Your internet connection?

[Scaniabebe]

Oh dear...

 

[MXH]

Can't complain, but it could and should be better.

 

[dhandeh]

Well worth the £10 a month!

 

[Azure Flare]

Not bad.

 

[Dean]

Amazingly, that was done on WiFi...

 

[DQuaN]

Just in case anyone missed this because it totally blew my mind!

This is using 4G. No wifi or broadband involved.

4G on my iphone 5s

It's better than my home broadband!

 

[counter345]

This is my college's broadband speed.

 

[TB]

 

[dhandeh]

@TB, that is insane!

 

[TB]

@TB, that is insane!

I don't know if I really REALLY believe this one or not, but I'd like to!

 

[dhandeh]

That's just showing off.

 

[Enzo_P1_GTR]

just did the test and its only

Download :: 13.9 Mbps 1.7 MB/s

Upload :: 2.9 Mbps 356 kB/s

 

[counter345]

Here's my connection at home:

 

[TB]

In the interest of annoying @dhandeh a bit more, I found an official speedtest server to use.

 

[Bopop4]

I don't know if I really REALLY believe this one or not, but I'd like to!

If you have Star Trek internet, then why is your ping 27?

 

[TB]

If you have Star Trek internet, then why is your ping 27?

Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. Takes a while to get across all that nothingness.

 

[dhandeh]

In the interest of annoying @dhandeh a bit more, I found an official speedtest server to use.

If you weren't a mod, you would be on the ignore list now.

 

[TB]

I'll let Jordan know I quit post haste.

 

[Jordan]

I actually just became eligible for an upgrade to my own cable connection...came in here to chat about it, only to see that, @TB. Oh well, I'm not going to complain, especially reading my rather pitiful OP in this thread. Those memories of dial-up still sting...

@TB, I'm hosting a mini speed test on GTPlanet's server. Give it a try, I'd be interested to see what you get:

https://www.gtplanet.net/assets/speedtest/

 

[TB]

I actually just became eligible for an upgrade to my own cable connection...came in here to chat about it, only to see that, @TB.

Sorry. On the plus side, I'm not paying for it, only benefiting from it. Advantages of working at a college.

@TB, I'm hosting a mini speed test on GTPlanet's server. Give it a try, I'd be interested to see what you get

Upload is pretty consistent but download results are all over the place. The fastest I'm seeing is 145/38 then the very next one is 35/30. Run it again - 75/35 then another 150/38. Also, the download spikes very high and then drops while most other speedtests I've run start low and ramp up. I are confused.

 

[Rallywagon]

Wish this was my home network speed!

But... My speed is a bit more on par with Jordan, 54 d/l, and about 15 u/l.

 

[JoshB1984]

Not bad.

 

[Bopop4]

F+? Oh goody.

How is it that I have a better ping than a lot of people, but inferior download/upload?

 

[Rallywagon]

@Bopop4 Because ping is more like an echo. Your computer shoots out an "echo" packet to the server in Kitchener. That number is the amount of time in milliseconds it takes for at server to receive that signal and send the echo back. This is less about speed, and more about the "traffic" and the way it is handled and routes a packet has to go through to get there and back. This and a higher upload speed is more important to internet gaming then download speeds.

 

[Bopop4]

@Bopop4 Because ping is more like an echo. Your computer shoots out an "echo" packet to the server in Kitchener. That number is the amount of time in milliseconds it takes for at server to receive that signal and send the echo back. This is less about speed, and more about the "traffic" and the way it is handled and routes a packet has to go through to get there and back. This and a higher upload speed is more important to internet gaming then download speeds.

Ah ok, thanks.

So it's basically like I have a better designed/clear highway, but it's only a double lane vs an 8 lane superhighway?

 

[jjjkr20]

I almost forgot to post this, My connection history is >5mb to 20mb to this. I can only hope for gigabit in the future.

 

[SilverFire]

This was taking wirelessly off of my phone through mediacom.

Don't know how good this is though. May vary with the PS3.

 

[SVX]

 

[Crash]

Wow, that's pretty sad.

Edit: A little later when no one else was on the internet.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Decided to do this for the first time. I have no idea what it means and whether it is good or not, but judging by the "C" grade and the other speedtests I'm seeing in this thread, I'd guess it's about average.