Anybody know anything about Internet speeds??

[shamrock]

evidently verizon offers 2 different dsl speeds. I paid roughly 16 dollars a month for years. I heard they had a faster speed for 30/a month. Paid the extra, don't notice anything faster at all.

They have this info speed test, my system rates:
around

1025Kbits /125Kbytes what ever this means. My question is: is there any sense staying with the more expensive package?


Thanks
Shamrock

 

[MadJack]

here are my results. don't know if they're good or bad.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 20299 kbps (2537.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1794 kbps (224.3 KB/sec transfer rate)


i tested it here:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

i'm assuming that my connection is a hellava lot faster than yours, shamrock :shrug:

 

[IE]

just did the same test at that site
here is mine:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 12662 kbps (1582.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 953 kbps (119.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

not sure if its good or not:shrug:

 

[IE]

Speed Test ? About Broadband Speed
Here's some information to help you understand your results.

There are a lot of things that factor into your speed test results. Download and upload speeds, backbones, networks, latency, ping times, and DNS servers.

Download
Download is a measure of how fast your connection delivers content to your computer or local area network.

Upload
Upload is the measure of how fast content is delivered from your computer or local area network to others on the Internet.

To achieve optimal delivery of T1 or SDSL services, download and upload speed should match or at least be very close. This is very important for applications like VoIP, email, on-line gaming and other interactive programs. Upload speed is even more important if you are operating an email, web or file server at your location.

Kbps
Kbps transfer rate = kilobit per second transfer rate. There are 8 bits in a byte, so we would divide kbps by 8 to get KB/sec transfer rate.

 

[RollTide72]

Damn, awfully slow here at work :shrug:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 976 kbps (122 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 254 kbps (31.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[Mags]

Funny this is brought up - but I just upgraded mine today (primarily to get 24 hour turnaround during outages, as I work from home). I was out beginning Saturday - and they told me it would take 10 days to fix it - it ended up being 3 days, but still.....

Here is what I have:

File size transferred : 1.04 MB (1090681 bytes)
Total time taken : 0.75 seconds (748 milliseconds)
Throughput : 1458.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 1.46 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 11664.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 11.66 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

This is considered 15MB service (up to 15MB download speed, 2 MB upload speed).

I had regular residental service of 7MB download, 512KB upload speed. I can tell you that I can certainly tell a difference. It was well worth it for me - although it is only $15 more a month here.

AND I get 24 hour turnaround on outages - whcih is the critical part for me...

 

[qwas789]

To answer your question you would probably only notice the difference if you download larger files, like porn movies or what not. Normal browsing will show minimal if any differences.

 

[Ravenous]

It may also have something to do with your computer. If the computer can only handle X Kb/s, it really doesn't matter if your modem can give you 100X Kb/s. The entire system will only move as quickly as the slowest component in the chain.

 

[RollTide72]

Damn, awfully slow here at work :shrug:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 976 kbps (122 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 254 kbps (31.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Different story at home:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 10468 kbps (1308.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 952 kbps (119 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[SixFive]

Download Speed: 3472 kbps (434 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 947 kbps (118.4 KB/sec transfer rate)


this is way too slow for a cable modem...

wonder what's up?

 

[77sticks]

evidently verizon offers 2 different dsl speeds. I paid roughly 16 dollars a month for years. I heard they had a faster speed for 30/a month. Paid the extra, don't notice anything faster at all.

They have this info speed test, my system rates:
around

1025Kbits /125Kbytes what ever this means. My question is: is there any sense staying with the more expensive package?


Thanks
Shamrock

That is your download/upload speed. I would not buy the more expensive package. If anything, I would make sure where they dropped in the DSL line is the best output spot in the house. Def check it out if you are using a router and having multiple connections throughout the place. The companies can check to see the output of each connection.