Road-runner high-speed sucks? Post your internet speed here

[TheBigB]

At work


Atheist, jezus! Are you running on fibre glass?

[nemaroller]

I had to VPN to do it, so hopefully the flash animation over the VPN didn't affect the numbers much..

[timeshifter]

So I used to constantly say Comcast sucks... and their prices do... but up until recently, their normal residential package was a 6mb/768kb line... I just ran another speed test today and came back with a slightly different result...

[dclamp]

Upgraded to ATT U-Verse...

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

heehee.. Your speeds are t3h suxor.

[soso3]

At work:


I don't know why RR is so tight with the up in this area.

[Lord Orwell]

At work:


I don't know why RR is so tight with the up in this area.

its how they make money. you want a web server, you pay extra.

[TheBigB]

Woohoo
At school the institute of IT has a dedicated fibre line.



Rest of the school is capped to 10mbps

[akhileshbc]

Oh man! I think, I'm the snail here.

[bflosabre91]

[Lord Orwell]

Oh man! I think, I'm the snail here.

i agree. My phone's internet is (literally) about 8x faster than that.

[akhileshbc]

i agree. My phone's internet is (literally) about 8x faster than that.

But I'm using cable internet connection. Not through phone.

Asianet Homnet 399 Unlimited Plan 96Kbps

[Icyculyr]

[EntityX]

I was testing my internet connection yesterday using speedtest and I found the results varied a good amount from test to test sometimes. I was testing a little after 2 pm. This morning I was testing around 6:30 am and again just a few minutes ago and my last test had a download speed almost 6 times faster than the fastest download I had yesterday afternoon. 3.00 Mb/s versus 0.53 Mb/s yesterday. Fastest upload yesterday was 0.33 Mb/s. I'm using USA Communications wireless internet. They offer fiber optic service but not in my area.




I felt the need to edit this post with my faster result since I'm seeing all these incredibly high results from some of you. My 6:30 am result was 2.64 Mb/s download.

Edit entry: One of my tests yesterday had a ping of 349 ms and today I got 16 ms. That is quite a difference.

[Arispan]

That's not true!!!!!!!
My download speed isn't more than 500kb/s while I have a 4MB service!

And I'm using ADSL, not cable.

Also, sometimes, I don't have any internet (the yellow triangle appears!). Maybe that happens because I don't have a static IP.

[TheBigB]

My download speed isn't more than 500kb/s while I have a 4mb service!

Mb != MB

Mb = megaBITS
MB = megaBYTES

One byte contains 8 bits.
So dividing the 4Mb service by 8 you get 0,5MB equal to 500kB.

[Arispan]

Ooooops! I didn't meant that ! I meant MB!
(My ISP says 4MB/s)

[TheBigB]

No, they probably do mean mbit.
It's pretty much a standard for ISP's to express the speeds in that form, because it looks more.

[Arispan]

That's true but in their advertisement they say "Megabytes". Also, every time I have called them to say that the download speed is lower than the speed they promised, they say that the cables they are using to give me internet are very old and need replacement. Also, some days ago, I downloaded something with 1.5 MB/s.

[FireXtol]

In summary, DSL blows. Cable is the future...

DSL has been required by law to limit speeds in the US. Only recently have the laws been changed, and now 20 to 50 mbps DSL is available many places. Often with around 10 mbps(or even symmetrical) upload.

If the laws were different 7 to 8 Mb/s ADSL/SDSL could have been common place for well over the last decade.

[Nightwalker83]

Woohoo
At school the institute of IT has a dedicated fibre line.

What about your internet connection at home?

[TheBigB]

Not bad, but we won't get optic in at least five years

[VOT Productions]

Orange is a snail.

[RobDog888]

Kinda slow :look:

[VOT Productions]

...no comment...

[Atheist]

Dont mind GY, he's been practicing his photoshop skills ever since this thread started in 2008

[RobDog888]

Its not cake!

[minitech]

I have a USB4 internet connection. But it only really goes one way. Can anyone help me troubleshoot this?

[VOT Productions]

Nah, that is fake.

[minitech]

Yes, it is. My real download speed is 0.84 Mb/s

[Max Peck]

There are:
1) Lies
2) Damned Lies
3) Benchmark Tests

It frankly does not matter how your connection ranks compared with others. The salient point is this: does the bandwidth meet your needs? If it does, then it's fast enough. If not, then it needs to be improved.

-Max

[VOT Productions]

Mine needs to be improved.

PS: There are:
1) Lies
2) Damn Lies
3) Statistics

[Lord Orwell]

i am getting by happily on my 10mbit. Since my last speed posting, my ISP has now upped their cap to 50mbit. I can't see ever needing it though.

[minitech]

I'm apparently limited to 1 Mb/s. This does not help when downloading Ubuntu ISOs.

[CVMichael]

Another test:

[Lord Orwell]

its not cake!

lie!

I'm apparently limited to 1 Mb/s. This does not help when downloading Ubuntu ISOs.

my cell service is faster than that! (barely)

[Justa Lol]

well i ordered 20mbit download and 2mbit upload, which was a package the isp had, and still has but they never seem to give what they take money for. now i got something to complain about




by the way, when i download something, it seems that my upload speed is decreasing my download speed...

[Milk]

over split copper, no cable available, can't justify satellite.

[TheBigB]

Kinda slow :look:

Is that your home line?
If so, I'm jealous.

[Max Peck]

Mine needs to be improved.

PS: There are:
1) Lies
2) Damn Lies
3) Statistics

Heh ... yeah, that's another way to put it. Having said that ... here's mine:



Right around 10Mb/sec download. Yeah, I can live with that. CFL Road Runner.

-Max