Speed Test, Kinda neat

[Ken The Kanuck]

My results were:

Download= 1978

Upload = 691

Which I thought were pretty good until I did the comparison test for my area and there the download speed did not compare well.

How about you guys?

KTK
OFC

[Badger]

Just in case people missed it elsewhere as to what Ken is referring to .....

To help users who want a better idea of how fast their Internet speed is, we've added a new item called Speed Test (click here) (http://www.milsurps.com/misc.php?do=speedtest) to our menu bar.

Remember.... this doesn't tell you how fast your Internet connection is to our web site directly, but rather how fast your computer is connecting from it to the Internet. Your ISP may provide different levels of performance base upon what you pay for.

Of course, the higher your connect speed to the Internet, it follows you should see better performance connecting here.

In the spirit of Ken's posting, we're getting from our home computer:


Download = 5015

Upload = 426

We're using Bell Canada's Sympatico home DSL service and only receiving part of the speed we are paying for, which is supposed to be 8 megabits/sec.

When complaining to them, they boosted it from 3 megabits/sec that we were getting to the 5 megabits you see above, but said that's all we they could give us because of our distance from the central office.

Our only other choice would be dial-up at a lowly 56kb/sec, since we can't get cable broadband high speed here where we moved to. We had cable at our old house and were getting over 5 magabits/sec on it.

You guys should run the speed test, then check with your ISP to see what they say you should be getting based upon what they're charging you. If it's way too slow on the speed tests compared against their billing charges, then take it to them demanding they get their buns out and fix it. :bash: :lol:

Thanks for posting this Ken. I think a lot of members should take advantage of it to make sure they're not getting screwed by their ISP's. ;)

Regards,
Badger

[talucah]

Is it like golf, low is good?
down=36
up=86
also my cell has 0 bars at the house.
Bob

[Ramboueille]

Just in case people missed it elsewhere as to what Ken is referring to .....

To help users who want a better idea of how fast their Internet speed is, we've added a new item called Speed Test (click here) (http://www.milsurps.com/misc.php?do=speedtest) to our menu bar.

Remember.... this doesn't tell you how fast your Internet connection is to our web site directly, but rather how fast your computer is connecting from it to the Internet. Your ISP may provide different levels of performance base upon what you pay for.

Of course, the higher your connect speed to the Internet, it follows you should see better performance connecting here.

In the spirit of Ken's posting, we're getting from our home computer:



We're using Bell Canada's Sympatico home DSL service and only receiving part of the speed we are paying for, which is supposed to be 8 megabits/sec.

When complaining to them, they boosted it from 3 megabits/sec that we were getting to the 5 megabits you see above, but said that's all we they could give us because of our distance from the central office.

Our only other choice would be dial-up at a lowly 56kb/sec, since we can't get cable broadband high speed here where we moved to. We had cable at our old house and were getting over 5 magabits/sec on it.

You guys should run the speed test, then check with your ISP to see what they say you should be getting based upon what they're charging you. If it's way too slow on the speed tests compared against their billing charges, then take it to them demanding they get their buns out and fix it. :bash: :lol:

Thanks for posting this Ken. I think a lot of members should take advantage of it to make sure they're not getting screwed by their ISP's. ;)

Regards,
Badger

Badger, it is a nice and constructive URL posted, thank you.

Download: 5958
Upload: 1138

Comcast Net USA and have always had good performance. We are alleged to have increased speeds now with a cable modem reboot but unfortunately I can't "edit" later to update speeds if it's true. Can you make an exception to this thread for "edits?"

[RayP.]

Is it like golf, low is good?
down=36
up=86
also my cell has 0 bars at the house.
Bob

I'm at Download=47
and at Upload=101
so is this good,bad,mediocre or would Pony Express be faster?
I'm on Dial Up if that plays a factor,I'm located at south end of Lake Michigan(don't think location matters though).

RayP.

[RED]

I am paying too much and only getting 1000 kbps or only 1/3 the kpbs that I should be getting. Repeated complaints to the ISP and they shrug it off and say it is because we have old telephone wiring and that is the best that it gets. There is no cable and I know the telephone wire was laid in 1998. A dish is much more expensive ($100/Mo.). 1,000 isn't very good but it is a heckuva lot better than dial up.

Question. Is there any way to improve these figures, different computer, more RAM etc?:confused:

[Ramboueille]

I'm at Download=47
and at Upload=101
so is this good,bad,mediocre or would Pony Express be faster?
I'm on Dial Up if that plays a factor,I'm located at south end of Lake Michigan(don't think location matters though).

RayP.

Ray,

I'm not picking on you but if your connection was any slower, you would be going backwards! :D

USPS Priority Mail would be faster. :)

[VET70]

DOWNLOAD 6924
UPLOAD 6119
Comcast does OK.

[Badger]

I'm at Download=47
and at Upload=101 so is this good,bad,mediocre or would Pony Express be faster.

Ray ... :yikes:

Are you on an old dial-up connection, or is that being sold to you as high speed? :confused:

If it's high speed, can you re-run the test and make sure you're not missing posting a couple of digits on the 47? :lol:

Regards,
Badger

[John Sukey]

up 2778
Down 3783
And that's with comcast.

[Badger]

Badger, it is a nice and constructive URL posted, thank you.

Download: 5958
Upload: 1138

Comcast Net USA and have always had good performance.

Sorry ... I checked and there's no way to turn on EDITS after Gloria's 60 minute restriction, just for a specific forum... :(


DOWNLOAD 6924
UPLOAD 6119
Comcast does OK.

Both you guys with Comcast get great performance ... :super:

Is it cable or DSL? Do you mind me asking what you pay for this level of service?

Thanks ... :)

Regards,
Badger

[Badger]

up 2778
Down 3783
And that's with comcast.

Hi John ... :)

If you're paying Comcast for the same level of service the other guys using them are and they're getting almost twice the performance, you should give customer service a call and have a serious chat .. :bash: ..... :lol:

That is great UP performance though, as it's normally throttled low so people don't operate servers from their homes.

Regards,
Badger

[Ramboueille]

Sorry ... I checked and there's no way to turn on EDITS after Gloria's 60 minute restriction, just for a specific forum... :(



Both you guys with Comcast get great performance ... :super:

Is it cable or DSL? Do you mind me asking what you pay for this level of service?

Thanks ... :)

Regards,
Badger

Badger,

It's cable but in an old neighborhood with old wiring. We are told they are upgrading the lines (probably lying to us :D). The new speed increase was supposed to be in effect two weeks ago but I haven't rebooted the cable modem since then. I'll do that shortly and post back. I have three computers on the router so I'll shut the others down and try again. Cost combined with and HDTV digital cable hookup is about $105 a month.

[Badger]

Cost combined with and HDTV digital cable hookup is about $105 a month.

That's pretty darn good ... :super:

We pay well over $220/month for our Bell ExpressVu Satellite TV (similar to Direct TV in U.S.) and DSL (supposedly 8 megabit/sec) high speed Internet service.

They may be upgrading from "copper" to "optical" on your cable, which is what they did in our old neighborhood when we used cable TV Internet access and the speed did get better.

Regards,
Badger

[GCK]

Verizon

4964 download

1832 upload

[Ramboueille]

That's pretty darn good ... :super:

We pay well over $220/month for our Bell ExpressVu Satellite TV (similar to Direct TV in U.S.) and DSL (supposedly 8 megabit/sec) high speed Internet service.

They may be upgrading from "copper" to "optical" on your cable, which is what they did in our old neighborhood when we used cable TV Internet access and the speed did get better.

Regards,
Badger

Badger,

Download: 8537*
Upload : 1652

*Can't sustain this consistently, much lower average from three other attemps is about 6300 download. Maybe they did upgrade the wire but it looks the same outside to me. We are allegedly on the "end" of their lines, at least that's the excuse they always give us and optical transition is supposed to be in the works. We'll be the last to get it. However, I'm not complaining, the service has been very good for years.

I know I can get better late at night when the networks aren't as clogged such as on a Saturday afternoon.

[gary]

Im Download 6481 Upload 733

[Ramboueille]

A little better with some tweaking:

[CTMC(ret)]

N.O. - 7140/2840
ATL - 6990/2510
Tallahassee - 4830/2480 (some off-the-wall ISP providing the speedtest!)

I connect through Atlanta and I'm satisfied with the numbers, what with 3 pc's connected and a/v and firewall up and running and - and music streaming... ;)

(Middle tier internet service)

[RayP.]

I am on dial up with the same dial up ISP that I started with about 8 or 9 yrs. ago,Kmart's "My Bluelight",it's up to $9 a mth. now,is a fast server anything like a fast woman?,if it is,I probably couldn't handle it anyway,I don't play videos,only a few times when some one posts one on the forum that I would be curious to watch. What's going to be the result of the new digital conversion thingy if it ever takes place?,will (cable) dial up get faster?I've had Comcast cable tv for yrs.,personally I think they want too much $'s for Internet service,have had Basic plus one step up tv for years,it's up to 5x's the cost it started out at and less programs,now what was the question?,yeah,am I getting the speed I'm paying for?,don't know,but a faster server would just allow me to make mistakes faster anyway.

RayP.

[talucah]

Ray I did't know that I had a racehorse, think I will download a vidio, have a gun to clean while it cownloads.
Bob

[limazulu]

I have the cheap Verizon DSL 780K.
The test got me a DL of 745K and a UL of 116K.

I have a monitor and on occassions it has been well over 1 meg and on other occassions under 500K for downloads.

The speed is fast enough for me for now.

[Hal O'Peridol]

First run:

Download: 9106
Upload: 1528

Second run:

Download: 8781
Upload 1512

Third run:

Download: 5567
Upload: 1534

That is also through a router.....maybe I'll disconnect that and see if it is any faster.

Oh, yeah, Comcast cable.

[Badger]

Hello folks .... :)

I just received an email from our software development guy, commenting on the Speed Test program he installed for us here.

I had incorrectly assumed that it was generically testing speed as it relates to your overall Internet connection.

He's corrected me on that point indicating that this specific speed test as installed on our site is not actually connecting to a different resource. This means that the speed that you are getting is actually related to your specific connection with our site.

This is why some of you will get lower or higher speeds at different times.

This is somewhat of a good thing because a normal speed test website will not provide a speed of a specific site. In other words, if you feel that our site here is too slow, then you can literally check it directly using the speed test link on the navigation bar at the top of the screen.

If you think that your general connection to the overall Internet is slow, then you might want to go to an external test, such as:

Speakeasy - Speed Test (click here) (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/)

My apologies for the confusion ... :cheers:

Regards,
Badger

[Ken The Kanuck]

Very similar for me,

1978 vs 2181

691 vs 805

KTK

[Ramboueille]

Hello folks .... :)

I just received an email from our software development guy, commenting on the Speed Test program he installed for us here.

I had incorrectly assumed that it was generically testing speed as it relates to your overall Internet connection.

He's corrected me on that point indicating that this specific speed test as installed on our site is not actually connecting to a different resource. This means that the speed that you are getting is actually related to your specific connection with our site.

This is why some of you will get lower or higher speeds at different times.

This is somewhat of a good thing because a normal speed test website will not provide a speed of a specific site. In other words, if you feel that our site here is too slow, then you can literally check it directly using the speed test link on the navigation bar at the top of the screen.

If you think that your general connection to the overall Internet is slow, then you might want to go to an external test, such as:

Speakeasy - Speed Test (click here) (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/)

My apologies for the confusion ... :cheers:

Regards,
Badger

Badger,

It's all relative just the same and it proves that your site can be very quick to access with DSL or cable connections and it will vary with the time of day. :super:

Can you put Speakeasy - Speed Test (click here) in one of the bars above too?

[RayP.]

D=46 and U=113:help:,my pulse rate is faster than that,pretty much the same as the other tests,bout on a par with snail mail I guess.

RayP.

[Badger]

I am on dial up with the same dial up ISP that I started with about 8 or 9 yrs. ago,Kmart's "My Bluelight",it's up to $9 a mth.

46 kb/sec dial-up ... :yikes:

Big salute Ray .... :bow:

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I think Ray deserves a medal, or at least to be a dedicated "Contributing Member" ... :lol:

To use that kind of low speed access and sit through the grinding slow speeds of any of these modern graphic based web environments and not whine about it, is certainly a sign of great patience, dedication and loyalty to any community .... :super:

Thanks for the feedback Ray .. :cheers:

Regards,
Badger

[Ramboueille]

46 kb/sec dial-up ... :yikes:

Big salute Ray .... :bow:

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I think Ray deserves a medal, or at least to be a dedicated "Contributing Member" ... :lol:

To use that kind of low speed access and sit through the grinding slow speeds of any of these modern graphic based web environments and not whine about it, is certainly a sign of great patience, dedication and loyalty to any community .... :super:

Thanks for the feedback Ray .. :cheers:

Regards,
Badger

Yep, Ray is unique in that he doesn't complain, he works with what he has.

Ray, if your modem speeds were your blood pressure, you'd need a shot of adrenalin! :) Hang in there!

[RayP.]

It's never occured to me that it is slow because I never knew how fast/slow mine was against how fast/slow other people's isp's were so I had nothing to judge it against,on top of that it kind of doesn't occur to me that I'm waiting cause my mind wanders a lot and I spend the "wait time" chasing around trying to locate it and get it back,if I was using a computer for cooking it would probably take me 4min. to cook a 3min.egg.

RayP.

[stonewall56]

Comcast 3737 download, 1825 upload in Pugetropolis.

[conductor]

Download 1041
Upload 218

That's with HughesNet satellite service (at $59.95/month).

[RayP.]

If I go to lower right hand corner of my screen and hover over the pic(icon?) of 2 computers,looks like maybe representing a network,these numbers pop up, 1036986 Bytes rec.--352539 Bytes sent---53333 BPS,now what do dat represent and mean?

RayP.

[Ken The Kanuck]

If I go to lower right hand corner of my screen and hover over the pic(icon?) of 2 computers,looks like maybe representing a network,these numbers pop up, 1036986 Bytes rec.--352539 Bytes sent---53333 BPS,now what do dat represent and mean?

RayP.

I think that they are Lotto numbers. :D:madsmile::runaway:

KTK

[RayP.]

I think that they are Lotto numbers. :D:madsmile::runaway:

KTK

Well you're a big:help:,you didn't say if Canadian or U.S. lottery Ken. I think maybe the 53333 BPS is either Bytes or bits per second,but for what?,I'm still working on that.

RayP.

[Badger]

Can you put Speakeasy - Speed Test (click here) in one of the bars above too?

Hi ... :)

Ok, check within the speed test link now....

For convenience, we've added the Speak Easy general test now ... :thup:

Regards,
Badger

[DirkVN]

Download 9505 KB/sec Upload 4209 KB/sec I have Verizon FIOS internet connection @ $30.99 /month [plus tax] ---Fiber optic cable to box on house --hardwired from there to TV, computor and phone

[Buckshot Bob]

I'm getting 2885 and 160 here in Hobart
, Verizon DSL.

[RayP.]

I'm getting 2885 and 160 here in Hobart
, Verizon DSL.

Are you closer to the Century Mall or the South Lake Mall,those areas were my old hunting grounds long before the Malls/Toll Road are anything was built,only thing on RT 30 for a pretty good distance was a gas sta.,was a great area for Pheasent/Deer about 60 to 65yrs. ago..

RayP.