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evaners
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:05 am
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| jeffbanke wrote: | | 20+ Mb/s download, but as PJ stated more importantly 3 Mbs/s upload - Comcast |
Jeff, I also have Comcast, and my numbers are the same as yours. I ran the test that Pete linked to.
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northumbria
Joined: 26 Mar 2011
Posts: 486
Location: The Netherlands (Europe)
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:27 am
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There are Kilobytes and Megabits per second. As there go 8 bits into 1 byte, the figure 8 comes into play.
A bit is a single, identifyable electric signal transfered from one computer to another. A byte is a sequence of 8 such signals (bits).
Suppose you have a friend in a house across the street and you need to signal her either "yes" or "no" using a flashlight. You perhaps would agree that one flash is yes, and two flashes is no. Your language now makes use of only two symbols: flash on, flash off. Many, many more combinations of flashlight signalling (think of Morse) will let you communicate in a complex way using just bits. But you need a lot of bits to code an image or a text. That is why Megabits are important.
If you do a test, often the result is displayed in kilobytes, e.g. 700KB (mind the capital B). This are 700 * 8 = 5600 kilobits, (or 5600 Kb, with a lowercase b).
700 Kilobytes per second equals 5.6 Megabits/second
700 KB/s equals 5.6Mb/s.
700 Kb/s equals 87,5 KB/s equals 0,7Mb/s.
5600 Kilobits per seconds equals 5.6 Mb/s.
5600 Kb/s equals 5.6Mb/s.
5600 Kb/s equals 5.6Mb/s.
5600 KB/s equals 44.8 Mb/s.
About (A)DSL and actual speed related to the subscription specifications:
1) DSL is transfered thru phone copperwire. Therefore the distance between your house and the nearest central phone distribution point comes into play. 1 mile of distance will leave only 12Mbit of the 20Mbit line. 3 miles will leave almost nothing. That's why sometimes they can't offer you faster DSL - you can pay if you want, but the amount dripping out of the pump is not enough to make you smile.
Also, the quality/age of the copperlines in the area is important.
2) Mind the use of wire in your house. Undergrond copperwire is protected into all sorts of interference. Once it comes out of your ISRA point (main entry phone wire) the signal transfer usually switches to a very thin phone wire cable, which is like walking in a summerjacket on a pole: the signal strenght/data amount will wear out very quickly due to intereference of eg radio signals. So always place your DSL modem/router as close as possible to your main entry point. From there on you can use LAN cable (computercable) which is safe for intrusion of interference for over 100 meters.
A few years ago our main provider upgraded their 1Mb/s line to 3Mb/s. Suddenly, al lot of calls came from outer region areas's, who lost connection. Why? Their DSL modems were to far away from the central distribution point, and usually they used long stretches of copperwire at home. Their DSL modems got the message from the data they could expect 3Mb/s but actually they received only a fraction - thus the modems declared the connection faulty. That is why they sometimes cannot offer you more.
Btw I have a 5Mb download and 1Mb up. No need for more.
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nder
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
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Location: www.3dstocktalk.com
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:15 am
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I'm a bit surprised I have the fastest connection so far O_o
Hard to believe, especially taking into account that I don't even have the fastest option available from my ISP. Come on people ... I'm pretty sure there are people here with better speeds.
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tacna
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Posts: 2120
Location: always new
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:07 am
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Download Speed: 5923 kbps (740.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 316 kbps (39.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
mardi 6 décembre 2011 13:02:03
And i have an entry point in 3 floors down...
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luceluceluce
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
Posts: 2616
Location: Aquafun, Minsk
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:01 am
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: ( My speeds are only just faster than they would be if I wrapped my images around rocks, took a boat to manhattan and threw them at SS's windows
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ruxpriencdiam
Joined: 07 May 2009
Posts: 26249
Location: Third Stone from the Sun
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:53 pm
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Here is what i get using Verizon 3G network.
Now i need to try it on the 4G network when i get to where it is and see how well it works.
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Joined: 28 Apr 2012
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:28 am
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Hi this is my speed
download speed =1.09Mbps and
upload speed =0.87Mbps
and i check my speed from Ip-Details.com
how about my speed?? is it good or bad?
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borojoint
Joined: 16 Apr 2010
Posts: 1772
Location: Bulgaria
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:35 am
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40 Mb/s download and upload :)
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olavs
Joined: 16 Sep 2010
Posts: 241
Location: la la land
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:58 am
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19 mb download 8 mb upload .
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tpzijl
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
Posts: 1682
Location: Dutch Lowlands
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:06 am
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My speed.
Yesterday's upload of 30 images in 6 minutes
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felix_casio
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1774
Location: www.felixtm.com
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okiepony
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Posts: 15396
Location: Finally There! :)
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:26 pm
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I'm still solidly at
1.98 DL
0.69 UL
22 ping
LOL!!
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geoffwnz
Joined: 10 Feb 2012
Posts: 174
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:22 pm
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I'm running midrange speeds in New Zealand.
15Mbps Down
2Mbps Up.
Provider also has 100Mbps/10Mbps plans but I can't really justify the extra expense.
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