under 50Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
i was paying $15 a month to use my cell phone for internet for a while. Their standard network was equal to dsl speed, or about 15kbps.Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
Here's mine:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/302671385.png
NightWalker83's ping figure of 20 ms is now beat by NickThissen's ping of 12 ms. Anyone who does the test is revealing their whereabouts to a certain degree. We know NickThissen that you live not too far from Eindhoven or perhaps in Eindhoven which is in the Netherlands.
The first time I did the test it gave a server location of Los Angeles and said for distance < 50 mi. That is quite a bit off. Los Angeles is right around 150 miles in a straight line from where I am. The second test was closer since it said ~ 100 miles. Nevertheless anyone who does the test reveals their location to a certain degree.
That's right, according to Google Maps I live 64,5 km from Eindhoven (measured over the road, which is about 46 min drive)
Funny that the website offered Dusseldorf as the preferred location (gold triangle), but according to Google Maps that is 64,6 km away, lol. I got around 20 ms ping on that.
Just tried it again...Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
http://www.speedtest.net/result/302735320.png
WHAT?? OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND?!?!?!??
And yes, I am being serious this time. :D
This is what I get when I select the furthest possible triangle I could find lol:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/302735986.png
Ping is still 210 which is apparently not too bad, seeing as how other people get pings much higher with distances much closer...
What Internet package do you have?