CR4 Members Internet Access Speed Down/Up

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Hi Charlie,

You live right by Mexico eh? What is that, DSL?

Now it is a quarter to 4 in the morning and others are starting to use it and look how much it has dropped.

Download Speed: 14709 kbps (1838.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1550 kbps (193.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Ken

I wish I hadn't seen my results!

Download 285kbps Upload 248Kbps

Thanks guys, you've made my day!

5804 3741 I picked new york, I'm in the UK obviously and this is at work (sshhh!)

Download Speed: 1265 kbps (158.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1419 kbps (177.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

4455 and 365 at home

I did the test couple times and got different reads at the same spot

best i did was Download 663 kbps Upload 653 kbps.

checked some of the other sites that have testing

and they ran about 600 kbps up load and down load

did notice though that the farther away you tested the slower the speed

So Del don't feel so bad I didn't do any better than you to London

Hundreds of speedtest sites, all over the world. Pick the one you want and try it and post.

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1

705kbps/135kbps

This must be a good day. It seems I am on the edge of DSL at 14000 ft.

Vancouver,(Coquitlam) to the Seattle server

4821 Down vs. 485 Upload

Download Speed: 24227 kbps (3028.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2448 kbps (306 KB/sec transfer rate)

2nd test

Last Result:
Download Speed: 32353 kbps (4044.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2462 kbps (307.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Cable broad band.

I can imagine the pain of breaking bath w/ Mr Trumans connection. I count to 5 [which seems like an eternity] when clicking on a new comment.

I can make a cup of tea, roll a ciggy and destroy my own bath in the time it takes to wait for the bath breaking highlights or the battery building competition! Great fun!

1093/107 from Hungary

Download Speed: 933 kbps (116.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 186 kbps (23.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Berlin/Germany

5705/1389 Washington DC

165/63, Panama to Atlanta, GA...

1242/315

2128/128 not what is paid for.

I'll have to try off peak hours here.

that explains my issues (on my internet access)

Brad

I have Comcast too, and I love it. And I live only a few miles north of you, MrChevy.

But I guess it's fair to tell the not-so-lucky others the whole story: Comcast uses a dynamic allocation of its bandwidth they call "Power Boost". That means when you're asking a lot from Comcast, like downloading a big file or watching online videos Comcast gives you all that it can (as long as your neighbors are not trying to do the same thing). But this bliss doesn't last forever. If you try to download movies all day long you'll see the speed drop pretty soon. And if you try to download movies all day long for a full month you'll get a phone call from Comcast :)

Anyway, I think the Power Boost is a very smart thing, because most subscribers use the bandwidth in a "civilised" manner.

But we're not so lucky when the bill comes!

I only have 2 choices here regular dial up or comcast, I could probably live w/a DSL if I could get 1 @ 1/3RD the price.

I live close to where comcast connects to the internet.

The figure below is w/both my computers online @ the same time when I have a minute I'll try running the test on both machines simultaneously ( same & different servers)

Download Speed: 34724 kbps (4340.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2361 kbps (295.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Where at??

I am in Vancouver.

Bill

Bill,

Notice under Garth'S name he is in Madera Ca. Just like (with you) WA=Washington, with him CA=California Not CAnada.

Just hi-lite Madera Ca and Google it and it will show you exactly where Madera Ca(California) is.

I notice lots of people using cable in California have pretty good speed on the Internet. (In the 30+Mb range) Waiting for the day we get 30MB access or 300MB access... then (with 300MB access) a 600MB file would take less than 2 seconds to download. Oh, gonna have to have a little faster HDD's aren't we! :)

Ken

I was thinking U23fan... "A few miles North of you". I am curious if he is between the two of us or further North.

Bill

Ah, yeah, I don't know. Some people think the boogy man or someone is going to end up in their town or something. I have no idea where U23fan is either.

Ken

Ah, he jumped out and said he is in Vancouver. 45 minutes from here.

I'm in Vancouver WA too. MrChevy, I think Sciesis2 was asking about me, since his post was in reply to mine.

YUP!! HiYa neighbor...

Bill

It IS a really small world, and getting smaller all the time. When I was a kid (wellll, still am) 50 years ago, it took a long time to see what was happening in the "world". Now we watch it live. Maybe the world is going to fast? LOL

Ken

Well, well, is it a small world or it just happens that we hava a lot of people form Northwest on this blog? And by the way, I am between the 2 of you guys: I work in Vancouver but I live in Portland. I cross the state "border" twice a day.

:) Wait until you have to show your Passport to cross a state border! Wonder when that day is coming? That reminds me, I have to renew mine next year. What does that cost now I wonder. Ah, Google says:

Passport Renewal (Form DS-82)
Non-Refundable

You may use this form if your previous passport:

1. Was issued when you were 16 or older.
2. Was issued in the last 15 years.
3. Is not damaged.
4. Is submitted with your application.

The passport application fee is $67 .

1st timers it is $30 more.

Passport Fees

March 8, 2005

Routine Services (Form DS-11)
Non-Refundable

Age 16 and older: The passport application fee is $67. The execution fee is $30. The total is $97 .

Under Age 16: The passport application fee is $52. The execution fee is $30. The total is $82 .

The passport application fee includes the $12.00 Security Surcharge, which became effective March 8, 2005.

Portland Oregon,

download 6858 transfer rate from 54865 kbps

upload 2504

http://performance.toast.net/default.asp?allservers=1&checkid=

http://myspeed.visualware.com/

http://www.speedtest.net/

http://www.speedtest.net/result/211549709.png

7028/764 Pa. to N.Y.

Doesn't this all vary with;

Test server used

Size of test file

Time of day

For what it's worth I got 1927/189 , not that I appreciate the subtleties of download speed vs transfer rate. ( Explanations appreciated). The set up I have works for my needs ( any time of day), and having just bargained Virgin down to £10/pm I'm content with it. It's worth the occasional grumble ( I had been paying £18/pm, and was really just 'trying it on' ,on the off-chance of a better deal). My understanding is that the ISP's apply throttling to slow you, and also cache pages to speed up access.

Most UK providers carry sneaky 'fair usage' clauses, though I've not experienced any problems with Virgin.

I shall sit back and read, since I feel myself oozing out of my technical depth.

Why is everyone demonstrating the 8 times table by converting bits to bytes ?

I can't speak for others but when I started it was all bits and the 9.6Kb was the newest standard on the block.

Bytes me.

Brad

It doesn't appear as if one person on dial-up has given their speed. Everyone has DSL, Cable or Satellite?

I'm paying Comcast $55 a month for Internet access.

I live in Northeast PA. ( USA ) It's Sunday afternoon, everyone's online. I'm on Metrocast. ( Cable modem )

Download Speed: 5905 kbps (738.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 366 kbps (45.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Interesting....

Vancouver > Seattle 4780, 1400

Vancouver > New York 5002, 1568

Bill

I have Comcast and when it works, it works really well, but it often slows down. By slowing down, I don't mean the bit rate, because the ping test shows it going fast. But it seems as if I have to line up in a queue, so to speak. I sit there and nothing happens. I watch the light on my router, and it just sits there, then eventually all of a sudden it starts blinking and then the action occurs.

Is this a common occurrence? Are there so many people using Comcast in the neighborhood I have to wait my turn? Any other explanations?

I don't know for sure but Charter seems the same.

Pings must get high priority and user access gets low. Would not be hard to do.

Brad