What is your Internet speed?

[Archae]

I just used an Internet speed test site, it says mine is 66/4 download/upload.

[SheilaT]

1. How do I check it?

[pinebox]

4. speedtest.net

http://www.speedtest.net/

[trumad]

2. 1GB but running around 900 on average.

Speed test right now has it at 880 down...600 up.

[stevenleser]

38. Is that Google's service? I can't wait until they get to NYC. nt

[Archae]

3. Just go here...

http://www.speedtest.net/

It's completely automatic.

[pinebox]

5. Mine

[Archae]

8. Wow!

Almost twice as fast as mine!

[Turborama]

48. 10 x faster than mine

[FSogol]

6. 91.2/11.93 down/up. n/t

[RKP5637]

7. About 25/25. Supposed to be 50/50 but never makes it. Maybe gets to about 39 mps.

Right now it's 28/33 download/upload mps

[NutmegYankee]

9. 16 Mbps down / 2 Mbps up.

fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) ADSL2 from Frontier Communications for $30 a month. I live out in a rural area, though I may switch as the cable is getting way better in just the past year.

[A Little Weird]

11. Just a step above dial-up

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

18. 3.6/.95, no appreciable difference than when I paid $44 more for Comcast High Speed Internet

Still Comcast

[Orrex]

12. My internet routinely does the Kessel run in twelve parsecs

[ManiacJoe]

46. If only the writer had gotten that right in the first place.

Parsec is a distance, not a time.

[TexasProgresive]

13. That's really nice for you urban dwellers

I'm rural and on satellite here's the result 15.49/2.93, and for that I pay $63 per month for 10 GB. Too bad I don't live in a developed country that has real health care and universal high speed internet.

[NutmegYankee]

14. You are about the same as me.

But we both live away from cities.

[TexasProgresive]

16. It does have it's advantages.

You have a lovely state. If we had the wherewithal we would live in our dream house in Amenia, NY. That would put us in easy driving distance to the relatives in the Litchfield Hills. This would be near Troutbeck on the Webatuck river (creek??).

http://troutbeck.com/

[Marrah_G]

15. 35.29/35.10

[MindPilot]

17. 55.9 down & 5.8 up

And for that "hi-speed" I pay sixty some odd bucks a month.

[LiberalArkie]

19. 768k down 25k up

[yeoman6987]

20. Mine is 30 ms; 67.23 Mbps; 11.77 Mbps

Not sure if that is good or bad.

[wildbilln864]

21. I'd have to ass/u/me

since not so familiar with this stuff that since I just have one AT&T line and there are several devices connected then this laptop would show relatively slow speeds because of sharing the bandwidth? Two smart TV's two laptops, and PS3...

[SheilaT]

22. Download 13.58, upload .71.

What do those numbers actually mean?

I do know I stream Netflix and various other things and have no problem.

Although, I'm a bit puzzled that although I live in Santa Fe, it seemed to be testing me as if I were in Albuquerque, and the name of my internet provider wasn't one of the ones listed.

[NutmegYankee]

25. To stream HD, you need 9Mbps, so you have enough to stream reliably.

Every 8 Megabits is a Megabyte, so 13.58 Mbps is 1.7 Megabytes per second for download.

As for testing, it finds the nearest server and does a test from that server, which is hosted by some provider.

[SheilaT]

40. Thank you.

Several years ago, looking to reduce my internet bill, I recall a discussion with the rep of my ISP, and a discussion of some sort about the speed. I do recall making a reduction in the download speed, and the rep assuring me that the lower speed would work just fine for on-line streaming, and he was right. Again, the numbers tend to be meaningless to me, so I appreciate someone who can explain such things.

[GeorgeGist]

23. Satellite ...

[phylny]

44. That's a lot better than our satellite :) n/t

[lpbk2713]

24. I'm guaranteed 30 Mbps by BrightHouse.

Just checked, am getting 58 Mbps.

[Warpy]

26. Fast enough to stream videos

and beyond that, I don't really give a hoot. It might be different if I uploaded a lot of stuff, but I don't.

[CentralMass]

27. 25/4

[longship]

28. 4G cellular. Only.

No broadband or cable available where I live.

[mnhtnbb]

29. Never fast enough, but the result is

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5066810777"><img src="" /></a>

[prairierose]

30. 56/7.5 a little slow today....n/t

[djean111]

31. 83.65 Mbps down, 86.99 mbps up

FIOS

I think I am paying for 75, so it's all good!

[onenote]

32. Depends on whether I measure it at the modem or if I'm relying on my router.

[madokie]

33. ping of 50 ms

download of 4.68 mbps, upload of .76 mbps. Cost of 70 bucks a month. 20 of that is a mandatory land line that we don't even us. fairpoint.net sucks.

[stevenleser]

34. Main is 300 MB down, 50MB up, Backup is 10MB down, 2 MB up.

I have both TWC and Verizon. I have a router that accepts both WAN connections and does load balancing and automatic failover.

[Matariki]

35. Way faster than my last provider

[El Supremo]

36. 60.28 mbps - 6.22 mbps

Comcast Denver

[matt819]

37. Ready for this?

768 Kbps when it's working.

I'm going to be getting 3 Mbps service for 145 per month. Yes, $145. That's what you call the rural digital divide. Phone company won't do shit. Cable won't do shit. And data limits on wifi modems screw you. What's worse is that no p d at all seems to give s shit.

[dembotoz]

39. just to make you mad some gop senators say we do not need fast internet.....

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/267334/republican-senators-say-people-dont-need-25-mbps.html



GOP Senators Say People Don't Need 25 Mbps Broadband


Six Republican senators are pushing back against Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed finding that broadband still isn't being deployed in a "reasonable and timely fashion."

The lawmakers say Wheeler's conclusion hinges on the FCC's decision last year to redefine broadband as speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream. Ten percent of the overall U.S. population lacks access to connections at those speeds, as does 39% of the rural population.

The senators argue in a Jan. 21 letter to Wheeler that there is no reason why people need 25 Mbps connections. "We are concerned that this arbitrary 25/3 Mbps benchmark fails to accurately capture what most Americans consider broadband," Sens. Steve Daines (Montana), Roger Wicker (Mississippi), Roy Blunt (Missouri), Deb Fischer (Nebraska), Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) and Cory Gardner (Colorado) write.

more at link

[Archae]

41. And Ron Johnson wonders why he's polling so shitty now?

Because we're sick and tired of his "The public be damned" attitude!

[phylny]

42. Pretty awful.

We have Hughesnet (don't use it much, it sucks) and most of the time I use my Verizon Mifi.



Heh, I'm two hours from Waynesboro, too

Here's me on Hughesnet.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5067123466"><img src="

I don't know if we'll ever get real Internet where I live.

[hobbit709]

43. Too damn slow, AT&T DSL 5.5mbps, paying for 6.

Google fiber was supposed to come to my neighborhood last summer but they ran into problems.
Most of the buried utility lines in my part of town were nowhere near where the developer plans filed with they city said they were.
Between repairing damaged lines-phone, electric, and cable, they're supposed to be hooking up sometime in the next month.

[LiberalElite]

45. I've used this test before but this time

I clicked on a couple of other buttons and ended up with Bing apparently hijacking my Firefox browser. Now deleting and hoping I get it all...

[tencats]

47. Comcast B

Dislike Comcast and would dump it if I had any other choice of internet provider. Very costly and I think over priced because there is near no competition for their service at my location. Hoping for Google but its going to be a long wait. Had Clearwire for several years and it was slow with many outages but the cost was low . At least Comcast stays on with few interruptions in service, only improved within the last 12 months