How good is my internet connection ?

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#1 Merc009
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I used some website to test it

Last Result:
Download Speed: 2570 kbps (321.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 432 kbps (54 KB/sec transfer rate)

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#2 agallo
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well personally I would not be happy with that speed
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#3 Merc009
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lol i know it took me 8 hours to download ninja gaiden black to my 360

it was 5.9GB

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#4 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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it is miles ahead of mine, mine is Download: 85.4kbps, Upload: 19.6kbps
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#5 X360PS3AMD05
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It's fine, but in general most of America sucks compared to other countries.
it is miles ahead of mine, mine is Download: 85.4kbps, Upload: 19.6kbpsferret-gamer
Wow before we could get cable we had 300kbps DSL because we live too far away from the central office :o
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#6 Gamerkat
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Right now im only on a 1 mbit junky cable connection, courtesy to my stingy step dad
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It's fine, but in general most of America sucks compared to other countries. [QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]it is miles ahead of mine, mine is Download: 85.4kbps, Upload: 19.6kbpsX360PS3AMD05
Wow before we could get cable we had 300kbps DSL because we live too far away from the central office :o

the only way i get internt is by modem tethering my cell phone, we cant get cable, or dsl, wich is weird because we live near seattle
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#8 X360PS3AMD05
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That's really weird, i know i've looked at areas in Seattle and it seems really nice plus a lot of them had Verizon FIOS :?
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#9 TheSystemLord1
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I've got around 20-22mb down and 1mb upload, so yours is pretty bad.
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That's really weird, i know i've looked at areas in Seattle and it seems really nice plus a lot of them had Verizon FIOS :?X360PS3AMD05
i know but near seattle means unincorporated and alot of compaines dont serve you unless you live in a city or town.
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#11 darkmagician06
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I've got around 20-22mb down and 1mb upload, so yours is pretty bad.TheSystemLord1
brag much? i get like 1.5mb down and like 300k up. which is enough for gaming but downloads can take a while.
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#12 Gamerkat
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I've got around 20-22mb down and 1mb upload, so yours is pretty bad.TheSystemLord1

Wow, do you actually download alot of things?

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#13 X360PS3AMD05
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We're supposed to get upgraded to 15/2mbit but for now it's 10/1 TWC.
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#14 mike4realz
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i used Speedtest.net and here's my result

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#15 everdai
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i love it when people claim 22mb p/s d/l speeds. considering that the highest speed you can get from cable providers is a 12mb connection and thats expensive as balls, not to mention practically no one actually gets 12 mb in reality. if you pay some crazy bill to get your 22 mb/s you should probably either rethink your life and find something better to throw your money at or just kill yourself because you haven't been a part of society on the past 2 years... or maybe you're just crazy rich and can't think of anything else to spend your cash on, in which case good job, now start thinking of someone other than yourself and donate your money instead of wasting ona connection thats about 4x as fast as you need
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#16 We_never_die
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wow i have 256/256kbs how sick is that !
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#17 Elann2008
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I used some website to test it

Last Result:
Download Speed: 2570 kbps (321.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 432 kbps (54 KB/sec transfer rate)

Merc009

You must live in Los Angeles, because I have about the same speed. I have like the most basic DSL plan, but it is more than enough for me. There isnt a huge of a download to justify making an upgrade to my service plan to get higher speeds. It's more than sufficient for everyday use, whether it be web-surfing and downloading, and for Xbox Live and PSN. Anything more than that is just unnecessary.

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#18 Elann2008
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i used Speedtest.net and here's my result

mike4realz

How much do you pay for your internet? Because that's 10 times faster than my connection. Do you have T1 or something?

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#19 We_never_die
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i love it when people claim 22mb p/s d/l speeds. considering that the highest speed you can get from cable providers is a 12mb connection and thats expensive as balls, not to mention practically no one actually gets 12 mb in reality. if you pay some crazy bill to get your 22 mb/s you should probably either rethink your life and find something better to throw your money at or just kill yourself because you haven't been a part of society on the past 2 years... or maybe you're just crazy rich and can't think of anything else to spend your cash on, in which case good job, now start thinking of someone other than yourself and donate your money instead of wasting ona connection thats about 4x as fast as you needeverdai

Jealous much ? lol plus it might be expensive in your area but i know in japan you can get 100/100MB for like 30$ a month i know cus i went there

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#20 everdai
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well sure i'm jealous i'd love to get the kind of connection for 30, unfortunately though, while im sure you can pay for that connection in japan i seriously doubt that anyone ever gets anywhre remotely near that kind of speed in reality. the reason that japan can sell that much speed for that price is they don't restrict bandwith usage. so yeah you can use that, and i'm sure a massive number of people are using that. but when you have that many people trying to use the same bandwith, it bleeds over and the end result is that everyone probably gets around 9-12 mb/s in reality and that kind of bleeding can cause huge issues in interference. the reason ours are so much lower is providers have to pay a **** ton of money to gain the rights to certain bandwidths so they charge much higher, for much less, and in return gets MUCH less bleed over into and from other bandwidths, and as a result you get MUCH closer to the max limit of what you pay for, but even then it's very rare to hit your max. and moving on from that all of that is pretty much a moot point because i tihnk the majority of us live in the states anyways so that more than likely doesnt apply to anyone here. 22 mb/s is probably unnattainable by any normal means, and anyone who actually goes to the extremes to get that is out of there freaking mind because like Elann2008 said, its just unneccessary
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#21 EightD
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i love it when people claim 22mb p/s d/l speeds. considering that the highest speed you can get from cable providers is a 12mb connection and thats expensive as balls, not to mention practically no one actually gets 12 mb in reality. if you pay some crazy bill to get your 22 mb/s you should probably either rethink your life and find something better to throw your money at or just kill yourself because you haven't been a part of society on the past 2 years... or maybe you're just crazy rich and can't think of anything else to spend your cash on, in which case good job, now start thinking of someone other than yourself and donate your money instead of wasting ona connection thats about 4x as fast as you needeverdai

I find your reaction to be more than a bit over the top...

I have Comcast for my ISP, and I assure you, I don't pay that exhorborant of a price. I only pay $35 a month for my 16 mbps connection speed. Additionally, you apparently don't know much about internet speeds, as cable providers can offer speeds much, much faster than 12 mbps... Comcast offers upto 24 mbps in my area. There are cable speeds of 50 to 100 mbps + in some areas of the US. Look up DOCSIS 3.0 sometime.

Finally, of course the peak speeds of download are theoretical. I never would expect to get anywhere near 16,000 kbps on my connection in a real-world situation. However, I do rather like seeing real download speeds of over 1mbps.

On another note, here's my connection speed.

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#22 mike4realz
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[QUOTE="mike4realz"]

i used Speedtest.net and here's my result

Elann2008

How much do you pay for your internet? Because that's 10 times faster than my connection. Do you have T1 or something?

using COMCAST Cable...$33 bucks a month

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#23 theking52_TDK
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Here's mine...

Tested it again just to make sure (this is the 2nd test)

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#24 Gog
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T1 is only 1.5 mbps. Up and down. Cable is better for downloads

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#25 sadikovic
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Thats ok its more than enough for gaming and searching but not for heavy downloading or home networks.

Here's what Im currently getting, its supposed to be 19,000 kb/s and 1,600kb/s upload you just caught me at a bad time I'm downloading the GRID demo.

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#26 JonRup
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i love it when people claim 22mb p/s d/l speeds. considering that the highest speed you can get from cable providers is a 12mb connection and thats expensive as balls, not to mention practically no one actually gets 12 mb in reality. if you pay some crazy bill to get your 22 mb/s you should probably either rethink your life and find something better to throw your money at or just kill yourself because you haven't been a part of society on the past 2 years... or maybe you're just crazy rich and can't think of anything else to spend your cash on, in which case good job, now start thinking of someone other than yourself and donate your money instead of wasting ona connection thats about 4x as fast as you needeverdai

My Time Warner internet (Turbo connection, only $10 extra a month, first 3 months for $5) is advertised as 15/768 up in my area, and in reality, with the new Powerboost (which is a new technology Comcast and Time Warner have been using lately) it can go as high as 30, though powerboost only last 4-10 seconds than it gradually goes back down to your limit, sometimes 1-2 mb above it. Example, I downloaded the Call of Duty 4 Demo (1.4 GB) at a sustained rate of 2.1 Mb a second, meaning you can consistently max out your connection. It just all depends on where you live and how many people are using their cable connection in your area.

And $10 a month isn't that much money, it's called a job. Not that hard.
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#27 agallo
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With Road Runner Turbo Im getting 24980kbps download speed and 922kbps upload speed. It was even just tested again when they had to come out and repair my HD cable box. Guy told me I should not be getting speeds that fast haha.
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#28 dackchaar
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Looks about the average, mines below par, living in this area sucks fro internet speed :(