Internet speed tests (again)

[10010011]

That web link is way cool
Why not try a trace to Europe and see how fast it is
My upload is consistently in the 350 +/-, download varies a bit

 

[mtrycrafts]

Most ISP's rate their speed in bits per second (kilobits or megabits).

Since network traffic is a serial data stream, IMHO this is the proper way to measure it, as the physical data is being sent and received one bit at a time.

What does that latency time tells me? How relevant is it since I have seen it very small for a station far away and much higher for closer stations?

 

[MDS]

So, how does that byte abbreviation would look on such a test page? And, the cable service rating is in bits or bytes?

Network communication speeds are always bits per second because it is a serial data stream as 10010011 said. If you mean bytes per second you use a capital B; a lowercase b means bits per second.

I've seen Time Warner commercials where the actor says 'blinding 10 Megabytes per second downloads'. 10 MB/s would be 80 mb/s (megabits) per second and that is impossible with a cable modem.

If you look at the results that are 'high speed' (generally considered to be anything over 1 mbps) they show thousands of kilobits per second. Since there are 1000 thousand in a million, 6000 kbps (or kb/s) is 6 mbps (or mb/s).

 

[Hi Ho]

10 MB/s would be 80 mb/s (megabits) per second and that is impossible with a cable modem.

They're working on it: Certification testing for 100Mbps cable modems begins, 2008 rollout eyed

 

[Davemcc]

This is my laptop on my wireless home network.

 

[10010011]

What does that latency time tells me? How relevant is it since I have seen it very small for a station far away and much higher for closer stations?

Latency is the time it takes for one packet to travel to the server and back.

This has some effect on bandwidth but it is not directly tied to bandwidth.

So closer servers (usually) are lower latency but this can also be effected by many things like server load, network congestion, bad routers dropping packets, etc...

 

[sparky77]

Internet speed

5716kb/s out of a possible 12223 download, and 345kb/s out of a possible 1023. Which really isn't too bad considering my router automatically splits the speed available to reserve enough bandwitdth for work operations. And, people think North Dakota is behind in technology.

 

[Gasman]

So, how does that byte abbreviation would look on such a test page? And, the cable service rating is in bits or bytes?

LOL, it's not a toy that I just found. LOL, I've been using it for years.
There are some others, but this is one of the more consistent ones.

You can see the tests in bits, bytes, megabits, and megabytes. Just go to the test page, and click on my results, then choose what format you want to see your results in.
It also stores all of your tests, (so you can do an average)

 

[mtrycrafts]

LOL, it's not a toy that I just found. LOL, I've been using it for years.
There are some others, but this is one of the more consistent ones.

You can see the tests in bits, bytes, megabits, and megabytes. Just go to the test page, and click on my results, then choose what format you want to see your results in.
It also stores all of your tests, (so you can do an average)

Of course it is a toy. It doesn't help me order some HD dvds, enjoy music more, but it surely is fun to play with how fast the connections are to different parts of the world. Yes, I finally found that bite/byte box and see the different abbreviations.

Since you have played with this for a long time, you should have shared it with us sooner, thanks.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Latency is the time it takes for one packet to travel to the server and back.

This has some effect on bandwidth but it is not directly tied to bandwidth.

So closer servers (usually) are lower latency but this can also be effected by many things like server load, network congestion, bad routers dropping packets, etc...

Thanks. I asked because on the trials I did, it didn't appear to be a consistent indicator of distance and speed.

 

[mike c]

at work

 

[jonnythan]

8637 kbps down
767 kbps up

 

[annunaki]

At work:
Down-2950 kbp/s
Up-706 kbp/s

 

[Gasman]

Of course it is a toy. It doesn't help me order some HD dvds, enjoy music more, but it surely is fun to play with how fast the connections are to different parts of the world. Yes, I finally found that bite/byte box and see the different abbreviations.

Since you have played with this for a long time, you should have shared it with us sooner, thanks.

Actually it does help, if you think of it as checking that your speed is fats.
Think of an online auction, and how fast you can enter a bid / compared to the fellow that can only get in 1 bid in the last 3 minutes of a auction (due to slow dial-up access).

Yeah, look at my join date, how long have I been able to share these places with you fellows. (sheesh)

But fear not, I have many more. (see screenshot, that is all the misc. crap I have not filed for the last year).

For all the speedtests on the net (or rather most of them), go here (about a 1/4 of the way down, you will see all the links) - http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

Anyhow, I will start another easy to do test in another thread...

 

[Audioholics]

Not bad I guess...

 

[Audioholics]

10 more posts and I'll no longer be an Audioholic Chef.

You cooking something for us until then?

 

[Matt34]

at work

Mike, I'm going to bet my work is probably as slow as yours. Give me a few and I'll post up.

 

[mike c]

Mike, I'm going to bet my work is probably as slow as yours. Give me a few and I'll post up.

it actually doesn't feel that slow.

e.g. I can do an actual of 200kbps download at home, at work it's 100kbps max.

hmmm.

 

[Matt34]

I can't do it at work. I need a updated version of flash and we can't download anything onto these computers so I'm SOL.

 

[Solid-State]

LOL This is my last post so I can post images... forum security...

doh I can't post my speedtest.net results png.
don I can't post URL either


9818 kb/s 899 kb/s 33 ms Vancouver ~ 50 mi

Solid-State