How fast is your internet?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: How fast is your internet?

Tell us if you're using 56k, DSL, cable, satellite, or other?

(in the poll, vote for the number that matches the service you paid for if you haven't done any actual bandwidth tests.)


(I use DSL, the line is 8192k, but realtime testing hovers over the 4096k mark.)

[Orsino]

1. 3 Mbps is not an option above.

That's my download speed, and testing confirms.

[Deja Q]

2. DSL or cable?

:D

[Orsino]

3. DSL.

A local provider offered standard T-1ish DSL, then later called to say that they would be upgrading us for free after the central office got new equipment. It's worked fine, and beaten the pants off what BellSouth and Earthlink did for/to us.

The difference between 1.5 and 3 mbps is insignificant, really, except for those times when my wife and I are doing big downloads at the same time. No server on the Internet is really going to let you connect at over 1.5 megs.

[billyskank]

4. 10Mbit

Although I don't recall ever actually downloading anything at 10Mbit/sec. Something always bottlenecks it somewhere.

[Kali]

5. other

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Kbps
maybe I should just use tin cans and string?

[RegimeChange2008]

6. Comcast claims I should be getting 6000K

Right now it's at 2500. So does that mean I should only pay them 41.7% of my monthly bill?

[Katherine Brengle]

18. I have Comcast too and I have no idea how fast it is...

faster than dial-up, a little faster than when we had DSL...

Sickeningly overpriced though. Damn you Verizon for not having service in my new area!

[skygazer]

7. 56K dial-up right here in the Silicon Valley

Talk about irony!

[sakabatou]

8. 54 Mbps

[Bill McBlueState]

9. not to sound like a moron

But what's the easiest way to test my connection speed?

[Deja Q]

10. Here :)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=test+bandwidth&btnG=Google+Search

[Bill McBlueState]

12. thanks! n/t

[Kerrytravelers]

11. I don't know. We get our Internet through our cable company.

[dysfunctional press]

13. 1160.7 kps per cnet testing just now. sbc/att DSL

nt

[Pierre.Suave]

14. This fast

Your poll does not give me an adequate option.

Comcast Cable.

edit: this was over a WiFi network too, if I plug into the router it will be faster, and even faster still if I plug directly into the modem.

[BarenakedLady]

15. Evidentally very fast

I don't know. I had to ask. :shrug:

Ran the test...came back 1864.7 kbps

[GOPisEvil]

16. 1.8mbps

[wildhorses]

17. this is me, thanks for the link

1509.4 Kbps - You 1509.4 kbps

[Katherine Brengle]

19. Okay, I tested and...

3.3 mbps

Is that good?

Subjective rating from speed testing site: Awesome

:shrug:

It's still overpriced.

[ChoralScholar]

20. Mine (DSL - Windstream)

[TroubleMan]

21. You can test it here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html

Here's one of my old results on it:




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LOL...you can get artificially high results by hitting the back button.

I actually have 3mbps Cable, but I often download at speeds up to 10mbps.

[petronius]

22. The tubes are supposed to move? I don't understand; where do they go?

:shrug: :silly:

(Cable, by the way...)

[XemaSab]

23. I have no idea

However fast the neighbor's wifi is. :D

[sammythecat]

24. Small local cable company.

1mbps down and 500bps up. Love it!

[ikojo]

25. Just tested my speed

http://reviews.cnet.com/7009-7254_7-0.html?CType=2273&ac=314&ISPID=6251689&ISPNAME=&&kbps=2417.1

2417.1 Kbps - You

[Art_from_Ark]

26. Only 479kbps

I'm supposed to get 2 Mbps.

I wuz robbed.

[imperial jedi]

27. Clearwire

wireless broadband. Fast and portable, I love it.

[Cobalt-60]

28. 56K dial up speed

I'm out of range for DSl and just will not deal with the local cable company.
It makes for disciplined surfing and downloading.

[133724]

29. Test you Down Load & Upload Speed @ Speakeasy...free

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

on edit for comments:

Mine varies with the load on comcast. it can be anywhere from 1.5 to 10.6 MBPS.

Today it was 10.6 MBPS from Seattle to Seattle. But it is only 542 KBPS to Atlanta.., about 20 times slower when going cross country...

It will also very when it is tested against other cities.

e.g. I get poo results from the east coast but the left coast is mostly over 6 MBPS...

[chknltl]

30. You forgot the "No Clue" catagory there HT

I could partake in your poll if that was one of the options...I gots me a cable...like the one which runs both of my tvs see... and I get a monthly bill, more than this gets a bit too technical for me. (I love livin' in the future...)