How Fast are you?

What speed are you connected at?

[Visit Thailand]

As WW has a global audience I was wondering what speeds we are all connected at.

bill, I am sure will be the fastest. But for some strange reason I always enjoy reading about his ISP's speed.

I am in Thailand and am on 4 MBps or so they tell me. That is for download, for upload it is less than 1MBps and you?

[jecasc]

I have DSL 6000 which should be 6000kbps download speed. A speed check shows about 4500kbps.

However that doesn't matter anyway. The bottleneck is not your cable or DSL connection but the speed the servers allow. For example I use an online TV recorder service. When I had DSL 1000 the download speed was 400kbps. When I had DSL 3000 the download speed was 400kbps and now with DSL 6000 it's still 400kpbs and still will be when I should upgrade to DSL 10000000000 should it ever be available. Because the settings on the download server do not allow more.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I am with Virginmedia cable here in the UK who tell me that I am on "Up to 20Mb Fibre Optic Broadband". Currently (and depending on what test I run) my download speed is being reported at anything between 7 and 13 Mb and my upload speed is 0.5Mb.

Added: I should have added that I am very happy with this service.

[edited by: BeeDeeDubbleU at 7:32 am (utc) on July 7, 2008]

[pageoneresults]

Download at 6.0MB
Upload at .5MB

Truthfully? I've rarely had a need for more than that. Any larger transfers are done via other methods. I'm surprised at 6.0MB Download speed that some sites take 5-10 seconds to load. Whatever happened to 56k, does it still exist? ;)

0-60 in just over 4 seconds. :)

[trillianjedi]

6mb down, 256kbs up with BT in the UK (couldn't get the Virgin 20mb package as they don't have fiber in my street yet unfortunately).

I've rarely had a need for more than that.

I find myself filling what I have. The more bandwidth I get, the more media I start streaming. Currently the AppleTV is getting a good movies workout. The BBC are also planning to make pretty much everything available over the wire. At that point I think I'll start to find my 6mb download speed a little frustrating (especially with the HD media).

For pure web surfing and email 6mb is absolutely plenty.

[rocknbil]

1550/80 on satellite here. :-( (all that's available, rural.)

I have two satellites. One is a company also known for it's involvement in rockets and jets, and was my previous single provider. The best I got with them, on a good day, was 1200 down 50 up, with average at 800/35. This one is slightly better, and has the color of the sky in it's name.

The original is now my backup dish. I'm waiting for them to tell my my contract is up and I'll begin negotiations. :-)

Notable to mention, both of these are "Pro" plans.

Geeze, things a guy's gotta do to see mountains every morning . . . .

[grandpa]

What's the big rush?

I'm usually doing better than the 2400 baud that I started with back in... whenever. Anymore, if things get too slow I cuss a bit, then go get another cup of coffee and take another break.

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Seriously, I guess it should matter a little more today than yesterday, I'm a paid webmaster again :)
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[pageoneresults]

I'm usually doing better than the 2400 baud that I started with back in... whenever.

You really missed your calling grandpa! I look forward to reading you, I really do. I know I'm always going to crack a much needed smile reading your replies.

grandpa + 2400 baud = Somewhat historical in value? ;)

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

It's amazing how things change. I started using IBM PCs back in '85. At that time we would happily start a task and go for lunch or leave it running overnight. It was just accepted.

At home I had a state of the art Amstrad 64 that I bought about 1983. Programs were loaded (sometimes!) using an audio cassette. This took about ten minutes or more.

The Internet and most of what we can achieve today was science fiction. ;)

Does anyone remember 10Mb "hard cards"?

[lawman]

Does anyone remember 10Mb "hard cards"?

I remember cload.

[pageoneresults]

I remember CLOAD

CLOAD was a magazine on cassette for the TRS-80 Model I computer, and was a forerunner of the later concept of disk magazines. It began publishing in March, 1978

Okay, made me look! 1978 March? Hmmm, I may remember being on a CLOUD somewhere but I surely don't remember CLOAD. You guys/gals are showing your true age and geekiness, you really are! ;)

[lawman]

C load is what you did before you could afford a floppy drive. :)

Hint - C stood for cassette.

[pageoneresults]

CLOUD is what you were on before you even knew what a floppy drive was.

Hey, it was the 60s/70s and it was the East Coast. What can I say? It wasn't long before that when I was learning how to type on an IBM Selectric. The closest thing I had to technology was the "Typeball" and I had an entire collection of em'. I was proud of that collection too! :)

But, I must admit, 1978 was a major change for me. That's the year I went through Sub School to be a Data Processor. Now, those were "real computers". Scary thought, really scary thought now that I think about it. ;)

[T_Miller]

At the office, I'm on a business-class cable connection advertised as 12mb download/1.5mb upload. I'm happy to report daily "speedtest" are regularly as much as 19mb down and 2mb up. A joy to work on since most of my website work is done server side on off-site servers.

At home, I have basic level DSL (1.5mb down & 750kb up). Could have faster service for more money, but those snails pace speeds are a good deterrent NOT to do work from home!

I also have a huge collect of modem cards for sale, 2400 bauds all the way up to "blazing" fast 56K jobs. As-is. Make Offer. j/k LOL

[Habtom]

Download at 6.0MB

P1R, I wish I had that kind of speed. Is it really 6 MB or 6 Mb?

[jecasc]

Just out of curiosity: What are your average REAL download and upload speeds?

I seldom see anything beyond 400kb/s for download.