How fast is your internet connect?

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

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

Pick the server closest to you and see how fast your download/upload speeds are:

Download Speed: 4782 kbps (597.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 279 kbps (34.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

[Joel Merrill]

269 kbps download speed
130 kbps upload speed

I have DSL. It seems like it has been gradually slowing down.

Joel

[Dave McClung]

Download Speed: 6160 kbps
Upload Speed: 348 kbps

Comcast Cable

[Charlene Clevenger]

Test 1
On the laptop--
Download Speed: 2529 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 179 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

On the PC
Download Speed: 3907 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 189 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)Test 1

Test 2
On the laptop--
Download Speed: 5759 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 340 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

On the PC
Download Speed: 5519 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 347 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Test 3
On the laptop--
Download Speed: 4587 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 152 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

On the PC
Download Speed: 5721 kbps (316.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 348 kbps (22.4 KB/sec transfer rate)


Who can you believe?

[Kevin Bockus]

Download - 1881
Upload - 853

[Gary Swartzlander]

5356 Download
352 Upload

Comcast Cable.

[BobHunt]

1282 Download
306 Upload
A little slower here!

[Hans Deventer]

924 kbps down
468 kbps up

And that all the way to New York City, on a transatlantic link. I presume the speed would be higher with a test server in my own country.

[Barbara Moulton]

Mine was 2487 download and 682 upload.

With picking New York...I assume that's the closest.

[Marsha Lynn]

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

Pick the server closest to you and see how fast your download/upload speeds are:

Download Speed: 4782 kbps (597.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 279 kbps (34.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Download Speed: 38 kbps (4.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 86 kbps (10.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

That's actually much faster than the first time I tested it. I started the test and then decided to sign off AOL so it wouldn't be competing for bandwidth. AOL announced that it needed to update my software. I think the download speed while sharing with the AOL update manager ended up testing at 6 kbps.

Do I win a prize for most patient internet user? The disgusting part is that there's a wireless tower less than two miles from our house -- aimed in the other direction and of no value to us. We're just lucky to have an ISP at all out here in the sticks.:fav13

We moved our old software to a new computer after a major meltdown a week ago and have invested much time in updates. I feel like I've moved into a new, spacy office area. The old office furniture we moved in is looking a little bedraggled. We had to do a lot of reupholstering. Much of our stuff is still in storage but what we've moved in is filed neatly away. That's a relief after the terrible clutter in the old office. I'm not sure what we'll do with all the space we have in this new area but I'm sure we'll fill it eventually. Of course, there were a few snags during the move-in process. Twice we aborted the process, emptied the room back down to bare walls and floor, and started over. The second time it was because we'd somehow moved termites in and had to have the place fumigated.

I'm still figuring out what we lost in the move.

Marsha

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Do I win a prize for most patient internet user? Marsha

Marsha, try the 56K Dialup style for the forums and see if it speeds your NazNet page loads up a little -- it is a very simple version of the forum that is supposed to be just for people with dialup.

Go to the bottom of the page, left side, and check out the drop down style box.

Let me know what you think.

[Bob Carabbio]

Since I live in Nowhere, TX on the Northern edge of Ellis County, the Phone service (out of Waxahachie) is theoretically 28K Baud, but is actually around 7-8K Baud during the Day, and a bit better after midnight. DSL is nowhere in sight (this is the POOR side of Dallas), and Cable/Satellite service is out of sight financially. It would take about 15 minutes just to take the test on the link site (since it needs a plug-in loaded to work).

THIS site takes over 30 seconds to load, while the old ones come up in 7-10.

[Mike Norris]

....never fast enough..........

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

THIS site takes over 30 seconds to load, while the old ones come up in 7-10.

Bob, check out the 56K version of the site and see if it improves things at all.

http://www.naznet.com/community/showpost.php?p=2212&postcount=11

[Marsha Lynn]

Since I live in Nowhere, TX on the Northern edge of Ellis County, the Phone service (out of Waxahachie) is theoretically 28K Baud, but is actually around 7-8K Baud during the Day, and a bit better after midnight. DSL is nowhere in sight (this is the POOR side of Dallas), and Cable/Satellite service is out of sight financially. It would take about 15 minutes just to take the test on the link site (since it needs a plug-in loaded to work).

THIS site takes over 30 seconds to load, while the old ones come up in 7-10.
OK, Bob. You can have the reward for most patient NazNetter. Sounds like you have it worse than I do.

I had to download the plug-in, too, but I figured that I'd eventually need it for something else since we have all new software installations. We've brought in many megabytes over our dial-up connection this past week. Next time we buy a new computer we need to buy a new operating system to go with it rather than transfer an old license and download the zillions of updates.

Marsha

[Marsha Lynn]

Marsha, try the 56K Dialup style for the forums and see if it speeds your NazNet page loads up a little -- it is a very simple version of the forum that is supposed to be just for people with dialup.

Go to the bottom of the page, left side, and check out the drop down style box.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks, Scott. I hadn't noticed that option.

So far I notice that it's much less colorful. (Does color take longer to download?) I'll try it for a while and see if the speed offsets the loss of color.

I'm used to the dial-up connection and it doesn't really bother me. I haul my laptop back and forth to the library and enjoy the T-1 there but seldom go to the library for the sole purpose of faster access. For the most part, I don't notice the difference. When I do, it's because a "refresh" worked so fast on the T-1 that I wonder if the page actually reloaded. I've just learned to multitask -- loading pictures in the background while reading a post, for example.

With four computers sharing our one dial-up connection, we do notice if someone in the house signs on for a major download, but it eventually ends and we can resume our normal internet access. Internet connectivity isn't the only way in which life moves more slowly out here in the sticks.

:)

Marsha

[Gina Stevenson]

after reading the post re 56K dial-up option at the bottom, tried it before posting this, then read a bit. Doesn't seem to really move any differently. Might if I was back with the 64MB RAM I've had "forever" until just recently.

Anyway, we'll try that test. Didn't appear when I first looked a couple of days ago that it could be done with dial-up, even. 'Saw broadband, etc, listed. have to look again, and come back with my numbers that are similar to Marsha's.

Yes, when I check "status," it usually tells me it's something between 36 and 40 kbps. Those 5000-6000+ counts ... wow! must be nice, eh? ;)

EDIT: well, strange ... must be the 40kbps that "status" says when I check is what it initially hooked up at, because the test says: 23 kbps [more "patient" than Marsha, even, eh! (afterall, DL is what you need to load/read). 2nd edit: OOPS!! Bob C's "speed(?)" is really slow. wow!

Then, I couldn't figure exactly what this 306kbps upload means ... know that sometimes with the older computer, things might show up a bit later than when you're typing them, and now it shows up as it's typed. Not sure how, tho', with a 56kbps modem, something can move 306 through it, instead of 56 ... wouldn't mind reaching 56kbps for DL of things wanted to read ... at least 56!

BTW, not sure just what I saw before that made me think I couldn't test this ... maybe it didn't even all load the other day, and I saw only bits & pieces ... sometimes happens when a site is busy [might have been not long after the initial post re speeds, huh?]. :rolleyes:

[Gina Stevenson]

:cool: ... decided for the fun of it to try the one furthest away rather than the one closest [from MI tried Chicago 1st time; then LosAngeles 2nd time].

Well, it was 23kbps from Chicago, and tested 28kbps from LA. hmmm ...

Anyway, the 306 [or whatever it was over 300] went down to 222 on the upload end of it. another "hmmm" ... guess I don't understand computerese transmissions, huh? :rolleyes:

[Joel Merrill]

When I had dial up it ran between 38 and 45 for years. Then the phone company started offering DSL and my speed dropped to about 14 in a couple months time. I have a suspicion that the phone company was trying to force people to get DSL. I got DSL but it seems to be slowing down. I think they want me to upgrade to a higher speed. I can barely afford this so this is going to have to due.

Joel

[Gina Stevenson]

here, they've been saying one could have DSL for something like $15/month -- lower than I've ever heard [tho' my dial-up, pd yearly months ago, rather than by month to save a bunch/yr, is something like $8.50]. IT seemed tempting, since a lot of even dial-ups are $10-12.

BUT, if DSL can't be assured to be somewhat faster than dial-up, well ....

know some folks who say they just got it; have to ask what it did to their speed [it's SBC here; old AT&T/Bell combo, who also is talking about changing back to that name once again -- AT&T]

[Garth Lahana]

Since we live in the Netherlands, I used a speed tester, that's a bit closer to home (here in the Netherlands). It's called SpeedTest
(http://www.speedtest.nl/) and on it I had a speed of 3606 kbps down, 574 kbps up. My speed on your american site (Washington, DC) was 1837 kbps down and 504 kbps up. I'm curious how the speed compares form America to Europe...

Garth

[Marsha Lynn]

You know, there are still things that I find irritating with this software. However, today I was trying to quickly respond to a survey at the library and came to a question asking the speed of my internet connection. Theoretically, it's a T-1 line, but it tends to measure slow and I'm not sure how fast a T-1 is supposed to be anyway. There were several ranges for speed and I wasn't sure which to mark and didn't want to invest significant time in doing research. So I said to myself, "Self, you should go to NazNet and hunt down that link Scott posted for measuring internet speed, measure the speed, report it, and move on to the next question."

So I did. I searched on "internet speed" and browsed through the results until I found this thread and followed the link. Even though it's going on six months since Scott first posted, it's still here, more accessible than a bookmark I might have made on one of the four computers I use regularly. That was nice.

And the answer was: 1300 kbps. A mere crawl compared to some of you, but we're changing ISPs this month so maybe things will improve.

Marsha

[Wilson L. Deaton]

Download Speed: 4813 kbps (601.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 354 kbps (44.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

[Dana Grant]

Download Speed: 6117 kbps
Upload Speed: 492 kbps

[Jeremy D. Scott]

6361
360

[Bob Carabbio]

Depending on time of day -
Upload/download never exceeds 2.8Kbaud, and often goes to 1.6Kbaud.

SBC Global service out of Waxahachie, TX

[Wilson L. Deaton]

I have a tech question.

Why are the downloads so much faster than the uploads?

I assume it's a software issue not a hardware issue.

Was the system designed on the assumption that we download way more than we upload so it is prioritized that way?

Given the trend toward people posting and uploading more and more songs, video clips, NazNet messages, etc., is the ratio of downloading to uploading changing enough to increase the upload speeds?

Or, is it more a matter of "who cares how long it takes to upload because we don't have to 'wait for it'?"

Just curious.

Wilson

[Christine Kelly]

6132 Download
714 Upload

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

That is how ISP's set things up. Most people are much more interested in having web pages load quickly, etc. than in uploading files to the internet. So to save money, they build their technology with that in mind. In DSL language, it is called "asynchronous DSL" -- upload is a different speed than download. You can get more or less equal connects, but you have to pay extra for it.


I have a tech question.

Why are the downloads so much faster than the uploads?

I assume it's a software issue not a hardware issue.

Was the system designed on the assumption that we download way more than we upload so it is prioritized that way?

Given the trend toward people posting and uploading more and more songs, video clips, NazNet messages, etc., is the ratio of downloading to uploading changing enough to increase the upload speeds?

Or, is it more a matter of "who cares how long it takes to upload because we don't have to 'wait for it'?"

Just curious.

Wilson

[John McGee]

1632 Kbps download
254 Kbps upload

[Hans Deventer]

I have a tech question.

Why are the downloads so much faster than the uploads?


Scott already explained some. DSL comes in 2 tastes: ADSL and SDSL. Asynchrone and Synchrone. For the consumer market, mainly ADSL is used. That means the upload is limited to 1 Mb, while the download can be anything up to 8 Mb, and with the new ADSL2+ even 20Mb.

SDSL on the other hand, as the name explains, has the same upload and download. But these lines are a lot more expensive and usually used by companies.

[Gord Evans]

Last Result:
Download Speed: 37 kbps (4.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 68 kbps (8.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

But wireless broadband is coming next week ... 10 - 18 megabits per second, both ways!

[Rebekah King]

3389 Download
351 Upload