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
Nice...

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:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1277 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Download Speed is:: 156 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Jul 30 2005 16:08:43 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.56 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 75.12 % of your hosts average (pacbell.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-XTNO6QC9A

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 299 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 37 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Jul 30 2005 16:02:08 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 27.68 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 11.57 % faster than the average for host (pacbell.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-Z7ATR4V8H
 
My connection pwns yours Vip:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 3921 Kbps about 3.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Download Speed is:: 479 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Aug 01 2005 02:42:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 70X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.14 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.15 % faster than the average for host (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NKZBXAY82

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 517 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 63 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Mon Aug 01 2005 02:42:06 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 16.25 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 97.73 % of your hosts average (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-UPY0LG5HK

Whoo!
 
VIPFREAK
:lol: but what are you paying for that little more because you don't have something called patiences??
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Don't ask me .. ask my dad :dopey:.

Patiences? Is that something like a patent?
 
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 103 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 13 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Aug 01 2005 00:01:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 78.77 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 3.52 % of your hosts average (shawcable.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-TFHVOEZRA

Cheap cable. I suspect the full price stuff is what I'm running at three and a half percent of. In addition to this intolerably slow connection (I had wicked fast ADSL before this crap), Shaw is a horrible horrible company. I hate them so.
 
Whoa, i just took the tests, and i am not happy.

I've got a 1.1mb tiscali dsl connection, but here's my specs:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 658 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 80 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Fri Aug 05 2005 19:34:38 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB download in 12.8 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 63.45 % of your hosts average (as9105.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NZUCEJSPF

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 174 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Fri Aug 05 2005 19:37:03 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 48.76 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 95.08 % of your hosts average (as9105.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MK8GJCPWA


That's not good at all. Page loading time is fine though :confused:
 
4.7 megabits per second
Communications 4.7 megabits per second
Storage 573 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 1.8 seconds
Subjective rating: Awesome

Info
Date & time Friday, August 5, 4:08PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region New York
Data size 1024KB
IP address 68.xxx.xxx.xx

^_^ 4.7 mb/ps

tested on some website..bandwitchplace.com or something like that

EDIT
Made some tweaks, and run another test, it came out to 5.4 mb/ps =)
 
phat_pengiun
Whoa, i just took the tests, and i am not happy.

I've got a 1.1mb tiscali dsl connection, but here's my specs:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 658 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 80 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Fri Aug 05 2005 19:34:38 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB download in 12.8 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 63.45 % of your hosts average (as9105.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NZUCEJSPF

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 174 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Fri Aug 05 2005 19:37:03 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 48.76 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 95.08 % of your hosts average (as9105.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MK8GJCPWA


That's not good at all. Page loading time is fine though :confused:
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To lose that amount isn't unheard of for DSL. Most of the DSL networks fall prey to contention. We're running about 60 VPN-over-DSL connections at work, and we're consistently seeing far less than predicted bandwidths.
 
Come to think of it, it has been a bit slower recently. I wonder if it's anything to do with the new laptop. The old one had a 802.11g card, and this one has a centrino built in one (802.11b) which is only 11mb per second, compared to the 54 mb per second one of the old laptop.
 
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 777 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 95 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Oct 03 2005 19:34:49 GMT+0100 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB download in 10.78 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 51.39 % of your hosts average (co.uk)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-SUMZ6J4IQ


51%!!!!, iv got a 1.1mb dsl
 
Upload
:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 71 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 9 kB/s ( 👎 )
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Mon Oct 03 2005 19:54:07 GMT+0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 113.78 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 55.04 % of your hosts average (ntl.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-YRM38WKA0

Download Stats with Firefox + Fasterfox
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 29237 Kbps about 29.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 3569 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Oct 03 2005 20:10:26 GMT+0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
Bottom Line:: 522X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.29 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 1559.31 % faster than the average for host (ntl.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QYJ2OZHGC

They are an little high... 3569kB/s = 3.4MB/s > 1meg. Mind you, i do have fasterfox enabled on firefox. I have hand an quick look on the settings, and it connects to the website 40 times simutaniously, wht breaks RFC rules. Thats why they were so high lol. I will disable it, and take the test again.

Download with Firefox
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 868 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 614 kB)
Download Speed is:: 106 kB/s
Tested From:: http://visioncorp.plexecutor.com
Test Time::
Bottom Line:: 16X faster than 56K 1MB download in 9.66 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 49.26 % of your hosts average (ntl.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-FWY1J034L
 
2005-10-27 16:12:03 EST: 4017 / 311
Your download speed : 4017 kbps or 502.2 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 311 kbps or 38.9 KB/sec.

with fasterfox enabled.

w00t

much better than my DSL i used to have.
 
Connection Repairs:

Step 1 - Find the problem of the modem: [DONE]
Just found that there was a software missing in my connection's CD-installer so I needed to get it from the Provider's website. I need to do step 2 because I only run 2.8mbits instead of 3.0mbits because of my cables.

Speed Test: N/A (Connection speed is unstabble because of the poor cables)

Step 2 - Change cables:

Coming real soon :)
 
You know what sucks about living on a small Caribbean island? Broadband service. In America, ISPs can provide Internet access to a large number of people, like 10 million or so. So they could have their monthly fee at about US$25 or something like that and they could make decent money. But there are just over 1 million people living here in Trinidad. And only about half of us have Internet access. Which means that if the biggest ISP (which turns out to be the lone Telecoms company) on the island wants to make a profit, the price of Internet access ends up being really high compared to what you guys pay. 56K dial-up costs about US$20, while 256K DSL costs US$70 a month! :crazy: And there are much smaller ISPs who charge US$100 a month! :scared: I can't pay that sort of cash. Which is why I will forever be on dial-up. :(
 
Hehe. Again, without any extra charges, my ISP had upgraded me. It's only a 50% increase from 2Mb to 3Mb, but they've upped my pathetic upload rate from 128k to 384k, so sending files via email is now that much easier and smoother.

Competition in the broadband market is definitely a good thing for consumers.


KM.
 
i have this awfully slow 56k dialup:ill: and i hate it:yuck: and we can't get broadband this sucks:yuck: the pictorial car wishlist in the gt5 forum takes about 15-20mins per page to load and i went on my dad's computer at work and each page took about 5 seconds no exaggerating and it said 100mbps amazing!

not fair!:indiff:
 
i have this awfully slow 56k dialup:ill: and i hate it:yuck: and we can't get broadband this sucks:yuck: the pictorial car wishlist in the gt5 forum takes about 15-20mins per page to load and i went on my dad's computer at work and each page took about 5 seconds no exaggerating and it said 100mbps amazing!

not fair!:indiff:

i hate this:tdown:
 
2048/256k ADSL.

@lthiele: The reason it said 100Mbps at your dad's work was probably because he was connected through a LAN. He'll have a shared connection to the Internet through his work, not a single one for himself. Depending on the size of the company he works for, they could have anything from a relatively low bandwidth normal broadband service (something in the region of a couple of Mbps) up to T3 (44MBps) or greater.
 
GT4_Rule
I use broadband. Wireless too.
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ooooooooooh i wish i could im sick of waiting for pages to load:banghead:

my dad said we can't get it here cause there's no wireless broadband tower or something

this sucks mine always says 31.2kbps

once when i connected it said 4.3kbps or something it was really weird and the pages wouldn't load so i had to connect again ****ing hell i'm sick of waiting for pages to load
 
lthiele
ooooooooooh i wish i could im sick of waiting for pages to load:banghead:

my dad said we can't get it here cause there's no wireless broadband tower or something

this sucks mine always says 31.2kbps

once when i connected it said 4.3kbps or something it was really weird and the pages wouldn't load so i had to connect again ****ing hell i'm sick of waiting for pages to load
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Cable is to 56k as cars are to walking. You really, really need it.
 
We just got this new thing from a company called Now Internet. They transmit broadband to your home wirelessly so no need for it to come in through the phone line.

It's crap. Slow, and the signal keeps dropping. The software has had adverse effects on my pc too. :grumpy:
 
I have a 1.5Meg DSL.
DQuaN
We just got this new thing from a company called Now Internet. They transmit broadband to your home wirelessly so no need for it to come in through the phone line.

It's crap. Slow, and the signal keeps dropping. The software has had adverse effects on my pc too. :grumpy:
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We have something similar to that here, also. I didn't even bother looking into it since half of the year the weather is crap and the connection would suck.
 
I think it's because my room is at the back of the house. My neighbour has it, and his works fine. His is at the front of his house.

I might plug it into the pc at the front of the house and set up internet connection sharing but at the moment its giving me greif. :grumpy:
 

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