CraigMartin Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Noticed a couple of discussions on the forum today about broadband/dial up speeds. So I thought lets start up a thread an see what everyone is getting, and for how much. http://www.speedtest.net/ I'm with BT Broadband (UK), I pay ?25 a month for 8Mb. So what's your then? CraigM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I got 8Mb/1Mb ADSL connection. My Telewell ADSL card software (ADSL Diagnostic Tools) shows: UP:896, DN:8064. I pay 49€ a month. Those speedtests are not very reliable. You get different results, with different tests and results may vary using same test. Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I'm on 1MB/256KB and tested get around 990Kb/240 (tested now on that site gave 996/242). Costs ?9.99 per month on AOL (Yes AOL, and its absolutely solid and not a trace of AOL software on my computer ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 10, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2007 My down speed sucks! And like CeeCee said these tests are not reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxsh4d0wxxxx Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 My down speed sucks! And like CeeCee said these tests are not reliable. Actually, as far as my knowledge goes and what I have heard, Speedtest.net is one of the more accurate internet speed test websites out there. Before you go out and say it's not reliable, you should at least post some proof as to why it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxsh4d0wxxxx Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I got 8Mb/1Mb ADSL connection. My Telewell ADSL card software (ADSL Diagnostic Tools) shows: UP:896, DN:8064. I pay 49? a month. Those speedtests are not very reliable. You get different results, with different tests and results may vary using same test. I've tested numerous times, never had a result vary. Not in the slightest. *EDIT* I'm not saying it couldn't vary, testing from the same location, but I've never had it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Andavari: Do you got 1Mb/512 connection? Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I've tested numerous times, never had a result vary. Not in the slightest. *EDIT* I'm not saying it couldn't vary, testing from the same location, but I've never had it happen. Results seems to vary every time i use that test (with same server). I don't trust a bit of those online speed tests. Of course they give you some hint about speed. Anyway, here's my results with the recommened server (recommened server is in Tallinn (Estonia), even though i live in Finland): But like i said, results vary every time. This was the highest speed so far. Just tried again with the same server and here's the results. As you can see, they vary quite a lot! Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxsh4d0wxxxx Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hmm, weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I'm getting ripped off, believe me. lol I have Road Runner Lite - my download speed is 484kbps and my upload is 121kbps. I pay 32 dollars a month, but will be switching to DSL which is probably close to 3 times faster and will cost me 10 bucks less. I'm here. What are your other two wishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted September 10, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2007 I'm a very happy bunny. Not the fastest in the world, but for ?20 a month with TalkTalk (The Carphone Warehouse), I get unlimited Local and National telephone calls (landlines), and the Broadband is FREE. Hoping to be increased in the not too distant future up to about 8mbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 Actually, as far as my knowledge goes and what I have heard, Speedtest.net is one of the more accurate internet speed test websites out there. Before you go out and say it's not reliable, you should at least post some proof as to why it isn't. I wasn't the one who stated they weren't reliable to begin with so start reading the whole threads. Doing the tests on multiple sites always give something totally different: * http://www.numion.com/ * http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp If you have anymore advice, I'm willing to let it go in one ear and out the other as well. Andavari: Do you got 1Mb/512 connection? All it states from Qwest is 1.5mb connection with up to 256kb download, but it's nowhere near that in actuality. Edit: I forgot to mention something I watched on the news last month. It mentioned the state I live in Iowa has some of the slowest ISP's around that aren't the advertised speed - and how upset consumers are about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwibryn Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I am supposedly on a 256/128 connection... for this I pay around $50/month So everyone can see the suckiness of my speed And here is todays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 And here is todays... Being on a different server made a noticeable download speed difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hi all , heres my test results for a 1500/256 12GB unlimited ADSL connection: ISP-BigPond $35.00 per month Not to bad considering I don't live in a large city, "North East Victoria" and the nearest test server site is in "Canberra" http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Wow, CeeCee's is fast. This one not so fast, but still faster'n I am. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 Wow, CeeCee's is fast. Yeah I've got connection envy too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxsh4d0wxxxx Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I wasn't the one who stated they weren't reliable to begin with so start reading the whole threads. Doing the tests on multiple sites always give something totally different:* http://www.numion.com/ * http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp Alright, first off.. I did read the whole thread. Thanks for assuming I didn't. Second, you basically did say they weren't reliable by (pretty much) backing up the fact that someone else said they weren't. Third off, I've tested on at least 5 sites and all of them have come back within 10-50 kb/s off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 I've tested on at least 5 sites and all of them have come back within 10-50 kb/s off. What I've seen it's all over the place, this is just three of them though: http://www.speedtest.net/: http://www.numion.com/ (click image to enlarge): http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp (click image to enlarge): In any event even my slow Qwest DSL is better than the dial-up I had just last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 This test was done using one of my laptops and wireless. When ever I do these types of tests the desktop computer (not wireless) is twice as fast as the wireless so these results are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yeah I've got connection envy too! Don't be envy about my connection. You still got quite decent speed/connection. Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Seems to be a big difference between test sites for me.. This is the most recent on the speedtest.net Here is the results from my cable service provider test. Here is the test site I'm curious to see what results others get with it. http://www.mountaincable.net/index.php?id=3,114,0,0,1,0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMartin Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 Good to see peoples results and thoughts. I always found speedtest pretty consistent. But if its reliable, I don't know. Just tried that site Anthony, and my download was halfed compared to speedtest (up was the same). I also noticed it was java based, I think that's the first time I've seen the java icon in my system tray. CraigM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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