Connection Speeds

RevRaz · Post by **RevRaz** » 23 Nov 2005, 16:29

Speed is dependant on how much you pay. For our area, we get 5 Meg D/L and 1.5 Meg U/L Fiber for $34.00. We can get 30 Meg D/L with 10 Meg U/L for $120.00 if we wanted.

Cable is shared bandwidth, which means, the more users on the system, the more your service will degrade. DSL and Fiber is dedicated.

There is a great site for checking your speeds, http://www.broadbandreports.com/

Here are my stats from that site:

2005-11-23 19:35:17 EST: 4909 / 1786
Your download speed : 4909 kbps or 613.7 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 1786 kbps or 223.3 KB/sec.

T1 Internet access technology allows Internet data to run up to 1.544 megabit per second

A private dedicated full T3 circuit provides 45Mbps of bandwidth. The 44.736 Mbps speed of a T3 is actually the result of the aggregate-multiplexed signal of 28 T1s.

A T3 circuit is made up of 28 T1s or 672 64Kbps channels

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 26 Nov 2005, 19:43

almost always you're limited by your upload bandwidth. that is your download bandwidth. the page that Rev gave is easy...

go to tools (left side) then scroll down to speed tests...

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » 26 Nov 2005, 21:06

...I've gone to plaid.

KODIAK · Post by **KODIAK** » 27 Nov 2005, 02:42

Well, it's Sunday morning here and I just completed that test:

455 d/l & 237 u/l

Which I think is about right for a DSL connection . . . . .

PanzerMeyer · Post by **PanzerMeyer** » 28 Nov 2005, 10:08

On average I get about 5 MBit download and about 356k upload.

I wish I had a higher upload though. I'd gladly trade 1 Mbit of download for a 512k upload.

KODIAK · Post by **KODIAK** » 28 Nov 2005, 11:55

Now yer just showing off , eh?! Bar steward!! :roll:

Nemisis · Post by **Nemisis** » 02 Dec 2005, 04:59

I got 1785 Kbps (223.1 KB/sec) DL and 240 Kbps (30.0 KB/sec) Upload.

Which is spot on what my ISP says it should be, so can't complain.

KODIAK · Post by **KODIAK** » 02 Dec 2005, 05:52

Hey Nem, what size connection you suposed to have? And who with? What's it costing you?

PanzerMeyer · Post by **PanzerMeyer** » 02 Dec 2005, 08:26

KODIAK wrote:Now yer just showing off , eh?! Bar steward!! :roll:

My internet pefromance wasn't always this good. My download/upload was much slower when I first got my cable modem about 3 years ago.

KODIAK · Post by **KODIAK** » 02 Dec 2005, 09:51

Yeah, but if I'm not mistaken - Nem is on a 2MBit line. And that's the same for me, indicating that there must be a problem on my connection given his calculated speeds for download.

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