How fast is your internet connection

by **tzor** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:13 am

I used to bang my head against the wall (and sometimes I still do) with strange and bizzare internet connections. Finally I found this site that does a basic ping/download and upload test. Sure they push their shit, but the basic test is free. I've tried it at work, at home, and best of all, it give you this neat graphic.

So, I've shown mine ... let's see yours. :shock:

by **mviola** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:18 am

How old is your computer, tzor?

by **ManBungalow** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:19 am

Oh, it's one of these threads.

by **tzor** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:23 am

mviola wrote:How old is your computer, tzor?

Less than a year; the Optimum Online cable modem is the problem. (Not just the modem, I think I am on a very crowded segment of the lan that the modem connects to.) I get better results at work with a real internet connection. You're using a university connection so they have good lines to the internet.

by **mviola** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:26 am

That's true, I didn't even think of that. My home is in Westchester County and I have Optimum Online with a similarly aged computer there, so that makes me a little disappointed.

by **iamkoolerthanu** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:28 am

by **alex951** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:52 am

by **HapSmo19** on Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:31 am

Down 26.38
Up 2.57

Why is my upload so slow?

by **Joodoo** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:38 am

Mine must me from the Neanderthal Period:
Download:9.80
Upload:1.35

by **AAFitz** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:20 am

ff

Explorer

Explorer seems a tad faster, though irrelevant for clickies

by **natty dread** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:26 am

by **jleonnn** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:42 am

lol... mine depends on whether the wire is plugged in... but I recall one time when suddenly the internet stopped working... I could go to all sites but CC

by **Joodoo** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:46 am

I'm actually interested in seeing the internet connections of typical freestyle speed game players. They must have insanely good internet connection but I'm curious to know how high it can get.

by **AAFitz** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:21 am

Joodoo wrote:I'm actually interested in seeing the internet connections of typical freestyle speed game players. They must have insanely good internet connection but I'm curious to know how high it can get.

that 68 56 at the top seems like a contender

by **Joodoo** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:30 am

AAFitz wrote:
Joodoo wrote:I'm actually interested in seeing the internet connections of typical freestyle speed game players. They must have insanely good internet connection but I'm curious to know how high it can get.

that 68 56 at the top seems like a contender

Too bad he doesn't have premium...yet :twisted:

by **jleonnn** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:38 am

when you get yours buy me some

by **mviola** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:53 am

University of Michigan apparently has really good Internet service. And jleon if I ever got it, I'd consider getting it for you.

I'm not paying for both..

by **tzor** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:18 am

Here is my work comnnection, boy is it hot.

Actually, I think you need to check the ping test to really check the connections necessary for real speed games; the data throughput isn't all that excessive but the ping speed (the time for a packet to get to your computer and back) is critical.

by **jleonnn** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:02 am

mviola wrote:University of Michigan apparently has really good Internet service. And jleon if I ever got it, I'd consider getting it for you. I'm not paying for both..

thnx

Now I have some hope

And Ping, IPS... I'm not really a techno-freak

by **natty dread** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:05 am

Ping? Pong!

by **targetman377** on Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:09 am

now at home it is

by **jleonnn** on Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:37 am

My com is not a dinosaur

by **nietzsche** on Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:38 am

Mine sucks

by **Timminz** on Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:48 am

So what are you guys (the ones with crazy fast internet) getting for actual download speeds (say torrents)? I'm on a 10MBit connection at home, and I was astounded the other day to see something downloading at just above 1.5 Mb/s. That's almost double the previous fastest torrent I had ever seen.