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Showing Original Post only (View all)What kind of internet connection do you have? [View all]
Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:31 AM - Edit history (2)
There is a discussion in the photography group about upping the max size limit for photos. I think that we should poll DUers to see what kind of bandwidth we are dealing with here on average to help us in coming up with a solution.
You can use this website to measure your speed if you don't know. Please hit the poll when you are done.
[link:http://www.speedtest.net|Http://www.speedtest.net
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Mine is terribly slow as I live in the middle of nowhere.
Feel free to kick this thread to the top of the pile so we can collect more info.
Thank you all for participating.
16 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Greater than or equal to 75 Mbps | |
0 (0%) |
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Greater than or equal to 30 Mbps | |
2 (13%) |
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Greater than or equal to 20 Mbps | |
5 (31%) |
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Greater than or equal to 10 Mbps | |
1 (6%) |
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Greater than or equal to 6 Mbps | |
4 (25%) |
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Greater than or equal to 3 Mbps | |
2 (13%) |
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Greater than or equal to 1 Mbps | |
0 (0%) |
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Less than 1 Mbps DSL/CABLE | |
1 (6%) |
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56k or ISDN | |
1 (6%) |
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The advantage of dial up was I could wash the dishes while waiting for a page to load
Kaleva
Nov 2012
#10
There are LANs slower than that connection! That's serious business. Upstream is bonkers too. nt
rDigital
Nov 2012
#15
Rant Accepted. Netflix is life altering, if you ever have it you won't want to go back. By chance
rDigital
Nov 2012
#19
I'm only 2 years with my wifi unit (I'm rural as well). Upthread Kali's only had it a month!
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#34
If you're coming from dial up it feels like lightning for sure. That's what I have too. nt
rDigital
Nov 2012
#24
ms = ping. It's a measurement of latency. 1 ms = 1/1000 of a second. the lower ping the better
rDigital
Nov 2012
#36
Oh man, are you speaking english? I have no idea what any of that means
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#38
You can try running the test, but I've seen 4G devices go over 20 Mbps down. 4G is blazing fast if
rDigital
Nov 2012
#29