How fast is your connection

http://webservices.zdnet.com/zdnet/bandwidth/?tag=zdfd.dir3.speed
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This has been around a bit but it's still useful for those of you wondering how good your Internet connection is. ZDNet has a bandwidth tester that will give you an idea of how good your connection is.

My cable modem is through Comcast and tested at 1.665 megabits per second.

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Cable modem through Adelphia - 802 kbps.

It is slow at night, plus i'm wireless right now. Good enough for me!
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Cable connection through Roadrunner Jackson/Monroe - 2195 kbps

Wondered why SuSE 9 (7 gigs) downloaded so fast!

Now what is my upload??
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Out of interest, how much do you pay for broadband internet in the rest of the world? In the UK, it can cost anywhere from £19/month ($34 converted) to £30/month ($54 converted), for a 512kbps connection. A 2 megabit connection is quite rare over here, with prices ranging from £37/month ($66) for an ISP who uses their own ADSL hardware instead of BT's, to upto around £80 ($143) for some ISPs that use BT's wholesale lines (as most do).
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Forgot to say that upload is mainly only 256kbits, on all speeds of residential ADSL line. Not sure what it is for cable broadband.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
1220kbps off verizon dsl.
I pay 29.95 per month. can't beat that with a stick in this area.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm with Telus High-Speed ADSL. I think its $40 (Canadian) a month, and I clocked at 1.5 megabits.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm with Cox Communications. It costs me $40 a month, but I am getting 4016kbps. I was surprised to see it that fast !!
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://us.mcafee.com/root/genericURL_genericLeftNav.asp?genericURL=/root/speedometer/default.asp&genericLeftNav=/en-us/wrapper/catalog_nav.asp

Another one,see if you can break the needle mines 940k down 256k up
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Here in Montreal, on cable that test showed: 2331 kbps

I don't know exactly how it translate into kb/s, tho as I frequently download at speeds between 450 kb/s and 500 kb/s as my connection is rated at 4 Mbps (upload is capped at 80 kb/s).

Someone mentioned price: 60 bucks canadian/month (unlimited upload and download)
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
2.5 mb per sec on a local wireless company.40 a month
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Currently paying $20 per month to Comcast on a deal we got with them for the next year.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you didn't know, all Comcast users will be upgraded to 3.3mbps (for no additional charge). This should be completed soon; go here http://www.dslreports.com/forum/comcast to see if (or when)you have been upgraded--powercycle your modem.

My speed--3.3mbps down/256kbps up
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
1.2 mbps with cable, but I'm wireless on my laptop right now and I'm limited to that speed anyway. Will have to tru on my desktop another time.Price: 30$ CA (about 23$ US).
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
~ I'm using a cable modem through adelphia and tested at 3.3 megabits per second.
~ I've also tweaked my settings a bit to improve performance.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
~ I also pay $39.99 month and have a home network running between 3 machines. I tested on my main machine.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/results.php

gives you your true Data throughput by removing the packet wrappers and such...
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nomad, you use DrTCP and/or TCP Optimizer? Cause thats what I use.

Go here http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks and here http://www.dslreports.com/tools for the tweak and other tests.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And get DrTCP here: http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp