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07/17/2004 08:53:30 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by KarenB:
I hope this poll will be up for a while as it might take those with dial up modems a while to download the page and see there is a poll! :P
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:P
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07/17/2004 09:00:38 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by KarenB:
I hope this poll will be up for a while as it might take those with dial up modems a while to download the page and see there is a poll! :P
(joking of course! hehe) |
Hahahaha... VDSL for me, the whole city is connected to broadband, less than $10 per month :D sweeeeeet |
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07/17/2004 09:02:37 PM · #28 |
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07/17/2004 09:48:31 PM · #29 |
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07/17/2004 09:59:02 PM · #30 |
One of the good things about living in Japan is the internet connection, I run a Fiber Optic line at 100mb/s but before you all say WOW it is not as fast as you would think, for example the fastest speed I have actually downloaded from 'microsoft' is 5.6mb/s that is actually 5.6 megabytes every second but most site have bandwidth restriction and so having such a fast line say, ... over 5mb/s is pretty much a waste of time because 99% of websites will not load faster than that. I feel for dail-up users but at the end of the day at least they can still connect. the best thing about running fiber is the networking system i run from home has 4 PC's on it and they can all connect at the same time and there is no drop in speed at all.
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07/17/2004 10:15:51 PM · #31 |
I have cable, and I LOVE it!
-Danielle
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07/17/2004 10:24:00 PM · #32 |
Are you all talking about advertised speeds or actual speeds? How about running a little test to see how fast your graphics are really downloading? I just tested my download speed at 2.73 mbps, and I'm pretty sure that is better than the speeds I see over the T1 lines at work. If you're interested, click the link below. Once at the site, choose large image, select a free test server near you (closest geographically), and then click run test at the bottom. Afterwards come back here and tell us how fast your downloads are.
Click here to take the test |
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07/17/2004 10:24:45 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by alionic:
the fastest speed I have actually downloaded from 'microsoft' is 5.6mb/s that is actually 5.6 megabytes |
For all our benefit, funny thing about internet connection speeds, they are measured in megabits (Mb), Internet Explorer shows speeds in megabytes (MB).
A megabyte is 8 times a megabit. So, a 100 megabit per second (Mb/s) connection is about 12.5 megabytes per second (MB/s).
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07/17/2004 10:33:23 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by wwwavenger:
Originally posted by alionic:
the fastest speed I have actually downloaded from 'microsoft' is 5.6mb/s that is actually 5.6 megabytes |
For all our benefit, funny thing about internet connection speeds, they are measured in megabits (Mb), Internet Explorer shows speeds in megabytes (MB).
A megabyte is 8 times a megabit. So, a 100 megabit per second (Mb/s) connection is about 12.5 megabytes per second (MB/s). |
And mb would technically mean millibits. That's slow!
-Terry
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07/17/2004 10:33:54 PM · #35 |
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07/18/2004 12:02:47 AM · #36 |
I had to vote ADSL/Cable, but don't have either; it is the closest to the wireless connection I have.
David
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07/18/2004 12:10:59 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by KarenB:
I hope this poll will be up for a while as it might take those with dial up modems a while to download the page and see there is a poll! :P
(joking of course! hehe) |
Well I know it is a joke but its kinda true, my brother in law is on 28.8 unrealiable dial up and simply cannot upload large files if he needs to validate, last time he uploaded from my connection so he could have it validated.
It takes him 1 hour to vote for 13 photos now that is dedication!
Bob
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07/18/2004 12:14:21 AM · #38 |
Connection Speed Poll?
Funny you should ask! Just went from 40k dial-up to cable 3 days ago, and have gotten to vote two challenges on one week!
Yippee! |
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07/18/2004 02:53:48 AM · #39 |
just downloaded 20mb file in 10 secs, there is a pic on my profile. allthough not super fast it is far from slow too.
Message edited by author 2004-07-18 02:58:44.
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07/18/2004 08:53:03 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by alionic:
just downloaded 20mb file in 10 secs, there is a pic on my profile. allthough not super fast it is far from slow too. |
Nice Matrix wallpaper. :-)
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07/18/2004 12:39:15 PM · #41 |
I think we have 100Mbit fiber at my work. That's where I usually browse this web so I selected T1... But I only have 512kbit ADSL at home =/
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07/18/2004 01:47:01 PM · #42 |
That link did not have my host on it (Comcast), so I used this one instead.
Here are the results:
Download Speed 1537 Kilobits/second
Download Test Size 1204 KBytes
Download Time 6.269 seconds
-Danielle
Originally posted by JiaBob:
Are you all talking about advertised speeds or actual speeds? How about running a little test to see how fast your graphics are really downloading? I just tested my download speed at 2.73 mbps, and I'm pretty sure that is better than the speeds I see over the T1 lines at work. If you're interested, click the link below. Once at the site, choose large image, select a free test server near you (closest geographically), and then click run test at the bottom. Afterwards come back here and tell us how fast your downloads are.
Click here to take the test |
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07/18/2004 04:14:18 PM · #43 |
A few years ago when I was a postgrad I got to test out the superJANET II academic backbone in the UK. Was able to get pretty much the entire bandwidth to myself and was doing downloads from London to Glasgow at 155MBit/s - was quite fast way to get the latest Linux releases...
Can we have an OC-3 option on the poll please ?
Message edited by author 2004-07-18 18:31:20.
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07/18/2004 04:39:53 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by Gurilla:
Originally posted by KarenB:
I hope this poll will be up for a while as it might take those with dial up modems a while to download the page and see there is a poll! :P
(joking of course! hehe) |
Well I know it is a joke but its kinda true, my brother in law is on 28.8 unrealiable dial up and simply cannot upload large files if he needs to validate, last time he uploaded from my connection so he could have it validated.
It takes him 1 hour to vote for 13 photos now that is dedication!
Bob |
Mine is usually a little faster than 28.8 (right now it is 45.3, but is usually in the high 30's). I timed myself one time on one of the challenges and it would take me around 8 hours just to download each picture to vote on. Then, looking at it for a second or two ;-P, clicking my number, waiting for the next one. ugh. Fortunately, I got dpc unblocked at work last week, so now can vote faster.
The most annoying thing for us right now, is that nothing else will work. We don't get cable in our neighborhood. The mountain in the backyard makes satellite impractical, and we are over 18,000 feet from the nearest dsl slick. So, molasses.net it is . . . .for now. :-)
(Could be worse, I guess. I could still have to send messages with smoke signals.)
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07/18/2004 05:39:33 PM · #45 |
I, unfortunately, live in an area where the only high speed available costs $99 a month. They have been promising us cable for two years but nothing yet.
I'm usually on at 28.8 and occasionally 31.2. WOOT!
For this reason I seldom vote on a challange unless I have an entry in it. But I do try to comment as often as possible. |
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07/18/2004 05:54:06 PM · #46 |
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07/18/2004 05:56:35 PM · #47 |
| I have a connection that is faster than T1. I have a 5mbs down & 1mbs up cable connection |
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07/18/2004 06:02:40 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by drz01:
I have a connection that is faster than T1. I have a 5mbs down & 1mbs up cable connection |
At your house? And if so, what provider and where?
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07/18/2004 06:35:57 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by langdon:
Originally posted by drz01:
I have a connection that is faster than T1. I have a 5mbs down & 1mbs up cable connection |
At your house? And if so, what provider and where? |
Most cable companies will provide you with service like this.
My connection is a 3Mbs download connection, in my house, through Time Warner/ Road Runner. All you have to do is be willing to pay enough.
E.g., from faypek's link to toast.net, my download performance is 3153 Kb/sec
Message edited by author 2004-07-18 20:56:18.
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07/18/2004 07:40:08 PM · #50 |
has anyone heard of this test site its very good
dsl reports
They have tests and tweaking tools available my result here from japan to USA (not the best way to test) 3899 down 950 up from megapath
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