Bandwith Speed Test

Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy.
This forum is not for asking programming related questions.

Moderator: General Moderators

User avatar
hawleyjr
BeerMod
Posts: 2170
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:58 pm
Location: Jax FL & Spokane WA USA

Bandwith Speed Test

Post by hawleyjr »

Found this on Digg this morning:

http://www.speedtest.net/

Very, very cool.
User avatar
JayBird
Admin
Posts: 4524
Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:02 am
Location: York, UK
Contact:

Post by JayBird »

Pretty cool!
User avatar
feyd
Neighborhood Spidermoddy
Posts: 31559
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:24 pm
Location: Bothell, Washington, USA

Post by feyd »

Pretty.

I usually use Speakeasy's Speedtest: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
alvinphp
Forum Contributor
Posts: 380
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:47 am

Post by alvinphp »

very cool

Picking the closest region
D/L: 6117 kbps
U/L: 355 kbps

Picking the farthest region
D/L: 2666 kbps
U/L: 279

I have noticed my internet has been very fast lately.
User avatar
Benjamin
Site Administrator
Posts: 6935
Joined: Sun May 19, 2002 10:24 pm

Post by Benjamin »

Very nice.. just wish my upload speed was higher ~400kbps
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Post by RobertGonzalez »

From me to San Francisco, California, USA
D/L: 27445 kbps
U/L: 807 kbps
(this test took a while)
Image

From me to London, UK
D/L: 32520 kbps
U/L: 1353 kbps
(this test was faster)
Image

Skipped Australia. I think the tester was actually walking there to determine the speed.
User avatar
Benjamin
Site Administrator
Posts: 6935
Joined: Sun May 19, 2002 10:24 pm

Post by Benjamin »

27mbps? Who is your ISP? How much do you pay?
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Post by RobertGonzalez »

I am at work right, behind a proxy. We pay a lot, but I think we are either T1 or ISDN (or something fast). I will run the test at home and see what comes up tomorrow.
alex.barylski
DevNet Evangelist
Posts: 6267
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:00 pm
Location: Winnipeg

Post by alex.barylski »

Cool, here's mine :)

Image
User avatar
feyd
Neighborhood Spidermoddy
Posts: 31559
Joined: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:24 pm
Location: Bothell, Washington, USA

Post by feyd »

T1 = 1.5Mbps up and down.
ISDN = 128Kbps up and down.

Since you're in the hot zone, you're likely real close to a T3 mega-pipe. T3 = 45Mbps, fiberoptic.
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Post by RobertGonzalez »

Sorry about that, I had it crooked. I do know out connection is fast. The problem is that all the wired users in the company (about 600 or so) share 1 proxy server to get out. The one benefit for me right now is I am on night shift (last week and this week) so I am not seeing the massive slowdown that happens during the day here.
User avatar
s.dot
Tranquility In Moderation
Posts: 5001
Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:18 pm
Location: Indiana

Post by s.dot »

Image
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.
User avatar
panic!
Forum Regular
Posts: 516
Joined: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:59 am
Location: Brighton, UK

Post by panic! »

Image

slow:(
User avatar
daedalus__
DevNet Resident
Posts: 1925
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:52 pm

Post by daedalus__ »

Image
Image
Image
Image

There is something wrong with them because I ping less than 10 on most CS servers in Seattle from here.

Also, ping better from Australia than London? London is twice as close!!!!!!

>.<
d3ad1ysp0rk
Forum Donator
Posts: 1661
Joined: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:31 pm
Location: Maine, USA

Post by d3ad1ysp0rk »

Image

Yup.. DSL blows.
Post Reply