Does anyone know how to read those Speedtest for your internet connection

[Man Sauce]

I have roadrunner
upload = 365
download = 5411

[ducks]

does it say anything after that 5411

[ducks]

I have roadrunner
upload = 365
download = 5411
not bad speed down

[MaNuMaNiAc]

thats damn good! I have 256 upload and 2500 download

[Fillmoe]

Last Result:
Download Speed: 4747 kbps (593.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 485 kbps (60.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

[ducks]

Speed Meter

Your current bandwidth reading is
7.05 Mbps

DUCKS RULES

[Man Sauce]

does it say anything after that 5411
No it doesn't.

[ducks]

it is probly kbps

[ducks]

Short for kilobits per second, a measure of data transfer speed. Modems, for example, are measured in Kbps. Note that one Kbps is 1,000 bits per second, whereas a KB (kilobyte) is 1,024 bytes. Data transfer rates are measured using the decimal meaning of K whereas data storage is measured using the powers-of-2 meaning of K. Technically, kbps should be spelled with a lowercase k to indicate that it is decimal but almost everyone spells it with a capital K.

[ducks]

Mbps stands for millions of bits per second or megabits per second and is a measure of bandwidth (the total information flow over a given time) on a telecommunications medium. Depending on the medium and the transmission method, bandwidth is also sometimes measured in the Kbps (thousands of bits or kilobits per second) range or the Gbps (billions of bits or gigabits per second) range.

A megabit is a million binary pulses, or 1,000,000 (that is, 106) pulses (or "bits"). For example, a U.S. phone company T-carrier system line is said to sustain a data rate of 1.544 megabits per second. Megabits per second is usually shortened to Mbps.

Some sources define a megabit to mean 1,048,576 (that is, 220) bits. Although the bit is a unit of the binary number system, bits in data communications are discrete signal pulses and have historically been counted using the decimal number system. For example, 28.8 kilobits per second (Kbps) is 28,800 bits per second. Because of computer architecture and memory address boundaries, bytes are always some multiple or exponent of two.

[Man Sauce]

Cool thanks for the explanation. :)

[leemajors]

i get 600-800k/s down off giganews, around 50k up. on rr here in austin.

[Shelly]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144255614.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

We got rid of RR and switched to the highest DSL. I have no idea if this is good or not, but honestly, pages load just as fast, if not faster than when we had RR.

[Shelly]

I just did a different site and got a download of 1322 and an upload of 628.

Does it depend on the server you're using to test?

[leemajors]

those speeds are a lot better than rr. probably costs a pretty penny though, you could run servers on that connect.

[Shelly]

those speeds are a lot better than rr. probably costs a pretty penny though, you could run servers on that connect.

Mine?

[dallaskd]

where do you find this at?

[Shelly]

just google speed test.

Mine was at speedtest.net and you can copy the cool graphic like I did.

[resistanze]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144260159.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[dallaskd]

Upload: 698 kb/s

Download: 3507 kb/s

Is that good?

[leemajors]

Mine?
yeah you could probably easily run a game server if you wanted as long as there was a 10-12 player limit. might wanna keep that fact away from the teens.

[Slydragon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144268524.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Shelly]

yeah you could probably easily run a game server if you wanted as long as there was a 10-12 player limit. might wanna keep that fact away from the teens.

:lol My kids aren't interested in online gaming.

It's not expensive. I think the DSL we have is $40/mo. We did the Dish Network, phone, DSL package through AT&T. We didn't do the cell (we have the NEW AT&T) as that's run through our business. We are paying slightly less than we did for RR and High Def cable with the sports package, DVR, and HBO and our old phone plan. Plus, our cable modem would go down several times a day.

We revamped our phone plan, and with Dish we get ALL the movie channels, plus we have Hi-Def on both TVs and DVR on one. For some reason Dish doesn't have NBDHD, though. But we get the NFL channel!

I may never leave the house.

[kingsfan]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144271841.png

Damn mine's slow and that's the fastest they offer :pctoss

[NorCal510]

is this good?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144273075.png

[leemajors]

:lol My kids aren't interested in online gaming.

It's not expensive. I think the DSL we have is $40/mo. We did the Dish Network, phone, DSL package through AT&T. We didn't do the cell (we have the NEW AT&T) as that's run through our business. We are paying slightly less than we did for RR and High Def cable with the sports package, DVR, and HBO and our old phone plan. Plus, our cable modem would go down several times a day.

We revamped our phone plan, and with Dish we get ALL the movie channels, plus we have Hi-Def on both TVs and DVR on one. For some reason Dish doesn't have NBDHD, though. But we get the NFL channel!

I may never leave the house.
ahh you must be close to the CO then. usually with DSL the closer you are to the central office for the area the better your speeds are. at least it worked that way 5 years ago.

[Beno Udrih]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144312933.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Shelly]

ahh you must be close to the CO then. usually with DSL the closer you are to the central office for the area the better your speeds are. at least it worked that way 5 years ago.

CO = Central Office? There's one on Culebra, but that's a looooonnnng street so it could be downtown or it could be on the NW side of town where I am and I don't right by Culebra.

[xrayzebra]

CO = Central Office? There's one on Culebra, but that's a looooonnnng street so it could be downtown or it could be on the NW side of town where I am and I don't right by Culebra.

There is one on Grissom Road and referred to as
Culebra or listed as such on the phone bill.

[NorCal510]

is a bigger number or smaller number better?

[xrayzebra]

I run mine thru two speed test (different sites) both about the
same: 1438 down and 950 up. I am on ATT but not their
fastest. I use the ATT U-verse package, suppose to be fiber,
but it is copper to the house. And more than likely to the
terminal for the area. Might be fiber to cross connect about
two blocks from my house.

[NorCal510]

is a bigger number or smaller number better?

[Tres_Till_it_MHz]

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1912/22dr6.png

[Shelly]

There is one on Grissom Road and referred to as
Culebra or listed as such on the phone bill.

I see. I'm not right by Grissom, but probably within 10 miles. My number does show up as Culebra.

[Flea]

I think the smaller the better. Not sure though.

[Flea]

http://http://www.speedtest.net/result/144485052.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144486509.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Nbadan]

The bigger # the better.....more kb/sec transfers = faster downloads...

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1912/22dr6.png

You must be on a T1...

[NorCal510]

The bigger # the better.....more kb/sec transfers = faster downloads...

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1912/22dr6.png

You must be on a T1...
wow you must be the owner of the internet