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I'm actually kind of interested now on how much everybody pays a month and what these speeds actually mean.
For example I have never gotten more then 1.2MB download rate. Yet my number says 20? My upload is weak as hell yet I don't lag when I play games.
The schools student wi-fi is terrible. It's rare to get more than 3 bars and most of the time it half loads the page and just quits. I had my own router but it died for no reason and I couldn't get it working again.My dormmate has his own router but i have to ask him to turn it on every few hours.
Apparently not. Probably because I'm on Century Link.
Unfortunately, they're literally the only people that cover my area. Comcast's coverage just kind of skips around my house.
Oh well. I've never really had any problems with it. Although I'm kind of sad that my internet is slower then 65% of the entire US. That kinda sucks.
Unfortunately, they're literally the only people that cover my area. Comcast's coverage just kind of skips around my house.
Oh well. I've never really had any problems with it. Although I'm kind of sad that my internet is slower then 65% of the entire US. That kinda sucks.
This is what I get for living about as far from civilisation as it's possible to get in the UK short of living in the Scottish Highlands. Nice scenery though
Oh god... BT suck balls. Everything about them is just bloody terrible, especially their customer service. I make a point not to use them for anything.lRookiel said:
My stats aren't much better than yours and I'm only 60 miles away from London! I love the Scottish Highlands by the way, beautiful place. Plockton is one of my favourite places ever.Black Phoenix said:This is what I get for living about as far from civilisation as it's possible to get in the UK short of living in the Scottish Highlands. Nice scenery though
OT: Wow, everyone here seems to have super, super fast internet. Mine is like, ridiculously slow. It says my ISP is TalkTalk... but I'm with Utility Warehouse, unless they're one and the same?
I tried to download a 4GB game from GOG the other day. It's taken me several days of stop/start downloading to complete the 2 files. I have to wait about half an hour for a short YouTube video to fully buffer before it's even worth trying to play it. I highly doubt I even get 3.5mbps most days.
Sadly this is my work connection. It's a fiber connection with ATT. My home connection is slightly better than 1/4 of that. It's a DSL connection with ATT. I'm quite happy with both. Only issues I've ever had with the DSL are the modems crapping out on me. I've had two die but I got a different brand so here's hoping it lasts longer.
At home, about 2 mb/s, at me student digs... to Speedtest!
Much better Heard some complaints about Virgin, but they've been pretty decent here.
EDIT:
Much better
Heard some complaints about Virgin, but they've been pretty decent here.EDIT:
That's because Speedtest measures in megabits per second, whereas your download rate is in megabytes per second. 8 Mb= 1 MB, so in that example you're downloading 2.6 MB per second.godofallu said:[http://www.speedtest.net]
I'm actually kind of interested now on how much everybody pays a month and what these speeds actually mean.
For example I have never gotten more then 1.2MB download rate. Yet my number says 20? My upload is weak as hell yet I don't lag when I play games.
So ironically, the first time i did this just now, my internet wheel hamsters said screw you and do it yourself. SOOOO after a quick reset to speedtest we go!
[http://www.speedtest.net]
Now to put this to good use.....
Now to put this to good use.....
My internet varies from fine to quite annoying, but my Ps3 always has amazing connection. I don't even know why. It downloaded Hearthfire in a matter of seconds, and Dragonborn in a few minutes. My computer takes a few minutes just to open a page sometimes.
It's good but sometimes my computer disconnects due to some ip mixup.
Yay England/Virgin Media!
It's normally better than that, generally get 70+ Mb/s. Upload is fairly terrible, but that's not really an issue because it's good enough. Really reliable round here too, so I don't need to worry about disconnecting, always nice I guess.
Well I live on the Dark Continent, so with little to no optimism, SPEEDTEST!
http://speedtest.net/result/2522905526.png
Not as good as say, the 6urk17s's on this thread. But DAMNIT IT ROCKS!
http://speedtest.net/result/2522905526.png
Not as good as say, the 6urk17s's on this thread. But DAMNIT IT ROCKS!
Net speed certainly helps, but your torrent d/l time isn't entirely dependent on it. A well built machine can make up for quite a bit. My current net is crap, compared to the high speed cable I had before I moved. I can still d/l 1gig or more fairly quickly.6urk17s said:Well, here we go.
[http://www.speedtest.net]
Got to have that speed if you want 'em torrents.
Yep, I nominally have a 10Mbps connection (it's not even possible to get a 1Mbps connection here any more, the lowest one can go is 2 Mbps). In spite of living in a larger city, I must be very far from the central or something, which is why I'm looking to go wireless.Mr.Tea said:
Ping is a bit inaccurate, given I get less to game servers nearby, but this is my result:
[http://www.speedtest.net]
Speed is generally unstable as all hell, I'll frequently get 500+ downloading from Steam. :/
Connection is usually fine, unless it's raining. I think there's an exposed cable somewhere along the line.
Speed is generally unstable as all hell, I'll frequently get 500+ downloading from Steam. :/
Connection is usually fine, unless it's raining. I think there's an exposed cable somewhere along the line.