internet speed
 

Any recommendations on which program for testing connection speed?

speedtest.net !

Kalick->speed_test

That 2Wire speed test clocked me at 3Mbps, Speedtest.net at 5.5Mbps.

Lots of variables, of course.

FWIW.

Best,

Kurt

2wire has always been pretty accurate in the past.
Actually, I like this one the best plus you can also geo-locate an IP to boot!:D -->Click

Your current bandwidth reading is
5.70 Mbps

Is that good?

Dang, that's scary...down to the street (almost).

Hee, I know it pinpoints me to within 100 yards, actually to my DSL NOC!

That's really good!

What service are you using? Cable?

Best,

Kurt

2wire test 5.04 Mbps on standard Cable

Ian

16.62 mbps with 2wire. Cox cable internet.

Keep in mind cable is a shared resource and bandwidth is not guaranteed as you share a fixed amount of bandwidth with neighbors.
Got allot of porn surfing neighbors that get off work at 5 and your bandwidth is toast, during the day and late evenings, it is stellar.

DSL is a guaranteed bandwidth!

Show off! :D

Best,

Kurt

That's a good point for many cable networks, Rodney. But, some newer and updated cable networks have improved topography and have filled a lot of the first mile and beyond legs with fiber.

Of course the earliest, daisy-chained cable networks were/are the worst!

I have SBC's highest speed DSL and am very happy with it. My parents are on a newer cable network in Dallas and their speeds make my 5-6Mbps seem limp. :(

Best,

Kurt

I don't think so....
I just installed the new wireless "enhanced" high speed do-hicky.
When their help line finally answers.... I will let you know what it should be.
I am guessing they will say that whatever the sales guy told me it should be, it will actually be "up to" whatever they claimed.

I think Hugh is saying that "his" speed is 5.7Mbps - looks like he just copied and pasted his results.

FWIW, that is "fast" for most of the US!

I remember when a T1 was considered very fast at about 1.5Mbps.

Best,

Kurt

What is standard for broadband wireless?

I am far enough from the tower that Sprint was unsure I would even get signal.

My speeds range from 130 kbps to 800 kbps but seem to be more on the lower end.

Speedy:)

Best bet when testing online is to try a couple of different sites, and throw out any numbers that are different than the majority.

I think my house tests in the 5-5.8mb range. Funny thing is that if I use the ATT speed tester that the ATT tech support uses I'll get a different number almost every time and it varies from 2-4mb.

4.08 here at school, cable. I just pulled a steady 630KB/sec off of MIT, so I'm not complaining.

kstarnes, I'd take a T1 any day over residential cable. As long as I wasn't footing the bill....Guaranteed bandwidth, guaranteed uptime, bunch of IPs...Better support, etc.

There is an Insight commercial here in KY where they have a "customer" say that his Insight cable is as fast as his T3 (DS-3) at work. That's funny...Insight cable is at MOST 10Mb/sec, and not guaranteed in any way shape or form. A full DS-3 is 45Mb/sec, guaranteed. IOW, the DS-3 is 4.5x as fast. What bull**** advertising.

Toady, agreed re the T1.

But I'm also not complaining about my 5-6Mbps DSL circuit with probably 99% uptime for mostly one-way data traffic - I'm not running any servers from home.

I remember when I cobbled together a ISDN line 12 years ago using a Moto BitSurfer modem; I think the bandwidth was 128Kbps when the channels synched . . . and that was really fast for a home connection!

Best,

Kurt