Test Your connection!
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Austin8
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mine goes 12.75 down / 0.49 up
voluptuary_manque
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9.95 down, 2.17 up. I got fibre optics.
Liar
now with 17% more class
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I'm faster than you then. From across the Atlantic. On DSL.
10.3 down 2.51 up
15.51 and 5.33 when I run a similar test against a local server.
Salvor-Hardon
A kiss is still a kiss
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18.25 down 4.09 up, but I cheated 
Songcatcher
Stud Muffin
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down: 12.55mbps
up: 10.72mbps
What's wrong with your uploads?
up: 10.72mbps
What's wrong with your uploads?
theravenfox
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1.15 Mbps down and 0.16 up
That's pretty slow isn't it?
That's pretty slow isn't it?
Liar
now with 17% more class
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They cost monies and I don't need em much.
Byron In Exile
Frederick Fucking Chopin
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Comcast, from Central California:
San Francisco: 21.17 Mbps down, 3.60 up
Los Angeles: 20.91 down, 3.72 up
Seattle: 21.08 down, 3.79 up
Dallas: 14.29 down, 3.44 up
Chicago: 12.22 down, 3.48 up
Atlanta: 11.26 down, 3.64 up
New York City: 10.73 down, 3.68 up
Washington, DC: 10.55 down, 3.76 up
San Francisco: 21.17 Mbps down, 3.60 up
Los Angeles: 20.91 down, 3.72 up
Seattle: 21.08 down, 3.79 up
Dallas: 14.29 down, 3.44 up
Chicago: 12.22 down, 3.48 up
Atlanta: 11.26 down, 3.64 up
New York City: 10.73 down, 3.68 up
Washington, DC: 10.55 down, 3.76 up
TxRad
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Download Speed: 23.6 KB/sec transfer rate
Upload Speed: 17.1 KB/sec transfer rate
These are the number that mean something.
Are you sure you people didn't miss a decimal point.
But then again, I'm on a satellite uplink from Louisiana to Canada and then back to Dallas.
Upload Speed: 17.1 KB/sec transfer rate
These are the number that mean something.
Are you sure you people didn't miss a decimal point.
But then again, I'm on a satellite uplink from Louisiana to Canada and then back to Dallas.
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Byron In Exile
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What would mean shit is if people posted their location, and the location of the server they're connecting with. I can download from Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles at 20Mbps. That's because I'm connecting to the MAE-West hub in San Jose, and the pipes running up and down the west coast are huge. Once I go cross-country, the speed degrades. Downstream from the east coast is half that speed.
TE999
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Okay, here we go:
My Location--Central East Coast of Florida
Seattle 12.54 Mbps Down 2.21 Mbps Up
SF 10.35 2.17
LA 6.94 2.24
Dallas 11.33 2.55
Chi 11.33 2.55
Atlanta 28.97 2.70
NY 10.68 2.57
DC 27.30 2.72
It's interesting that the download speeds vary so much, yet the upload speeds are relatively consistent. I have a fiber optic cable ISP-Comcast.
What's with LA? 6.94 Down? Old equipment?
My Location--Central East Coast of Florida
Seattle 12.54 Mbps Down 2.21 Mbps Up
SF 10.35 2.17
LA 6.94 2.24
Dallas 11.33 2.55
Chi 11.33 2.55
Atlanta 28.97 2.70
NY 10.68 2.57
DC 27.30 2.72
It's interesting that the download speeds vary so much, yet the upload speeds are relatively consistent. I have a fiber optic cable ISP-Comcast.
What's with LA? 6.94 Down? Old equipment?
Byron In Exile
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Your upload speed on cable is limited by your cable provider, not by the Internet. Once your upload packets hit the Internet, they go the same speed as the packets you're downloading. But with cable, your download channel is at a much higher frequency than your upload channel, which restricts your upload bandwidth.
As an example, mine are currently 717 Mhz download, 30 Mhz upload.
The reason behind this scheme is that it's much easier for a provider to fire packets at customers than it is for them to negotiate and route input from them, and most customers receive 20 packets for every 1 they send, anyway. So, the upload speed variations you see are pretty much random.
As for Los Angeles, it's a mess. Not old equipment, just not enough equipment. The rest of MAE-West is pretty tight.
I don't know enough about the east to account for why your rates from Atlanta and DC are so phenomenal, but... there they are.
oggbashan
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No. I didn't miss a decimal point. My so-called broadband speed isn't much faster within the UK.
Og
matriarch
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To New York from UK
Download Speed: 4713 kbps (589.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 847 kbps (105.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
To San Francisco from UK
Download Speed: 1964 kbps (245.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 756 kbps (94.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Which means.........???????????????????????
Download Speed: 4713 kbps (589.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 847 kbps (105.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
To San Francisco from UK
Download Speed: 1964 kbps (245.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 756 kbps (94.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Which means.........???????????????????????
Byron In Exile
Frederick Fucking Chopin
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The first thing it means is that you have amazing upload bandwidth. (That's probably not too significant unless you want to run a server from your home...)To New York from UK
Download Speed: 4713 kbps (589.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 847 kbps (105.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
To San Francisco from UK
Download Speed: 1964 kbps (245.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 756 kbps (94.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Which means.........???????????????????????
Second thing it means is that you have really good service. Across the Atlantic, 4.7 Mbps is super. The slightly less than 2 Mbps you're getting from San Francisco is a result of east-west US congestion.
To put it in perspective, a T-1 line, which guarantees 1.5 Mbps both up and down, costs about $500 per month, here. (That's like 350 pounds.) Businesses that lease them can only deliver data at that speed. One might have a 20Mbps download capability, but almost no servers are capable of delivering data at that rate.
michchick98
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From AT&T Uverse, Detroit area:
Los Angeles (Furthest away in the continental U.S. from Detroit, out of the cities listed)
DOWN: 10.65
UP: 1.46
Seattle
DOWN: 11.54
UP: 1.46
San Francisco
DOWN: 11.45
UP: 1.46
Dallas
DOWN: 11.39
UP: 1.47
Chicago (Closest in the continental U.S. from Detroit, out of the cities listed)
DOWN: 11.51
UP: 1.48
Atlanta
DOWN: 9.90
UP: 1.47
New York
DOWN: 11.51
UP: 1.47
Washington, DC
DOWN: 11.54
UP: 1.47
Does it make a difference if I'm running on a Wireless Networking Card as opposed to connecting directly to the modem? Or does it make a difference if the wireless connection is shared with someone (a neighbor, for example)?
ETA: Checked from Detroit to U.K.
DOWN: 7.89
UP: 1.29
Los Angeles (Furthest away in the continental U.S. from Detroit, out of the cities listed)
DOWN: 10.65
UP: 1.46
Seattle
DOWN: 11.54
UP: 1.46
San Francisco
DOWN: 11.45
UP: 1.46
Dallas
DOWN: 11.39
UP: 1.47
Chicago (Closest in the continental U.S. from Detroit, out of the cities listed)
DOWN: 11.51
UP: 1.48
Atlanta
DOWN: 9.90
UP: 1.47
New York
DOWN: 11.51
UP: 1.47
Washington, DC
DOWN: 11.54
UP: 1.47
Does it make a difference if I'm running on a Wireless Networking Card as opposed to connecting directly to the modem? Or does it make a difference if the wireless connection is shared with someone (a neighbor, for example)?
ETA: Checked from Detroit to U.K.
DOWN: 7.89
UP: 1.29
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