Your internet connection?

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Your connection?

  • T1, T3, OC-12, OC-48, or faster :D

    Votes: 198 19.2%

  • Cable modem

    Votes: 420 40.7%

  • DSL

    Votes: 346 33.5%

  • Dial-up modem (56k or slower)

    Votes: 69 6.7%
  • Total voters
    1,033
I'm running 56K, which I really hate. I should have waited a bit logner to vote, though, as in a month or so I will be on Satellite Broadband. And noone tell me it's a waste of money, I know that, but my Dad wants to and I'm not paying a cent. :lol:
 
My connection was at 768 kbps when we signed up, but now It's supposed to be at 3mbps. The notice went something like "...now all user will be experiencing speeds UP TOO 3mbps bla bla bla..." Whatever that means. thats My main connection that were still paying for, but I recently moved my room and because of some kind of "you've got too many phones" c**p, they basicly installed annother line to isolate everything else from the ADSL signal. The only room with access to that other line is my old room, so untill we get them to come in and move it I'm stuck back with My good ol Net Zero. The free service that I was using before. 33kbps and worse yet, only 10 hours a month of service. thats what you get for free.
 
I used to have 56k dial up for a long long time, but now i have 1mb dsl. Problem is, i find that when using a wireless card with my toshiba laptop, it seems to be slower. It's probably normal, as information being sent through 3 walls is going to be slower, than straight down a usb2 cable. Although, i have tried it right next to the router, and it is still slower. It should work as it is a 54g router and card, anyway, doesn't really matter, as i find it much faster than 56k. By the way Jordan, i don't know HOW you manage to maintain this site on a dial up connection, all i can say is, Well Done! If i was making a site on dial up, my, pc would have "accidentally" fallen out of a second floor window years ago!
 
Just got SBC DSL today and it is very fast 👍. It's an incrdible steal at $19.99 a month and has near cable speeds.
 
I'm on ISDN! :D

It's the best we can get out here without paying ridiculous prices for Satellite. Broadband should be here sometime in the next year or so... :grumpy:
 
Yesterday morning I was updating my Anti-Virus software and I noticed that it was downloading updates as a ridiciluous rate.

I logged into my ISP's website because I suspected that my internet connection had been upgraded and I was right!

On April 4th my ISP upgraded my internet connection from a 512kbs connection to a 2MBs connecton. No change to my monthly price or anything, just a free upgraded because other companies are trying to break into the Irish market.


KM.
 
Comcast just upgraded my area to 4 Mbps.

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:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 5067 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 619 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Test Time:: Wed Apr 6 06:01:29 PDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 90X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.65 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 53.22 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-USRM4AX6E
 
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 3432 Kbps about 3.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 419 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Fri Jun 03 2005 23:40:41 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 61X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.44 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 2.72 % faster than the average for host (insightBB.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-38W9EKZC1


:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 381 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 47 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Fri Jun 03 2005 23:43:14 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 21.79 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 27 % faster than the average for host (insightBB.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-1PZJTV89R
 
Here is what im getting at PEAK times(Friday-Sunday,8:00 AM to 8:00 PM)

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 4406 Kbps about 4.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 538 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Jun 04 2005 08:51:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 79X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.9 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 43.14 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-CLKAIWJ8P

aaaand my upload at peak times:

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 456 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 56 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Jun 04 2005 08:57:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 18.29 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.41 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-CU0XY6SWK
 
AOL DSL *ducks* but through VNP (i think) rather than their shítto program. gonna test the connection stats in a min and post them

edit:

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 227 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 28 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sun Jun 05 2005 02:30:21 GMT+0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 36.57 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.8 % of your hosts average (aol.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-12RDV3U7Z

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 446 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 54 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sun Jun 5 02:32:04 UTC+0100 2005
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB download in 18.96 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 21.26 % of your hosts average (aol.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-9UZVOT5WH

think i will be switching ISP soon :ouch:
 
wait a minute. i have comcast, it says im only running at 77.25% of comcast's average. I thought it was running slower than it should. What kind of help is it talking about?
 
SS69
wait a minute. i have comcast, it says im only running at 77.25% of comcast's average. I thought it was running slower than it should. What kind of help is it talking about?
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Huh.?
I got adsl, I like it better. Cable sucks in the city, at least with adsl i get what i pay for.
 
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 3726 Kbps about 3.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 455 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Jul 04 2005 22:33:45 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 67X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.25 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.7 % faster than the average for host (insightBB.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-ZA0MDUINP


:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 378 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 46 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Mon Jul 04 2005 22:36:15 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 22.26 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 28.14 % faster than the average for host (insightBB.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-JML53TVAP

Damit. Awesome down and ****ty upload.
 
this is very odd. yesterday morning my connection was 576kb/s. now its 2.2mb/s.......and has been since 11pm last night....

its still only running at 25% of what it should. goddamn crappy AOL
 

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