I was just curious as to what type of connections everyone uses. I think that the majority have broadband connections, but I am not sure. I know most of the 56 kers, but I am not sure who has cable and who has DSL. Also, if you would, let me know if you like what you are using. As everyone knows, I HATE 56 K, but it is my only option... well, I guess I could move out of the boonies...
Actually, the Adelphia cable folks have been running lines around here, and I am hoping for a cable connection.

Cable Rules!

I have cable....adelphia. They are pretty decent....but the upload speed is kinda low...I get about 132kb up....ugh. At least compared to Cox, thinks they get 250+...My friend has them in phoenix...wish I had that.

I couldn't stand going back to 56k....ugh...

I hear dsl and satellite are good, but up speeds are about the same or a little better than 56k....

to check your speed goto:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Here are my Results: 1.4 megabits per second

Your raw speed was 1447054.01 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications: 1.4 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage: 176.6 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download: 5.8 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating: Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic

UPLOAD TEST:
Form Based Upstream Test: 183.3 kilobits per second

Your raw speed was 183348.25 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications: 183.3 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage: 22.4 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file upload: 45.8 seconds
The time it would take you to upload a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Herm, what is their policy on servers?

N6NU

PacBell DSL, now SBCYahoo. 1.1 MBit down, but only 128Kbit up.

The policy on servers when I got it was that they were expressly forbidden. I don't know what they are now. I can't imagine they would still be against the rules.




Here is a copy of the results I got running the test:

Downstream test results were as follows:

Details

Your raw speed was 1767532.1 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

1.8 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

215.8 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

4.7 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic


Upstream test results were as follows:
Details

Your raw speed was 288045.01 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

288 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

35.2 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file upload

29.1 seconds
The time it would take you to upload a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

ok cable here love it
the cable company still frowns on servers at least mine does had a few problems and forgot to shut ours down when the tech got here he frowned at me when told what it was running oh well they can bite my bumm they don't pay our bill so we should be allowed to do whatever we want :D

where can i go to check all my speed and stuff i see herm and bigi did theirs and i would like to know what ours is

thanx
hotts

Ok i did mine just like my vid card thought i would post it to cheer the gang up well except those on dail up think it's still better then theres maybe, its cable by the way
Details
Download test
Your raw speed was 141362.24 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

141.4 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

17.3 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

59.3 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is below average
not bad really as i am on a 150kb connection and i did run this test with the forum on an open page and aim running


Upload test

Details

Your raw speed was 32559.62 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

32.6 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

4 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file upload

4.3 minutes
The time it would take you to upload a 1 megabyte file at this speed.




P.S they dont bother about you running a server yea i know at this speed it doesnt matter but you can get 600kb and 1mb connection and on the 1mb i think a server would be ok am going to get 600 after christmas will let you know then about servers running on that speed

Cable

ok guys just ran the test found the link bigi left after darkmatter pointed it out i ran it twice once with the server on and once with it off
downstream
results with the server on is
raw speed 2848367.82bits per second
communications 2.8 mb
storage 347.7 kb
1mb file download 2.9 seconds


now without the server running
results
raw speed 2900035.11bits
communications 2.9mb
storage 354 kb
1mb file download 2.9 seconds
over all worlwide fantastic

upstream
server off
176096.3 bits
communications 176.1 kb
storage 21.5kb
1mb file upload 47.6

server on upstream test
raw speed 168144.5bits
communications 168.1 kb
storage 20.5
1mb fileupload 49.9 seconds


let me know if these are good or not

hotts

My results...
40 kilobits per second
Your raw speed was 40030.3 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

40 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

4.9 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

3.5 minutes
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is poor

And this is on a morning when I connected at 45.3... I never get a connection that good. Most times I connect at 38 to 40 Kbps.

I guess I should not complain... Considering the phone lines around here were put up in the jurassic era.

LMAO Jarg!!! :lol:

Damn you cable folks have some fast connections! I thought DSL was supposed to be much faster. Lemme try that test.

mah what was your scores just wondering you didn't post

hotts

DSL is supposed to be more stable too!!!..ie. the speed does'nt fluctuate like cable does , so I've heard ....

Tri