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[Wes Bucey]

I have ADSL Bell Sympatico here in Canada with 1.5M bandwidth speed and no upload/download bandwidth usage restrictions, cost equivalent to $32/month and I can't remember the last time service was interrupted. Cable here is slightly more expensive with 2M bandwidth speed (some areas have usage restrictions) but service is notoriously unreliable (down 1 or 2 times a month and used to be even worse). How does that compare elsewhere in the world?

here's some options to test your actual speed
https://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
or
https://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp

you can google "internet speed test" for others and more information.
My adsl typically runs actual test speeds between 1.2 and 1.36 Mbps
Here's today's:
File Size:

600.005 KB Time Elapsed: 3.625 seconds

1.293 Mbps
( 165.52 KBps)

 

[energy]

here's some options to test your actual speed
https://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
or
https://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp

you can google "internet speed test" for others and more information.
My adsl typically runs actual test speeds between 1.2 and 1.36 Mbps
Here's today's:
File Size:

600.005 KB Time Elapsed: 3.625 seconds

1.293 Mbps
( 165.52 KBps)

This was mcafee. I couldn't figure out how to copy that nice red YOUR SPEED.
File Size: 600.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 3.938 seconds

1.19 Mbps
(152.36 KBps)

 

[energy]

here's some options to test your actual speed
https://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
or
https://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp

you can google "internet speed test" for others and more information.
My adsl typically runs actual test speeds between 1.2 and 1.36 Mbps
Here's today's:
File Size:

600.005 KB Time Elapsed: 3.625 seconds

1.293 Mbps
( 165.52 KBps)

From Home Whoa Doggie!
Your Internet Connection
Speed Results


File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 33.953 seconds

35.36 Kbps
(4.42 KBps)

 

[Wes Bucey]

From Home Whoa Doggie!
Your Internet Connection
Speed Results


File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 33.953 seconds

35.36 Kbps
(4.42 KBps)

Actually, that's about par for a 56K dialup.
Best I ever got was 52k, worst was 19.4K - most times the problem is old, degraded copper wires and connections between your house and the telephone exchange - balance of the time, the internet traffic is heavy and slows everything down. My daughter in Texas claims 60% of her telephone line doubles as a farm neighbor's barbed wire fence - she gets 9.8K on her 56K modem.

 

[Laura M]

File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 1.002 seconds

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1.17 Mbps
(149.71 KBps)


Cool - Laura

 

[Neil]

I test mine regularly and I get, strangely enough, exactly what I'm supposed to get 1.499 Mhps. I have run across a number of friends that had high speed access with lousy performance because they had not configured their windows properly. Only ME/2000/XP handle high speed out of the box. Anyone using Win98SE or earlier have to change their Rwin settings to avoid an internal bottleneck.

 

[David Hartman]

Running a T1 at work with the following results:

File Size: 600.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 1.322 seconds

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3.546 Mbps
(453.86 KBps)

Now my 56k at home I'll run this evening, but I'm sure that it will be similar to Energy's.

 

[Atul Khandekar]

McAfee Results:
File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 31.92 seconds

37.6 Kbps (4.7 KBps)

 

[energy]

McAfee Results:
File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 31.92 seconds

37.6 Kbps (4.7 KBps)

 

[CINDY]

Speed
774.5 kilobits per second

Communications 774.5 kilobits per second
Storage 94.5 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 10.8 seconds
Subjective rating Good

I guess mine could be better.

Cindy