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) 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.
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
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