What is your internet speed?

[dbhost]

My results for the tests were...

Tested at 3 different sites with these results (download / upload) :

http://pcpitstop.com/internet/bw.asp : 5548 KBPS / 3188 KBPS
(picked Washington DC)

6232 down / 919 up

http://www.speedtest.net/ : 3573 / 2560(picked Ft Lauderdale)

6278 down / 845 up

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ : 7046 / 3181(picked Atlanta)

6279 down / 904 up

All the above for my laptop on wireless modem.

What's yours?

Mine was on a desktop / wired ethernet router / cable modem. My connection is earthlink over Comcast.

[radhak]

I tried with my wired desktop, and got marginally better DLs, but not-so-good ULs:
6453/2236
4806/1341
7091/2919

dunno, mebbe time of the day?

I did start the thread thinking I could do better, but I see that I should not complain; my uploads are better than most, though many of you are doing grand on the downloads. Of course - Michael's figures boggle the mind. Had never heard of FIOS before, and they are not available here as yet, but shall be on the lookout for it.

$9 a month does sound tempting, eccentric; wonder....

[Hoover]

I get 26.4kps, occasionally 28.8kps

[ragswl4]

So how about this, I am really smokin!!

Download 749Kbps
Upload 135Kbps

Using Verizon DSL. No cable or WiFi available out here in the sticks in Winchester, Ca. In fact until last year I only had dial up.

[bigstick509]

Late last summer AT&T ran fiber optic into my community and began offering there U-Verse bundled service at a great speed and price. I called to cancel my Comcast service and not only did they match AT&T price they sent out a tech and I have been getting consistent speeds like these testing with http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
I have been waiting a long time to dump Comcast, but until now they were my only alternative.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 18571 kbps (2321.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2622 kbps (327.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Past Results Summary

IP Address:
(COMCAST CABLE)
Last Test Date:
1/5/2009
Total Tests Taken:
46
Fastest Download:
34386 kb/s
Fastest Upload:
3163 kb/s
Average Download:
20162 kb/s
Average Upload:
2281 kb/s

[Mr__Bill]

Ah man, I thought I was doing good with about 4800 down and 480 up. Boy have you guys spoiled my day Now I have to look up what I am paying for, and I'm paying too much too!


Bill, a little slow out here in Oregon with Charter Cable.

[Alex Franke]

I wish I could get fios here...

6800/365 here
31700/8000 at work. It's like night and day.

[goslin23]

Here's my results using 6/1 Uverse in Houston.

PC Pitstop:
Download Speed: 5803 kbps (725.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 863 kbps (107.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Speedtest:
Download Speed: 5761 kbps
Upload Speed: 843 kbps

Speakeasy:

Download Speed: 5774 kbps (721.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 867 kbps (108.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

-=gos=-

[germdoc]

I get 15K download/13K upload at work through speakeasy--my sister used to work there, BTW.

I know from experience that internet speed is affected by amount of RAM memory, so if you're not getting the rates you think you should that could be a problem.

[kirkroy]

I'm surprised the FIOS folks aren't doing faster than me although I'm testing when most other folks aren't at home. I'm on comcast's fastest cable service and got the following results, using Wash, DC (I'm about 50 miles from DC):

30118
2794

29288
2777

24970
2797

The nice thing for me is that work pays for most of my internet bill since I work from home a couple days a week so I only pay $6 a month out of my pocket.

[JimD]

Well the test convinced me to spend another $5/mth. I was getting 200-300kbps on download and about 100kbps on upload using DSLite from Windstream. For the extra money I now test 2500-3000 kbps on download and about 300 kbps on upload. Not great but it makes the difference between seeing the woodwhiperer steadily moving or waiting for the uploads.

Jim

[ScottGolden]

Verizon FIOS for Buisness Here

Since I work out of the house I got the top end FIOS. Here are my results

Pitstop

Download Speed: 34,483 kbps (4,310.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 8,927 kbps (1,115.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 10 ms

Speakeasy - New York.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 51,484 kbps (6,435.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 10,781 kbps (1,347.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

(comma added for readability)

[master53yoda]

15884 up 2139 down LA cat5 Comcast through a 4 port switch another computer was also running world of warcraft.