What is a good internet speed?

I ask this question because my current internet speed is rubbish and i was thinking about upgrading to a more faster connection. But i realised i have no idea what a good internet speed is. If someone could give me a general idea as to what a good speed is (mainly for playing online games e.g. WoW) i'd appreciate it.

(if it matter's i live in Australia and i'm also not quite sure what you measure it in. Mega Bytes per second?)

you livei n aust, that explains it, internet there is horrible, go to speedtest.net to test your speed and get back to me, im in nz and i get a pityful 2.4mb,

mine must be excellent.

also,

speedtest gives it to you in MEGABITS...I think.

something like 10Mb/s down and 2 Mb/s up is good enough.

obviously higher than that is better

I ask this question because my current internet speed is rubbish and i was thinking about upgrading to a more faster connection. But i realised i have no idea what a good internet speed is. If someone could give me a general idea as to what a good speed is (mainly for playing online games e.g. WoW) i'd appreciate it.

ratchet200

You don't need that fast of an internet connection for WoW.

Mine is 1.5mb/s and I PWN @ COD4

lol

I have like .5mb/s download and .25 upload. It's fine for playing games online and using internet. There's a feature where I can download something when Xbox ison standby, so I can download a 1.5GB demo overnight.brandontwb

It just depends on what you are using it for. If you torrent all the time or are just downloading huge files...bigger the better. like 10mb on up. I personally have 3mb (stupid dsl in my area of town). Downloading can kinda suck on HUGE files, but gaming is absolutely fine. My cousin that lives in the country only has 1.5mb down 640 up...he also games fine.

[QUOTE="brandontwb"]I have like .5mb/s download and .25 upload. It's fine for playing games online and using internet. There's a feature where I can download something when Xbox ison standby, so I can download a 1.5GB demo overnight.cs45F

Thats a pretty good speed.

Thats a pretty good speed.

SgtMoreless

Thats a pretty good speed.

SgtMoreless

you livei n aust, that explains it, internet there is horrible, go to speedtest.net to test your speed and get back to me, im in nz and i get a pityful 2.4mb,

PimpiNbananas

I have like .5mb/s download and .25 upload. It's fine for playing games online and using internet. There's a feature where I can download something when Xbox ison standby, so I can download a 1.5GB demo overnight.brandontwb

Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.cs45F

Ok so i did the speed test and here's the results...

Ugh i'm so embarrassed... :( Anyway thanks for the help everyone and ill be sure to upgrade ASAP.

By the way, i assume upload is for playing online games and such and download is for... downloading things? Am i correct?

[QUOTE="cs45F"]Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="cs45F"]Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.cs45F

Im in Australia BTW

craptacular i know

Ok so i did the speed test and here's the results...

Ugh i'm so embarrassed... Anyway thanks for the help everyone and ill be sure to upgrade ASAP.

By the way, i assume upload is for playing online games and such and download is for... downloading things? Am i correct?

ratchet200

That is way enough for any game I know. Your ping is more important, that will depend on how close your server is that you game on.

Gaming uses very little of your internet connection bandwidth.

Ok so i did the speed test and here's the results...

Ugh i'm so embarrassed... :( Anyway thanks for the help everyone and ill be sure to upgrade ASAP.

By the way, i assume upload is for playing online games and such and download is for... downloading things? Am i correct?

ratchet200

Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.cs45F

I've noticed your speed in your sig before. What does cost per month?

[QUOTE="cs45F"]Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.Rusteater

I've noticed your speed in your sig before. What does cost per month?

[QUOTE="Rusteater"]

[QUOTE="cs45F"]Im thinking i have the best stats in the post right now nice i guess im lucky because my download speeds used to be crap.JigglyWiggly_

I've noticed your speed in your sig before. What does cost per month?

In Serbia, I have the classic Internet speed: 3MB. 6MB is 700 dinars more expensive (about 10 bucks), and 10MB is not available, except if you want them to limit how muich gigabytes you are allowed to download, which is terrible.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="Rusteater"]

I've noticed your speed in your sig before. What does cost per month?

Rusteater

Bit pointless if someone advises you to get something that is beyond your price range isn't it ? Find the ISP that provides you with the best upload/download speeds at the best price you can find or afford.

It helps if the line contention ratio is low too.

Bit pointless if someone advises you to get something that is beyond your price range isn't it ? Find the ISP that provides you with the best upload/download speeds at the best price you can find or afford.

It helps if the line contention ratio is low too.

kleggnutt

Wow, it seems like most of you have much faster internet than I do, and yet I am 100% satisfied with my speed. Other than servers and hosting games, what else do you all use your tremendous speeds for.

My speeds are pretty good for where I live, rural Virginia. At least I live in a little town with DSL available, my buddy lives way out in the sticks, and his options are dial-up, or satellite. While the satellite is faster, with the extra lag, it makes gaming all but impossible for him.

Now this cost me $50 a month, for an extra $10 a month I could go from 5M down to 10M down, but the upload would only go from 768k to 896k, just not worth it, IMHO.

[QUOTE="SgtMoreless"]

Thats a pretty good speed.

samuraiguns

I know. Im not sure why. The highest i ever saw it was around .9MB. Im not sure why it is not higher. But I have called them and they said that was normal. But I game with no lag and can download extremely fast. Sometimes i wonder if it looks like im lagging to other players cause my upload is so slow. When really im seeing them before they see me. idk...

Here is mine. Mine is ADSL.

my wireless connection :)

:| lets never speak of this again :|

India ain't great when it comes to net, still quite enough for me. I can download a DVD in 3 hours. Not bad.....gigatrainer

That is perfectly fine, no need for sickly large connections.

upload with more then 1MB is rare so to see people with 5MB / 7 MB upload is Crazy : but what i care for is download :D : upload is only used for hosting game :P : but a good new from 5 year of now for the money we pay we should have over 500MB/S and over 50MB/S upload

seems like i have the fastest upload here

17MB/S ? it possible ? i'm sure impress the average upload in north america is 750KB/S to 1,100KBSmarcthpro

And in Serbia around 70KB/S...

I meant the upload speed in kilobytes, not kilobits.