Speedtest!

I was just wondering if you guys wanna post your internet speeds. I read a lot about people getting ripped off by their ISP`s and not getting what they pay for. I get nearenough what Im supposed to, as Halo said to me once you hardly ever get bang-on due to traffic etc.

If any one wants to do this goto here http://www.speedtest.net/ and click on the reccomended test server. When its done you will get a reading that comes up, goto where it says Forum Link and click copy then paste it here. Include the name of your ISP, country and what speed your actually supposed to be getting.

Ill start it off then...

Virgin Media - North West England - 2Mbit

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129641450.png

 

here mine http://www.speedtest.net/result/129660918.png

 

Was the first one at work Halo or home?

What Mbit should you get Halo + Clark?

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129666848.png
This is mine. I am paying for 1.05 mbps.
At internetfrog website
http://www.internetfrog.com/myinternet/voip/
I show connecting at 1.04 mbps.

 

http://[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/129668489.png[/URL][/IMG]

 

If you can get cable in your area Halo, they are upgrading their top package to 20mbit very very soon. And ive not really heard much bad about them. I get the 3 for 30 deal.

However they have followed suit with all the others with the fair usage rubbish. If you download too much they reduce your speed for 3 hours. 2mbit goes to 1mbit, 8 goes to 4, and 10(soon to be 20) goes to 5! It has worried me as the limit on the smallest package is pretty low. http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2007/05/05/virgin-media-introduce-speed-caps/

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129676667.png

My usual 'up to 4mb' speed.

 

6.1 Mbps cable from Montreal, has stayed rock steady for three years and uptime is great!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129676050.png

 

Plain jane cable

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129677411.png

 

Meh.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129688501.png

 

Supposed to be 8/512 via Cox Communications Cable ISP in KS, but i think its been upgraded since i last checked on my provisioning.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/129712974.png

Oh and go figure thats a non recommended server, but one in texas instead, the recommended server only gave me 4 meg? Best to try several servers as its limited by the bandwidth going into a server as well.

 

Tiscali Broadband - East Scotland - 512kbps


http://www.speedtest.net/result/129712492.png

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129733238.png

Canada
Sympatico
Advertises as:
"up to 5 Mbps Download access speed"
"up to 800 Kbps Upload access speed"

No idea what the heck I'm talking about, just thought I'd share! lol

 

Comcast::

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129737872.png

 

FIOS? That slow?

 

FIOS has several tiers. That is the bottom one. Note the upload makes it completely worth it.

 

This is my work speed. Will have to check home tomorrow sometime....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129752345.png

Not sure what we are supposed to have, but I believe we have RoadRunner service here in Syracuse, NY

~C

 

And the NY,NY server...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/129760933.png



~C

 

:eek

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129766310.png

 

I'm on a standard Comcast Cable connection

Here is my Arch Linux Box
http://www.speedtest.net/result/110148523.png

Here is a windows machine on the same connection
http://www.speedtest.net/result/108786384.png

 

Not the best, but not the worst, either. Supposedly a max. of 8Mb/384Kb. More like about 4.5-6.5Mb down, and 260Kb+ up.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/2007_New/Bandwidth_Test.jpg

 

Something is going on with that server with the upload test.

Its extremely unlikely to havbe to identical tests with the exact same numbers for the upload. I've had Speedtest do that before though. I was getting 20+Mbps to Dallas one time. I'm rated for 8Mbps, and even with Speedboost, it wont hit that.

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129850163.png

My home DSL via AT&T (SBC) - rated 364 - 1.5. Not great, but it's been stable for over three years . . . only changes by a few KBs. I am thinking of going with a cable type internet at some point - but for now I'm content.

 

I hate dial-up. Unfortunately, I can't get anything else.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129886896.png

ASUS, do you live on top of the server?

 

ASUS are you getting 20mbit downloads at home or is that your works?

 

From work ...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129891386.png

 

Could have been anything. There are three days difference in the tests.

 

Mine tend to go up and down very slightly. 1982 being my fastest down. 191 was my fastest up. It usually stays around the same level, even using different servers.

Only once was my performance low, I assume they were doing work on that day somewhere. I got 511down and 76up! But as it was for one day only, I didnt let it concern me.





As you can see, Im pretty much below the country and areas average speeds, but I get what I pay for and that includes businesses etc. And for the time being its plenty fast enough for me and what I do. In a few months I may go upto the medium or large package, but I see no need now.

 

Verizon DSL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129987868.png

 

@work:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130058599.png


Interesting to see that my upload is faster than my download.confused

 

I'm on a WISP in rural Michigan. They said they could deliver a max of 1M download and 400 upload.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130170267.png

After getting off of dial-up just last month...I'm pretty happy.

 

I just upgraded

http://keyfinderthing.net/130177459.png

mwhaaahahahaha


outside of my imagination it is:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130177459.png

 

Is that faked or is it at some sort of workplace? That cant be a home connection in the UK!

 

Lol its a photoshop

 

photoshop ? I don't even know how to use it!

the actual speed is in the post...

 

It's home, I pay for 8Mb but with comcast boost I usually get between 15 & 20

Here's today

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130223038.png

By The Way,
Work SUCK's!

 

With an 8GB torrent running in the background
http://www.speedtest.net/result/130227959.png

And again, without the torrent.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/130228654.png

torrents used to bog down the connection like no tomorrow. Thank you, DD-WRT :major

 

Something I found out today and this may prove it. The Comcast installer, that transfered my service, told me that Comcast puts a cap on internet speed if you don't also subscribe to their TV service. I did have basic cable at one time , along with their High-Speed internet and my speeds were reaching over 10 mbs. Since having cable stopped my speed is right around 4.2 mbs. As you can see, my ISP average is over 8.7 mbs. I would think that Comcast controls that ISP. Most people here have both services. So, they have got you by the short ones. If you want really fast internet, you have to get their TV, too. rolleyes

 

Heheh, heheh. You said "jack." Heheh.

 

Yep, they are crooks. I have basic cable because they told me they cap you at 4 for standard tier, and 6 for premium without it.

 

Thanks for confirming that , Adry. I was thinking of dumping my sattelite TV provider and going with all cable but the cost ends up more for just Comcast, then it does with two different companies for TV and internet. I guess I can live with 4+ mbs, considering i was on dial up 9 months ago

 

Here we go.

The last set I posted were 3 days apart. This set is 3 minutes apart.

Dual P-III 750 with 1G RAM running Arch Linux. Latency was 324ms
http://www.speedtest.net/result/130610982.png

This is a P-4 2.0G with 1G RAM running WinXP Pro SP2. Latency was 252ms
http://www.speedtest.net/result/130610148.png

This is very normal for my connection. I work on a lot of machines here and almost always test them before they leave. Linux machines are always much faster for downloads and uploads.

 

Interesting.

I dont understand though. If your ISP has a limit, how can one OS go above that? Unless both systems (or one) is drastically underperforming?

Anyone got a good reason for that?