my bandwidth speed

**danger boy** · 03-01-2005 07:11 AM

I went to Cnet.com and checked my bandwidth speed. here are the results. where it says. YOU in red. that is my speed at home.

**faster100** · 03-01-2005 07:41 AM

Heres mine, been wondering where another site to test bandwidth was..
edit: don't hit refresh to redo the test, it will increase your reading, use the back button and redo... I hit refresh after i did this test and it went to crazy speeds...

**steveinaz** · 03-01-2005 07:45 AM

Mine was 3,445 kbps. (Cox internet cable).

**danger boy** · 03-01-2005 08:23 AM

would the speed of your connection also have to do with your RAM and processsor speed? more RAM and faster processor will increase your speed?

with two computer running WinXP

computer 1 1.7gig P4 and 512MB RAM
computer 2. 2.8gig AMD Athlon w/512MB RAM

will both have the same speed measured?

I know one can PROCESS faster than the other. but is the connection speed the same for this test?

**nadams** · 03-01-2005 08:54 AM

danger boy- it really depends on how big the difference is. If you have too slow of a computer then it's probably not going to be able to handle all that traffic as efficiently as a faster one would. However, with your two computers, I don't think you'd see much of a difference.

FWIW, here's another speed test site- http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

You can only run 3 tests per IP per month, but I like it because they have a number of servers around the country, not just in CA like DSLreports. Haven't tried the cnet test yet... will try now...

**nadams** · 03-01-2005 08:59 AM

Just to show you, I got 1332.5 from cnet, and 2.9mbit from bandwidthplace, within a minute of each other.

The reason speeds will go up if you refresh is because they actually use an image file to monitor the bandwidth. If you hit refresh, your computer already has that image file cached, so it reads it off your HD instead of off the internet...

give www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ a shot... their servers appear to be less busy.. or at least closer to PA. :)

**danger boy** · 03-01-2005 09:03 AM

i didn't refresh on my test. it was a one time only test. early in the day without much traffic I would assume.

**Pauly** · 03-01-2005 09:19 AM

another

http://www.abeltronica.com/velocimet...=uk&newlang=uk

**nadams** · 03-01-2005 09:36 AM

Originally posted by danger boy
i didn't refresh on my test. it was a one time only test. early in the day without much traffic I would assume.

I was actually commenting on faster100's edit about refreshing.

Isn't broadband a wonderful thing, guys? I could never go back to dialup...

**faster100** · 03-01-2005 10:43 AM

thats where i usually test, bandwidthplace.com

I must have a pretty good pipe,

4.5 megabits per second

Communications 4.5 megabits per second
Storage 553.5 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 1.9 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

**Airplay355** · 03-01-2005 10:58 AM

3784.8 kbps cablevision optimum online

**Airplay355** · 03-01-2005 10:59 AM

then i went and checked at badnwitdh place.com or whatever and look what i came up with

9.4 megabits per second

Communications 9.4 megabits per second
Storage 1.1 megabytes per second
1MB file download 0.9 seconds
Subjective rating Unbelievable

**Sami** · 03-01-2005 11:02 AM

www.pcpitstop.com report for my line at home:

Bandwidth Down 15065 Kbits/sec
Bandwidth Up 1863 Kbits/sec
Average Ping 4 ms
Ping Loss 0%

Real download times, for single download the best I got was from Ubisoft, 8Mbits/s. Multiple downloads from Fedora site, 18Mbits/s. The best part really is the upload, I can now share files.

Fiber is good, especially considering mine is $45 a month.

**nadams** · 03-01-2005 11:09 AM

Airplay- I thought that bandwidthplace.com was capped at 8mbit... guess yours snuck through. Either that, or something is skewed there... What's your line supposed to be? mines supposed to be 3.5mbit, so my 2.9 is pretty decent considering it's during the day and there are 3 other computers on right now.

Sami- You suck.

**maggiefan** · 03-01-2005 02:40 PM

Here's another one you guys might want to check out, it checks download and upload speeds and has other tests too, open ports, etc. and forums.

http://chi.speakeasy.net/

**faster100** · 03-01-2005 04:54 PM

If you had 9 mega bits you would have a T1 or T3 pipe which costs a grand a month or what ever:D

that's pretty high, ours was 3 megabits, and bright house just announced our bandwidth has increased so i dunno

**Strong Bad** · 03-01-2005 08:17 PM

Mine from Broadband Reports:

2005-03-01 20:24:37 EST: 3940 / 345
Your download speed : 4035238 bps, or 3940 kbps.
A 492.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 354107 bps, or 345 kbps.

Broadband internet RULES!!! Whats dialup?

John

**Airplay355** · 03-01-2005 08:39 PM

i have optimum online. all i did was go there, no refreshing or anything. its not a T3 or anything just a regular $30 a month broadband connection. it is pretty fast tho huh :)

**beardog03** · 03-01-2005 09:04 PM

i was gonna ask if 2.3 was good...

never mind...**walks away kicking rocks***

2005-03-01 22:55:29 EST: 2398 / 425
Your download speed : 2455884 bps, or 2398 kbps.
A 299.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 435413 bps, or 425 kbps.

**mantis** · 03-01-2005 10:37 PM

4.1 megabits per second

Communications 4.1 megabits per second
Storage 502.5 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

Thats my speed

**Toxis** · 03-02-2005 02:19 AM

4035.6 Kbps

**sujith34** · 05-30-2011 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by danger boy

I went to Cnet.com and checked my bandwidth speed. here are the results. where it says. YOU in red. that is my speed at home.

check the speed here. try it. i think this site http://www.scanmyspeed.com/ shows you the correct result of your bandwidth.

**jmwest1970** · 05-30-2011 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by sujith34

check the speed here. try it. i think this site http://www.scanmyspeed.com/ shows you the correct result of your bandwidth.

FWIW, this is a 6 year old thread. Also, the site you suggested sucks! It's nowhere close to correct.

**mdaudioguy** · 05-30-2011 09:14 AM

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