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Any recommendations on which program for testing connection speed?
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speedtest.net !
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That 2Wire speed test clocked me at 3Mbps, Speedtest.net at 5.5Mbps.
Lots of variables, of course. FWIW. Best, Kurt |
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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!  -->Click
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Your current bandwidth reading is
5.70 Mbps Is that good?
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What service are you using? Cable? Best, Kurt |
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03-05-2008, 07:35 PM
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2wire test 5.04 Mbps on standard Cable
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03-05-2008, 07:42 PM
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16.62 mbps with 2wire. Cox cable internet.
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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!
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03-05-2008, 08:22 PM
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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 |
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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. |
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03-05-2008, 08:48 PM
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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 |
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03-05-2008, 09:06 PM
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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 
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03-06-2008, 03:47 AM
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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.
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03-06-2008, 08:43 AM
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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.
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03-06-2008, 08:49 AM
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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 Last edited by kstar; 03-06-2008 at 10:21 AM.. |
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