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My connection is a bit sluggish right now so I did a speed test.
Seems like different meters can be quite different for whatever reason, though I think some may perposefully underestimate or overestimate speed, especially to try to get you to buy into another ISP.
What is the best meter in terms of number of allowed tests and accuracy?
For shits and giggles, maybe we can find out who here has the fastest connection. Don't ask me why...I must be very bored.
The screenshot below is from http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ .
I think the main thing I'll compare is the 1MB file download time. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| I got 2,4 megabits a sec. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| tofu_kronos wrote: |
| I got 2,4 megabits a sec. |
sweet.
What was your time to d/l a 1MB file, around 3.5 seconds? That's like 45 minutes for a full length dual-layer DVD. kick ass |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Don't know the download time for 1 mb, can't find that option anywhere.
But i did the test again and this time i shut down grabit, closed the bv site and shutdown my email server. I got 4,1 megabits now. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| www.dslreports.com is a great place for testing your connection and also has services to optimize your service. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| tofu_kronos wrote: |
Don't know the download time for 1 mb, can't find that option anywhere.
But i did the test again and this time i shut down grabit, closed the bv site and shutdown my email server. I got 4,1 megabits now. |
If you look at the screenshot, it's the third item. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| Alexia wrote: |
| www.dslreports.com is a great place for testing your connection and also has services to optimize your service. |
Tried it. It seems to indicate that I am indeed running slower than normal:
dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-07-08 20:17:22 EST:
2898 / 53
Your download speed : 2898 kbps or 362.2 KB/sec.
That is 51.8% worse than an average user on your ISP
Your upload speed : 53 kbps or 6.6 KB/sec.
That is 86.8% worse than an average user on your ISP |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| your download speed isn't bad if you have an advertised 3meg connection particularly if using cable (which is shared with other users to some extent) your upload speed on cable should be closer to 256 or so or even higher if you are on dsl. If you had no uploads or downloads going at the time I would be concerned that you might have some spyware on your computer that is sending data out and dropping your speed. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| Alexia wrote: |
| your download speed isn't bad if you have an advertised 3meg connection particularly if using cable (which is shared with other users to some extent) your upload speed on cable should be closer to 256 or so or even higher if you are on dsl. If you had no uploads or downloads going at the time I would be concerned that you might have some spyware on your computer that is sending data out and dropping your speed. |
Could be as simple as another user's on my wireless network heavy use. I'm trying their tweak suggestions just in case. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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2.8 megabits per second
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Communications 2.8 megabits per second
Storage 346.1 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3 seconds
Subjective rating Great |
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1.6 megabits per second
Communications 1.6 megabits per second
Storage 190.1 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 5.4 seconds
Subjective rating Great
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Date & time Sunday, July 9, 6:03PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type ADSL
Region California
Data size 1024KB
IP address 64.12.116.5
Provider att yahoo dsl
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Im on my girlfriends computer and the download speed is about 5 kbs 
I hate this computer. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| SRO wrote: |
Im on my girlfriends computer and the download speed is about 5 kbs
I hate this computer. |
Well, at least it's free, theoretically. Free except for all the crap you have to put up with.
My internet connection, while not subjectively "great," is also "free."
Hooray for free **it. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:56 am Post subject: |
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