Test Your connection!

[The_Fool]

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

I have such a dirty mind with michchick going down and up so much.


Yes your wireless card could affect your bandwidth based on what speed it connects and how many people are using your wireless network. Also depends on what else your computer is doing and how many people are hitting the server.

 

[michchick98]

I have such a dirty mind with michchick going down and up so much.

Bad boy!

Yes your wireless card could affect your bandwidth based on what speed it connects and how many people are using your wireless network. Also depends on what else your computer is doing and how many people are hitting the server.

I kinda figured as much, but I'm happy with the connection as it is for now. My father passed a few weeks ago and I unhooked his computer from the modem, but I haven't as yet hooked mine into it. For now, I'll keep it on the network card.

 

[The_Fool]

Bad boy!



I kinda figured as much, but I'm happy with the connection as it is for now. My father passed a few weeks ago and I unhooked his computer from the modem, but I haven't as yet hooked mine into it. For now, I'll keep it on the network card.

You are getting good speed. One of the downfalls of wireless is only one device can talk at a time. The router is one, the laptop is two, another person is three and so on. So the more people that connect, the worse response you will get.

 

[michchick98]

You are getting good speed. One of the downfalls of wireless is only one device can talk at a time. The router is one, the laptop is two, another person is three and so on. So the more people that connect, the worse response you will get.

Well, it's a secure connection and as far as I know, the only other person using it is my neighbor. He's on a fixed income and his wireless router just went kerflooey (yes, that's a technical term ) on him so I'm letting him use my connection.

If there is anyone else accessing it, I wouldn't know what to do to stop them anyway, besides call AT&T and I hate going through all that.

 

[The_Fool]

Well, it's a secure connection and as far as I know, the only other person using it is my neighbor. He's on a fixed income and his wireless router just went kerflooey (yes, that's a technical term ) on him so I'm letting him use my connection.

If there is anyone else accessing it, I wouldn't know what to do to stop them anyway, besides call AT&T and I hate going through all that.

Then you are in good shape. Keeping the wireless locked down keeps guys like me off of your network.

 

[Handley_Page]

From a village in the UK to NY;
5.6MB/s down, 600KB/s up.

I was quite impressed.

 

[matriarch]

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...)

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.

Wow. Thank you for the explanation.

We actually pay £20 (around $30) a month for our phone line and broadband.