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Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Sat 06 Dec, 2008 11:21 pm
by King Harold
Do we have a thread for that?
I couldn't find it (used search)

Well, I'll start off:
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If my upload speed doesn't go back up to 3Mbit/s soon I'll have to complain, I'm missing 7% for no apparent reason (it was there before, why should it disappear?)

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Sun 07 Dec, 2008 12:04 am
by waeV
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Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Sun 07 Dec, 2008 2:36 am
by benryves
Fairly standard residential connection:
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We have 2mb at work and that's more than fast enough. When I was at university the connection speed was limited by the 100mb ethernet, though that was only really usable when downloading from Microsoft - most other servers would cap at about 512kb.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Mon 08 Dec, 2008 12:29 pm
by driesguldolf
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Does it make a difference this was tested when I was connected wireless to our router?

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Mon 08 Dec, 2008 1:05 pm
by benryves
I was connected wirelessly and got approximately the same result from speedtest as was reported on the router's web-based config screen.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Mon 08 Dec, 2008 7:50 pm
by calc84maniac
Wireless... heh:
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Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Mon 08 Dec, 2008 8:47 pm
by Wesley
It seems like we are getting a, somewhat, downward trend in speeds here.

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Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:02 am
by waeV
Wow, loooks like I'm the fastest by quite a margin. What kind of hookup do you guys get outside of the US? I get broadband cable through Cox. They advertise 3Mbit/s, and it looks like they're pretty darn close. Most things are throttled server-side, though, so not too much of an advantage.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:18 am
by benryves
Bog standard ADSL here; "up to 8mb" is the standard residential speed. You can get faster (up to 40mb on Virgin) by paying to get fibre optic put in, but it's hardly worth it.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:40 pm
by King Harold
Cable, not the fastest though - the same ISP offers 30Mbit / 3Mbit (so only 10Mbit/s more download throughput - for a WAY higher price)
And IMO that's barely worth it, my d/l connection is rarely maxed out anyway and the upload speed and latency are much more important. Maybe someday when I want to download movies in 10 minutes instead of 15 minutes..

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Wed 10 Dec, 2008 1:18 am
by Timendus
Let me break the trend :)

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Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Wed 10 Dec, 2008 3:07 am
by waeV
Wow, that's fast.

Ah, Amsterdam. That would explain it.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Wed 10 Dec, 2008 10:14 am
by benryves
I think University Twente explains it rather more. ;)

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Wed 10 Dec, 2008 10:56 am
by waeV
Did it display the ISP before? I don't remember seeing that.

Re: Post Your Internet speeds

Posted: Wed 10 Dec, 2008 2:11 pm
by benryves
Yep, it always has done.