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http://www.speedtest.net/index.php
All right, folks. Let's see if there's been any improvement among you. I think our ISPs actually do less to upgrade our bandwidth than they say. I couldn't find the old thread but mine seems about the same. Varies between 4400 Kbps and 4800 kbps depending on which location I ping to, or about .5MB/second. So a 20 MB file should take me 40 seconds to download (confirmzD by teh Apple downlo@dz!). Not too shabby but I know some of you FiOS weenies out there are probably 3x that fast or something ridiculous like that. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Great. According to my old score my bandwidth has been cut by 52%.
Damn asshole cable companies. Ironically I searched in the General forum as I was thinking technology but the original was posted here anyway. Might have something to do with the time of year and time of day but the speeds I get now seem pretty typical. It's all my damn neighbors whoring up my precious bandwidth! Get off my line you punx! ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I'm reliably getting 16-17mbps, despite only paying for 10mbps. Not too shabby at all!
Even more bizarre...when I went to the Shaw site to check exactly what it is that I pay for, it claimed that the 10mbps service was not available in my area yet. Although I have it....and get more than they offer, even.... |
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On my iPod touch in a coffee house... 3476k down.
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That's pretty dern good for a Smudge-Pod.
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Holy shit tomoe... do you have a T-3 line running through your dorm or something?
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It's some sort of ethernet line (I haven't the foggiest as to whether it's T-3). We have a bunch of iMacs in our grad student offices, so I just tested the one at my desk. That's wayyyyy better than what I get at home (which is more around ~4000 kb/sec last time I checked).
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Funny, we only pay for 500kb down and 128kb up...I think. Could they have upgraded our service and just not told us? We're not paying anything different than we were before. Come waste your time with me |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I seem to recall something about certain companies may go ahead with upgrades on their hardware which can give better than advertised speeds but not publicly advertise because the upgrade isn't complete in a given location and didn't want to mislead people until everyone theoretically had access to the same level of service.
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What's the FiOS running you at that price point?
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That's pretty respectable. Beats the hell out of my $60 cable interweb, though admittedly it's at least 2 or 3x as fast as local DSL. No FiOS in the Chicago burbs for a while though.
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Strangest thing about the service is this big-ass Actiontec wireless router they give you. It stands about 13" tall, not including the antenna. Works OK, but no better than the little ol' Linksys I used to have.
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