Author Topic: Compare your Internet speed (Read 52683 times)

Pentium100 · « **Reply #400 on:** November 09, 2010, 07:37:25 PM »

Quote from: per on November 09, 2010, 07:19:11 PM

I wonder where the practice to call transfer caps "bandwidth" came from.

That is interesting to me too. AFAIK, the correct terms should be speed (latency), capacity (bits per second) and monthly traffic (GB/month).

Dr.Mabuse · « **Reply #401 on:** May 03, 2011, 08:38:51 PM »

Hm, it would be better if the upload were like the download. I hope that we get FTTH in the next 2 years here.
But only 20 Euros for that speed isn't bad.

dogsinafen · « **Reply #402 on:** May 03, 2011, 08:52:55 PM »

Now if they would up the upload to 70 I'd be happy.

But for Canada speeds like that is wayyyy beyond the average.

Sosseres · « **Reply #403 on:** May 03, 2011, 08:55:42 PM »

I wish to upgrade to fiber from cable. ^^ (They upped speeds from 25/10 to 100/10 recently on this cable connection. Now if I could only get those speeds outside of the nordic countries. Sucks when I upload at 100 since nobody near me is on the torrents.)

Oh and nice necro, I hadn't posted in this thread.

Pentium100 · « **Reply #404 on:** May 04, 2011, 02:40:02 AM »

My ISP announced that it will be increasing speeds to 300mbps up/down to everywhere (currently I have 200 to Lithuania and 80 to other countries) and I will actually pay less than I do now (22.8EUR/month instead of 28.6EUR/month).

My router does not have enough power to do this, so I will have to buy a used server for routing. Then I will see if my torrent server has enough power to upload at 30MB/s.

The change is supposed to happen on the 16th of this month. I hopw I will be ready with my new-to-me hardware

pingryanime · « **Reply #405 on:** May 05, 2011, 08:00:45 PM »

Quote from: dogsinafen on May 03, 2011, 08:52:55 PM

Now if they would up the upload to 70 I'd be happy.

But for Canada speeds like that is wayyyy beyond the average.

godly speeds much?

Pentium100 · « **Reply #406 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:29:35 AM »

The ISP finally replaced the fiber-to-1000BaseT converter and now I can get the new speed:

pingryanime · « **Reply #407 on:** May 25, 2011, 01:27:29 AM »

Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2011, 12:29:35 AM

The ISP finally replaced the fiber-to-1000BaseT converter and now I can get the new speed:

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ARE YOU HARDWIRED TO THE DAMN ISP ITSELF?!?!!

Ironically, I just finished helping my mom set up a new internet plan. Going to be getting around 40mbps up and down (or at least, I'm SUPPOSED to, meaning I'll more realistically getting aroudn 30 up and down)

Pentium100 · « **Reply #408 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:03:22 AM »

Quote from: pingryanime on May 25, 2011, 01:27:29 AM

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ARE YOU HARDWIRED TO THE DAMN ISP ITSELF?!?!!

Pretty much, I mean there is a fiber optic cable going all the way from the ISP to a converter in my house, then a UTP cable going from the converter to my router PC, which is connected to a switch where all my other PCs are connected to.

I will also pay less than I did before. Yes, the ISP upgraded the speeds but kept the prices constant and in some cases lowering them.

pingryanime · « **Reply #409 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:10:18 AM »

Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2011, 02:03:22 AM

Quote from: pingryanime on May 25, 2011, 01:27:29 AM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ARE YOU HARDWIRED TO THE DAMN ISP ITSELF?!?!!

Pretty much, I mean there is a fiber optic cable going all the way from the ISP to a converter in my house, then a UTP cable going from the converter to my router PC, which is connected to a switch where all my other PCs are connected to.

I will also pay less than I did before. Yes, the ISP upgraded the speeds but kept the prices constant and in some cases lowering them.

Tell me where the hell you live and who the hell your ISP is. you literally get 30x my speed in down and 40x in up :-/

Pentium100 · « **Reply #410 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:52:10 AM »

Quote from: pingryanime on May 25, 2011, 02:10:18 AM

Tell me where the hell you live and who the hell your ISP is. you literally get 30x my speed in down and 40x in up :-/

I live in Kaunas, Lithuania. The ISP is TEO LT, the land line phone company.

kitamesume · « **Reply #411 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:21:07 AM »

eastern telecom and got a 2mbps/700kbps but speedtest mostly says its 200kbps/600kbps, some times it says the correct 2mbps/700mbps. fraud? or its getting capped on a certain time?

and this ****ing line costs me 50$ worth a month. its supposed to be a 25$ a month line but because i`m trashing the 20gb limit they charge me the extra gb i use.

PS: a 10mbps line costs 200$ a month.

NaRu · « **Reply #412 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:36:17 AM »

Quote from: kitamesume on May 25, 2011, 05:21:07 AM

eastern telecom and got a 2mbps/700kbps but speedtest mostly says its 200kbps/600kbps, some times it says the correct 2mbps/700mbps. fraud? or its getting capped on a certain time?

and this ****ing line costs me 50$ worth a month. its supposed to be a 25$ a month line but because i`m trashing the 20gb limit they charge me the extra gb i use.

PS: a 10mbps line costs 200$ a month.

You might get faster speeds on your phone

Pentium100 · « **Reply #413 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:57:04 AM »

Quote from: kitamesume on May 25, 2011, 05:21:07 AM

eastern telecom and got a 2mbps/700kbps but speedtest mostly says its 200kbps/600kbps, some times it says the correct 2mbps/700mbps. fraud? or its getting capped on a certain time?

Speedtest tests the actual speed (downloads/uploads a file and times how long it took). Your ISP probably promised an "up to" speed, so it may be lower when the network is congested. For a slow connection other things should not affect the reading.

For a fast connection, like mine, the browser, the speed of the PC and the load of the test server may affect the reading quite a lot.Also, for a fast connection, the download/upload file size is a bit too small. Ideally, Speedtest should not transfer a fixed amount of data and time how long it took, but transfer data for, say, 10 seconds and see how much it transferred (iperf bandwidth test program works this way) because TCP connections may be a bit slow in the beginning.

kitamesume · « **Reply #414 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:58:22 AM »

O,o naru? didnt even notice its you =X

well i doubt it, my country sucks if its about technology xD

Sosseres · « **Reply #415 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:27:12 PM »

Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2011, 05:57:04 AM

Speedtest tests the actual speed (downloads/uploads a file and times how long it took). Your ISP probably promised an "up to" speed, so it may be lower when the network is congested. For a slow connection other things should not affect the reading.

They get a fine if they market up to speeds and then can't deliver that up to speed here. ^^ As well as getting ridiculed in the news papers. Wasn't that way ~7 years ago though, so if people pressure them it can change.

dogsinafen · « **Reply #416 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:57:51 PM »

Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2011, 12:29:35 AM

The ISP finally replaced the fiber-to-1000BaseT converter and now I can get the new speed:

I am jelly.

Do they limit speeds when you leave the ISP? Regional speeds?

kitamesume · « **Reply #417 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:20:52 PM »

there was an old thread here around bbt about 2gbps lines given to some old lady.

Sosseres · « **Reply #418 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:34:44 PM »

Quote from: kitamesume on May 25, 2011, 05:20:52 PM

there was an old thread here around bbt about 2gbps lines given to some old lady.

Was 40, not 2. http://www.aftonbladet.se/pryl/dator/article551799.ab summary, her son did it as a show of concept. She didn't even own a computer prior to that.

1000mAh · « **Reply #419 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:38:05 PM »

Well, still about 80% lower than ISP average. xD + yeah. I'm using normal cables.