Your Connection comparisons

[TDMVPDPOY]

simple, whats ur actual speed, quota and pricing...are you happy with the service and meeting ur needs?

im currently on adsl2+ this is what im gettin plan is 130gb/month AUS$70

http://www.speedtest.net/result/867328051.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

PS. i just upgraded my plan overnight, hopefully it gets processed and no interruption to speeds for AUS$60/month 500gb plan

[lefty]

My connection is the fastest




You couldnt even see the screen capture


too fast

[IronMexican]

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[leemajors]

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[Slydragon]

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[PM5K]

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[eyeh8u]

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[eyeh8u]

i wanna see cryhavocs 4g evo

[CuckingFunt]

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[PM5K]

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[ElNono]

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[resistanze]

How much do you bastards pay a month? I want to know how much I'm being ripped off up here.

[TDMVPDPOY]

ok so now im on the new plan, currently there is something wrong, takes 1-2 sec to load a page fkn lame

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[PM5K]

Did you make sure to power cycle your modem and router?

[ElNono]

How much do you bastards pay a month? I want to know how much I'm being ripped off up here.

about $45...

[Bender]

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what makes mine so slow? I hate paying RR prices and getting crappy speed.
It's been slow for a long time.

[TDMVPDPOY]

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what makes mine so slow? I hate paying RR prices and getting crappy speed.
It's been slow for a long time.

i dunno why western countries always get shitted on when it comes to prices/services, i know in asia its damn fkn cheap for internet and telecommunications heck even cable tv.

i remember stayin at a cousins house and he only pays 30bucks for the whole year just for cable tv, heck i even used a prepaid phone card $20 which allowed me to surf the net on my phone for the whole month unlimited cap...fck

[jman3000]

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Road Runner Turbo. 56.33 a month. I'd get the cheaper one, but I really like watching streaming Netflix movies in HD.

[resistanze]

$47 a month for 10 Mbps and a 60 GB cap. Fuckin' terrible.

[jman3000]

Sucks.

[Wild Cobra]

Must be a bad day for me:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/868334438.png

past test, different site:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Misc/ComcastInternetSpeed.jpg

[IronMexican]

resistanze, don't you geto about 100 MBPS download speed at you're university?

[resistanze]

resistanze, don't you geto about 100 MBPS download speed at you're university?

They blocked my ass around Christmas time :lol

I tried logging into newsgroups, and it said "connection refused."

I can still use torrents or mIRC or RS/MU, but Usenet was my bread and butter. Downloading 100 Mbps from my office was too good to last. Good thing is I'm starting a one-year program co-op at a college in September, where I've been downloading for years. I get about 40-70 Mbps from there.

[Wild Cobra]

At a normal workstation PC, my speeds are slow at work. I wonder what the server speed with the fiber optic connections would be like from the servers upstairs? Those fiber optic switches are cool....

[Wild Cobra]

A little better in the morning than the evening at my house:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/868754321.png

[MannyIsGod]

NM FO lines suck balls.

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[Trainwreck2100]

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[IronMexican]

lol, 4.44. Embarrassing.

[Fpoonsie]

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Why would my upload speed be faster than my dl?

[Wild Cobra]

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Why would my upload speed be faster than my dl?
Are you on fiber optics limited to 12 meg?

I would say the difference in uploads and downloads on a cable system is because of supply and demand, believe it or not.

Cable has a limited bandwidth. Just the nature of how the users on average download much more than upload, the bandwidth for each is balanced for that.

If you are on cable, I'm surprised they are tailored that way. To justify equal speeds would require more precise and expensive splitter/amplifier circuitry.

It also surprises me the latency is so mismatched with the speed.

[Cry Havoc]

I'm camping right now (on my way back actually), so I obviously don't have access to my net service.

I'll post shots when I get home.

[resistanze]

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:depressed Can't download shit.

[IronMexican]

My god.

[Nathan Explosion]

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I don't know why, but my download speed is amazingly fast while my upload speed is downright embarrassing. Anyone have any idea why this is?

BTW, the fastest I've clocked my DL speed is 147 Mb/s.

[ElNono]

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I don't know why, but my download speed is amazingly fast while my upload speed is downright embarrassing. Anyone have any idea why this is?

BTW, the fastest I've clocked my DL speed is 147 Mb/s.

They probably didn't or forgot to cap your download speed on the modem config. They can still track how much you downloaded though, so enjoy while it lasts.

[Nathan Explosion]

They probably didn't or forgot to cap your download speed on the modem config. They can still track how much you downloaded though, so enjoy while it lasts.

I've been getting that speed for a long time now. I only pay $30 a month for RR Standard and this is what I've been getting for well over a year now. Last month I clocked my speed at 147 mb/s. I just did another test on Speakeasy.com and got 127 mb/s.

But my real question is why such a slow upload speed?

[ElNono]

I've been getting that speed for a long time now. I only pay $30 a month for RR Standard and this is what I've been getting for well over a year now. Last month I clocked my speed at 147 mb/s. I just did another test on Speakeasy.com and got 127 mb/s.

But my real question is why such a slow upload speed?

I assume that's a cablemodem?

Part of the DOCSIS config file that the provider uploads to the cablemodem determines what the cap is for upload and download. They're specified separately. It's very likely that they screwed up what the cap should be for the download part, while they set the upload part correctly. Either that, or your modem is defective in the sense that it doesn't apply the cap settings for the download part correctly.
Back in the day, there used to be hacks to upload config files that would effectively change or remove the caps altogether. Eventually, with the advent of DOCSIS II and III, that was no longer possible to do.

[Nathan Explosion]

Yeah, it's cable. Great for watching Netflix and playing online. I don't really see any problem I'm having with the upload speed being so slow. Just curious as how there could be such a huge difference between the two.

[ElNono]

Yeah, it's cable. Great for watching Netflix and playing online. I don't really see any problem I'm having with the upload speed being so slow. Just curious as how there could be such a huge difference between the two.

Using the ratio distribution for upload/download for your ISP posted by other people in this thread, and based on your upload speed, your download speed should really be between 15-25 Mbps. Now, if you're really paying for a 120Mbps download speed plan, your upload speed should then really be in the 6-12 Mbps range. So you either have an uncapped download speed or noise getting into your coax connection and killing your upload speed.

You should know what down/up speeds your plan has and determine what's going on.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i thought the downside of cable is when everyone on ur street has it and the same street is sharing the same cable wire...so if everyone is full throttle dl something it affects everyones speed, right?

[ElNono]

i thought the downside of cable is when everyone on ur street has it and the same street is sharing the same cable wire...so if everyone is full throttle dl something it affects everyones speed, right?

Yes. That's why a good amount of cable ISPs are putting hard caps on the amount of data downloaded (ie: Comcast here is 250GB/month)

[Nathan Explosion]

Using the ratio distribution for upload/download for your ISP posted by other people in this thread, and based on your upload speed, your download speed should really be between 15-25 Mbps. Now, if you're really paying for a 120Mbps download speed plan, your upload speed should then really be in the 6-12 Mbps range. So you either have an uncapped download speed or noise getting into your coax connection and killing your upload speed.

You should know what down/up speeds your plan has and determine what's going on.

Truth be told, my internet is paid for by my father in law. He got it for my wife when she was out of work. I just know that the plan was RR Standard. Looking at the specs now, it makes a lot more sense why my upload speeds are slow.


This High Speed Online package includes:
512 Kbps upload speed
7 Mbps download speed
10 e-mail accounts
5 MB Web space
Dial-up access
1 dynamic IP address(es)

Now my download speed is WAY off. But I'm not complaining. :hat

[ElNono]

That's what I was telling you... your upload speed is capped to the proper value... the download speed, on the other hand, looks uncapped. Enjoy it while it lasts :tu

[Cry Havoc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/Evo4GChicagotest.jpg

This is my Evo's connection with 4G on, tethered to my laptop, in Chicago.

Not baaaaaaad at all. Internet just flies. Webpages load instantly on this.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

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Probably something wrong... but everytime I run it it's up in the 100's

[TDMVPDPOY]

u know whats shit, even with the fastest speeds, the ISP can still throttle you depending on what sites u goto, the hosts limiting the speed of dl, or isp capping ur speeds on torrents...

oh yeh fck obama with his internet switch his askin for, thats lame yo

[Greg Oden]

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[The Reckoning]

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lmao shitty ass apartment. really, this place rips me off for everything.

[DarkReign]

Prepare to laugh...







At work:
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[resistanze]

prepare to laugh...







At work:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/870690108.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

lmao!

[Cry Havoc]

Tried it again this morning using speedtest.

First test, Evo with 4G tethered to laptop.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/870695719.png

:tu

[DarkReign]

BTW, I pay $20 a month for service here at work.

[IronMexican]

I want a 50+ MBPS DL speed. I just give my dad 40 a month for whatever he can get. Wonder how much it would cost to get something like Ginnnooobbbiilliii.

[resistanze]

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Two people with similar outrageous DL speeds? Is it a Roadrunner thing?

[leemajors]

work:

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download should be higher in mornings/evenings, everyone is here right now.

[IronMexican]

lee, how much do you pay?

[leemajors]

lee, how much do you pay?

nothing for my work connect, I don't work at home yet. I have UVerse at home.

[symple19]

garbage... http://www.speedtest.net/result/871143997.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[resistanze]

nothing for my work connect, I don't work at home yet. I have UVerse at home.

I think the answer we all want to know is how much free Apple shit do you get?

[DarkReign]

Home

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[IronMexican]

garbage... http://www.speedtest.net/result/871143997.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not sure if that speed or living in Lexington is worse:lol Kidding.


I feel my speed sucks. I can't imagine what you guys under, or just about 5 MB feel.

[resistanze]

Once my 30% discount for my 10Mbps/60GB cap connection is done, I'll have to leave for another ISP that has 5Mbps/Unlimited. Gotta love the compromise.

[Nathan Explosion]

Just did another one right now, 5 pm CST.

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[leemajors]

I think the answer we all want to know is how much free Apple shit do you get?

20% off my AT&T phone account, 25% off each product line once per year (laptop, iPod, Desktop - iPhone or iPad not discounted), 15% off for friends and family in "reasonable quantities" 15% off accessories on online store, and 10% off in Apple Stores, but you gotta show your badge. A lot of third party promo pricing. Pretty damn good overall ;)

[IronMexican]

Consider me jealous. Fucking jealous.

[TDMVPDPOY]

if u have friends that work at the isp, get them to credit ur account :D

[SourCandy]

does anyone know how to check speed according to 2g...3g....4g and such?

many of you have speeds ranging from 5.00 to 120! how does that convert to G speeds?

[PM5K]

Not sure I totally understand the question but a good 2G speed would be less than 1Mb (half or less), a good 3G connection can get about 3Mb, the only 4G speed posted here was about 7Mb, and an average Road Runner connection is about 15 Mb/sec (for the best one).

There is no conversion, they are all the same, just different. Think of it as 1MPH, 3 MPH, 7 MPH, and 15MPH. (Miles Per Hour) All the same kind of speed, but some are faster than others.

[Wild Cobra]

The xG's are just gerational developments for various carrier standards. The data rate depends on other factors, especially how much traffic is on the same tower. Like the freeway. If there are few cars on the road, you can go the speed limit. When you get more traffic, it gets to the point that everyone slows down.

To complicate things farther, I can find 13 2G standards, 11 3g standards, and 2 4G standards.

Rates will vary by carrier and traffic load.

I believe the practical limits of 3G is 14 mbit/sec, and 4G is 100 mbit, this due to allotted frequency bandwidths and data standards.

[Cry Havoc]

does anyone know how to check speed according to 2g...3g....4g and such?

many of you have speeds ranging from 5.00 to 120! how does that convert to G speeds?

When you hear someone talk about 2, 3, and 4G, you are hearing them referring to a cellular network (or more specifically, the equipment within that network). The "G" stands for generation. The first batch of cell phones released in the US could push little to no data at all through the signal. 2G (sometimes mistakenly called EDGE) allows for very slow data transmission, but this is all based from a cell phone. 3G came along and was pretty highly trumpeted due to the iPhone 3G -- it's the main system that's still in place in most urban areas of the country.

The connections that most people are listing are hard lines from their homes, i.e., the internet attached to their personal computer through a LAN cable or Wifi router.

The "G" speed is the same thing as any other -- they are typically measured in megabits per second (mbps). But since cell phones are much smaller and are forced to work through the air to transmit data to remote cell phone towers, they have historically been very slow compared to a land line that uses an actual internet wire to send internet data back and forth.

Even though the 7 megs per second that I posted with my Evo is incredibly fast for a phone, it's relatively average in comparison to a home broadband connection. As of now, there is no way to make up for the speed that a hard line provides. This is why 7 mbps for a phone is phenomenal, while even 15 mbps for a home connection is considered unremarkable. But they both measure the same thing, it's just that when you hear someone talk about "Gs", it's referring to a cell phone network.

[PM5K]

Oh great, let's see how many different versions of the same answer we get this time.

[Cry Havoc]

Oh great, let's see how many different versions of the same answer we get this time.

Since the person asking clearly doesn't know much about the internet or transfer rates, I thought it would be nice to give a somewhat more comprehensive answer. He/She asked what the difference was between "Gs" and the other internet speeds were, so I didn't feel that "14 mbit/sec" is going to give said person much information, since they probably aren't even familiar with the terminology.

[PM5K]

Since the person asking clearly doesn't know much about the internet or transfer rates, I thought it would be nice to give a somewhat more comprehensive answer. He/She asked what the difference was between "Gs" and the other internet speeds were, so I didn't feel that "14 mbit/sec" is going to give said person much information, since they probably aren't even familiar with the terminology.

Maybe you should start from the very beginning.

[Nathan Explosion]

Oh great, let's see how many different versions of the same answer we get this time.

If the person doesn't have much knowledge on the subject, sometimes getting a different version of the same answer is a good thing.

When I'm clueless about something, I ask the question until I get an answer I can understand. I'm not clueless about much anymore, but am FAR from an expert. So I continue to ask questions. Sometimes I get answers I don't understand. And sometimes people give the same answer in a different way until I do understand.

No harm in that imo.

[SourCandy]

If the person doesn't have much knowledge on the subject, sometimes getting a different version of the same answer is a good thing.

When I'm clueless about something, I ask the question until I get an answer I can understand. I'm not clueless about much anymore, but am FAR from an expert. So I continue to ask questions. Sometimes I get answers I don't understand. And sometimes people give the same answer in a different way until I do understand.

No harm in that imo.

none at all :king

[Dex]

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:smokin

Currently on Apple's corporate T1. I wish I could get this shit at my house.

[Nathan Explosion]

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:smokin

Currently on Apple's corporate T1. I wish I could get this shit at my house.

I'd take your upload speed. You can keep the download speed though. A little "slow" for my tastes.

:king

[Refocus]

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Wow, my road runner is fucking terrible. I've been on the same plan for like 3 years.. think i could get a free upgrade to some decent speed?

[Cry Havoc]

My home connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/880227504.png

Not bad. A bit better than the 1.2 mpbs I had living in rural Illinois, and even better than my Chicago connection which was only 5 megs. :downspin:

[resistanze]

Screw it I just bought a 1 month account for megashares. I'm gonna violate this awesome connection for the month I have left here.

[Cry Havoc]

Whoever doubted the power of 4G.... I am absolutely satisfied by what it brought to the table tonight. Damn, this is impressive.

Location: Silver Spring, MD. We had a massive storm Sunday night that knocked out power to most of the entire area. So I crashed at a friend's house, who had power but no internet. Flipped on 4G, and started downloading Descent Freespace 2 (the best space-shooter of all time) to give me something to do on my laptop.

Right around 2 Gigs of data being pulled through my Evo.

Observe:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/Freespace2download.jpg

Now, this is from a hardly ideal location, my friend's floor in the middle of large apartment complex. This is with not even a single bar of 4G showing (although it's connected and obviously using 4G, hence the DL speeds). It should be noted that the speeds were fluctuating, and were actually sustained at higher bursts as well, but even so, this is a good median of what I was getting. Still very satisfactory to me.

[resistanze]

Screw it I just bought a 1 month account for megashares. I'm gonna violate this awesome connection for the month I have left here.

Two weeks and 400 GB later, they booted my ass off the network :lol

[IronMexican]

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Just upgraded today. Feels pretty good, man.

[IronMexican]

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Huzzah!

[spurs_2108]

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Suddenlink College Station.

[Nathan Explosion]

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My download speed slowed down. Damn. :hat

[Heath Ledger]

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[resistanze]

They upgraded their servers, tbh.

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[Fpoonsie]

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Once again, my (home) upload speed is ridiculous...and does me absolutely no fucking good.

[TDMVPDPOY]

hey to those guys with t he 100mb/s connection, u guys have FTTH? fibre to the home?


currently in australia they are building that infrastructure at aus$43B X US$0.96 = US$41.28B lol

[IronMexican]

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Once again, my (home) upload speed is ridiculous...and does me absolutely no fucking good.

You'd be a god in the upload scene.

[MannyIsGod]

I've got a solid 12mbps down and 3mbps up now. Thats the best its been since I moved to NM so I'm fairly happy. I could always use more but yeah.

[phxspurfan]

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0$

(I'm on wireless right now so it's probably slow)

[SourCandy]

dam some of you have your connections on drugs lol

[RoddyBukkake]

Verizon Fios

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