Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:39 PM

annabanana (45,567 posts)

How fast is YOUR internet? (and why it matters)

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http://www.speedmatters.org/

(The Communications Workers of America site)

Our rate is falling well below the rest of the world. There's a simple test of your individual speed at this site.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
How fast is YOUR internet? (and why it matters) (Original post)	annabanana	Nov 2012	OP
Mine seems to kick serious butt	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#1
Who is your privider?	NYC_SKP	Nov 2012	#15
Comcast, sadly. n/t	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	freshwest	Nov 2012	#28
My ATT DSL download speed sucks at 2450 (nt)	NYC_SKP	Nov 2012	#2
Yes, DSL sucks.	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#20
I second the motion	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#24
My ATT Uverse is pitiful: Ping 66ms, download 4.47 Mbps, upload .67Mbps	diane in sf	Dec 2012	#45
My result:	CaliforniaPeggy	Nov 2012	#3
Those are great numbers, Peg!	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#6
I'm smoking Japan.	LeftyMom	Nov 2012	#4
Not bad: 20152 / 953	pinboy3niner	Nov 2012	#5
I am happy with my FIOS, but I do understand that speeds are faster elsewhere -	djean111	Nov 2012	#7
That's my Dad's Union, the IUE-CWA :) nt	rDigital	Nov 2012	#8
What would really be interesting is what your bandwidth dollar gets you from one place to another.	LeftyMom	Nov 2012	#9
Don't mean to thread jack, but....	rDigital	Nov 2012	#10
27117 Down and 2415 Up	Canuckistanian	Nov 2012	#11
.	Go Vols	Nov 2012	#12
.	d_r	Nov 2012	#32
fwiw, that was firefox, this is chromium	d_r	Nov 2012	#35
Smokin out here in rural Kansas	MuseRider	Nov 2012	#13
Mine seem good.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#14
32496 download...off the chart!	CurtEastPoint	Nov 2012	#16
So horrible, I won't even bother to write down the numbers.	GoCubsGo	Nov 2012	#17
1031/406 out here in no man's land, rural GA.	japple	Nov 2012	#18
Results:	JaneyVee	Nov 2012	#19
K&R I've seen mention of this on DU for years now!	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#21
From my broadband connection....	OldDem2012	Nov 2012	#22
55.43 mbps down, 3.96 up	msu2ba	Nov 2012	#23
Download speed: 15354 kbps	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#25
11006 down 3604 up	Rosa Luxemburg	Nov 2012	#26
20497 down, 3527 up	DJ13	Nov 2012	#29
My numbers seem to be fairly high...	virgdem	Nov 2012	#30
Cox -- 8860 DL 2461 UL	SHRED	Nov 2012	#31
My Zip's average D/L speed is supposed to be 11,000 kbps.	AverageJoe90	Nov 2012	#33
does not work for me	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#34
Then you just THINK you're posting on DU..	annabanana	Nov 2012	#36
Mine is fast enough to watch reruns of Cheers on Netflix and...	Speck Tater	Nov 2012	#37
There are a lot of internet speed tests that don't require your email address	Matariki	Nov 2012	#38
Looks good...	greytdemocrat	Nov 2012	#39
25.25 down, 20.2 up	name not needed	Nov 2012	#40
my results	rufus dog	Nov 2012	#41
Qwest DSL	RoxyNexus	Nov 2012	#42
You need to click on your provider's hub to get a real idea	DainBramaged	Nov 2012	#43
My results	tama	Nov 2012	#44
5.5 megabits per second.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#46
I'm waiting for google fiber	Danascot	Dec 2012	#47

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:44 PM

LadyHawkAZ (3,893 posts)

1. Mine seems to kick serious butt

Result:
11143 kbps download
3160 kbps upload

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:28 PM

NYC_SKP (48,822 posts)

15. Who is your privider?

That's fast!

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:45 PM

LadyHawkAZ (3,893 posts)

27. Comcast, sadly. n/t

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freshwest This message was self-deleted by its author.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:46 PM

NYC_SKP (48,822 posts)

2. My ATT DSL download speed sucks at 2450 (nt)

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:58 PM

Bonobo (20,524 posts)

20. Yes, DSL sucks.

It's all I get here on my island. 2717 for me.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:29 PM

customerserviceguy (14,711 posts)

24. I second the motion

All I get is the lowest speed DSL the phone company offers, because they were too damned lazy to put FIOS in my end of the neighborhood when they set it up for the rest of my condo area. It would have been easy money for them to serve folks who have enough money to pay for it where I live.

I was hoping that mesh systems would be up and running by now, without the need for physical connections. Guess I'll still have to wait.

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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:19 AM

diane in sf (2,840 posts)

45. My ATT Uverse is pitiful: Ping 66ms, download 4.47 Mbps, upload .67Mbps

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:49 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,980 posts)

3. My result:

Download speed: 24514

Upload speed: 5102

I don't know how to interpret these numbers...

We have FIOS and it's supposed to be pretty fast.

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:56 PM

pinboy3niner (27,547 posts)

6. Those are great numbers, Peg!

When you get the results, you have to make another click to get the download speed comparisons, then one more click to get the upload comparisons.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:50 PM

LeftyMom (44,453 posts)

4. I'm smoking Japan.

Gotta love NorCal.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:53 PM

pinboy3niner (27,547 posts)

5. Not bad: 20152 / 953

My download result was higher than any other category. The upload result was beaten only by my state (CA) and Japan.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:58 PM

djean111 (936 posts)

7. I am happy with my FIOS, but I do understand that speeds are faster elsewhere -

Last edited Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:01 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

download - 60278
upload - 15259
I believe that the faster speeds are possible now, they just want to keep charging more for higher speeds, so they dribble out the capacity.

edited to add - the first time I did this my download speed was 54700 or something like that, so I re-tested and the speed was higher.
also want to mention that yes, speeds are slower, but there is some hand-shaking stuff that goes on between your PC and modem that can slow things down, but I forget how to fix that. Can make a dramatic difference.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:59 PM

rDigital (2,239 posts)

8. That's my Dad's Union, the IUE-CWA :) nt

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:01 PM

LeftyMom (44,453 posts)

9. What would really be interesting is what your bandwidth dollar gets you from one place to another.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:01 PM

rDigital (2,239 posts)

10. Don't mean to thread jack, but....

Could you all please post your internet speeds for the good of the Photography Group?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018245338 < in this thread

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:04 PM

Canuckistanian (42,195 posts)

11. 27117 Down and 2415 Up

But this is from my work connection... 1 Gbps

A LOT slower than that at home

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:07 PM

Go Vols (1,142 posts)

12. .

http://www.speedtest.net/

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:07 PM

d_r (2,831 posts)

32. .

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:26 PM

d_r (2,831 posts)

35. fwiw, that was firefox, this is chromium

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my wife is on another laptop using wireless during both, so for what thats worth. we have fiber optic through our electric company.

fwiw, 46833 down and 20414 up on the speedmatters.org page, so they seem fairly consistent

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:10 PM

MuseRider (23,123 posts)

13. Smokin out here in rural Kansas

but less that 20 miles from the capitol, this is actually one of the better speeds we get here. Up 4582 Down 2063

I have no idea how this ranks but would assume it is on the lower side. Much of the rest of the state is far slower than we are here. Some much slower. I don't expect anything better for a long long time here.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:17 PM

Hassin Bin Sober (8,615 posts)

14. Mine seem good.

We are paying (I think) for 50mbs service.

Am i getting what we pay for?

23249

2018

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:31 PM

CurtEastPoint (4,121 posts)

16. 32496 download...off the chart!

and allegedly I 'm only supposed to get 22 MBits

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:32 PM

GoCubsGo (13,002 posts)

17. So horrible, I won't even bother to write down the numbers.

Definitely not worth what I'm paying for it.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:47 PM

japple (4,103 posts)

18. 1031/406 out here in no man's land, rural GA.

The best verizon has to offer. Before that, the only thing I could get was hughes net, which was a huge joke.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 07:52 PM

JaneyVee (3,818 posts)

19. Results:

Download speed: 19261

Upload speed: 2078

I use Optimum online and a Mac G5 with a Motorola SURFboard modem.

Doubled Japan.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:03 PM

LongTomH (3,996 posts)

21. K&R I've seen mention of this on DU for years now!

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Why hasn't something been done? Oh yeah, Republican obstructionists!

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:17 PM

OldDem2012 (3,526 posts)

22. From my broadband connection....

Download: 21710 mbps

Upload: 5430 mbps

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:25 PM

msu2ba (334 posts)

23. 55.43 mbps down, 3.96 up

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:39 PM

MineralMan (53,915 posts)

25. Download speed: 15354 kbps

Upload speed: 3352 kbps.

Seems OK to me.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 08:44 PM

Rosa Luxemburg (22,003 posts)

26. 11006 down 3604 up

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:04 PM

DJ13 (21,340 posts)

29. 20497 down, 3527 up

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:06 PM

virgdem (1,485 posts)

30. My numbers seem to be fairly high...

Download-20,492

Upload-25280

I have Cox Cable

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:06 PM

SHRED (10,121 posts)

31. Cox -- 8860 DL 2461 UL

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:07 PM

AverageJoe90 (5,340 posts)

33. My Zip's average D/L speed is supposed to be 11,000 kbps.

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To this day, I've hardly ever gotten anything above 2,500 kbps, and that's with an ethernet cable(wireless downloads are about 400 at most, and my average has been around 180)!

My zip code, btw, is 75035.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 09:17 PM

dixiegrrrrl (30,800 posts)