why isn't there an Internet Connection Speed poll?

[shiyan]

Why doesn't someone make a poll for the speed of everyone's internet access?

we could for example use the CNET bandwidth meter, or just have categories like dial up, isdn, dsl, cable, satellite, T1, T3 etc...

what do you think?

anyway... this is what I get at my university room: 1382kps

no p2p allowed though, and I think the upload speed is same as download speed :eek:

cable at home is roughly 700~800kps, but upload speed is limited.

adsl at parents office is roughly 300~400kps, also upload speed limited.

http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/bandwidth.jpg

that's an OS X theme you're seeing...

[Chris]

We havent had a poll but we did have a thread wree everyone listed and showed screen shots of there speed tests. The thread had a title something like "who has the pimpest internet connection" or something along those lines.



:)

[shiyan]

I'll go look for it then.

[Beast Of Blight]

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/speed.gif


I had a few downloads and an upload going when the test was going, so I'm a bit faster than this.

[su root]

There have been lots of these threads in the past, including a few polls on speed and connectivity.

http://ocimg.blackpacket.net/bandwidth.gif
No idea what anyone else on my network was doing, but my comp was idle. That's about average speeds for me.

EDIT: I'm using Cogeco Cable

[shiyan]

some amazing speeds I see! what kind of connections are you guys using?

where is the webpage you guys are showing?

edit:

thanks for the link mbentley!

this is testing using that page:

http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/bandwidth2.jpg

upload seems a bit low.

[mbentley]

here is mine (from dsl reports (http://www.dslreports.com/stest)):

http://www.mbentley.net/forums/oc/networking_internet/bandwidth.png

this is my high quality comcast cable... they say it's 1.6 down, 256 up...

[Beast Of Blight]

I use roadrunner cable broadband.

[pik4chu]

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA :eek: :eek:
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/users/jenkins/files/speed.GIF :D

ahahahhahahahhhhaaaaaa.. this was last night at about 9:00PM MST :)

[Beast Of Blight]

Originally posted by pik4chu
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA :eek: :eek:
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/users/jenkins/files/speed.GIF :D

ahahahhahahahhhhaaaaaa.. this was last night at about 9:00PM MST :)


*sniff sniff*

I smell photoshop.

*sniff*


Hrm... maybe windows error.

[pik4chu]

nope that wasnt photoshop.. it really was 25megs it really was about 2 seconds.. and we dont have a clue how it did that.

[Beast Of Blight]

Originally posted by pik4chu
nope that wasnt photoshop.. it really was 25megs it really was about 2 seconds.. and we dont have a clue how it did that.


Sure ;)

*I* believe you. ;)

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by Beast Of Blight



Sure ;)

*I* believe you. ;)

gee thanks for your support :p

*edit* I think there may be something going on here... this is from bandwidthplace.com (dslreports isnt working for me atm, will try that later)

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/users/jenkins/files/speed2 copy.jpg

I mean....thats not even possible, wtf. lol

[USAPGAPRO]

wow. is all I have to say.

[Beast Of Blight]

Originally posted by pik4chu


gee thanks for your support :p

*edit* I think there may be something going on here... this is from bandwidthplace.com (dslreports isnt working for me atm, will try that later)

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/users/jenkins/files/speed2 copy.jpg

I mean....thats not even possible, wtf. lol


www.broadbandreports.com


use their test

[su root]

Pfft. Fake download speeds are easy:
http://ocimg.blackpacket.net/fake_download.gif
Those aren't even a challenge to fake. (that one's real, no photochopping). I can also fake dslreports speed reports too.. I just don't see the point.. wow.. fast.. :rolleyes:

[Beast Of Blight]

Originally posted by su root
Pfft. Fake download speeds are easy:
http://oberon.zapto.org/img/fake_download.gif
Those aren't even a challenge to fake. (that one's real, no photochopping). I can also fake dslreports speed reports too.. I just don't see the point.. wow.. fast.. :rolleyes:



Oh yeah, I know now. Duh, brainfart. Easy breezy :)

[Cjwinnit]

Originally posted by su root
I can also fake dslreports speed reports too.. I just don't see the point.. wow.. fast.. :rolleyes:

Pray tell how you did it. Proxy server? the "9.4..MB/s" sounds a lot like the practical limit of a 100Mbps LAN...

[shiyan]

cool. when I use a local (Belgium) internet speed tester, I get much higher results.

http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/bandwidth3.jpg

roughly triples both upload and download speed.

[KraziKid]

I'm too lazy to do a speed test, but my downstream is 10 mbps and upstream is 1 mbps. Anyone on Optimum Online in the NY, NJ, CT area can confirm.

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by su root
Pfft. Fake download speeds are easy:
http://oberon.zapto.org/img/fake_download.gif
Those aren't even a challenge to fake. (that one's real, no photochopping). I can also fake dslreports speed reports too.. I just don't see the point.. wow.. fast.. :rolleyes:

I know its easy to fake.. if I felt like it I would, but those two are honest to god legit, tested again an hour later and it showed a much mear realistic speed. so I dunno. But I did download a 25 meg file in 2 secs last night.

And thats the problem with the internet, its so easy to fake stuff no one believes anything anymore.

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by Cjwinnit


Pray tell how you did it. Proxy server? the "9.4..MB/s" sounds a lot like the practical limit of a 100Mbps LAN...

all you gotta do is get the script that allows you to measure BW, set it up locally, and run the test ;)

[JDXNC]

I won't bother showing my pitiful 56k(ahem 44ish k) connection :rolleyes:

But my friend has cable and there's very few people on the line thats in his neighbourhood, this is is average speed:

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/wowie.jpg

BTW... I cannot get DSL because my frikin telco is in court with AT&T over line ownership crap.... I just found that out today after calling them constantly for the past year :mad:

[axlecrusher]

Gotta love campus networks...

http://www.jdw.dynu.com/images/bandwidth.jpg

It could probably be better but for some reason the network connection is limited to 10Mb/s :(.

Axle

[john240sx]

i once tested my cable at well over 6Mbit. that was right after comcast took over AT&TBI and they were messing with the lines, upload stayed at 256Kbit though.

my normal speed hovers between 1.7 and 1.8Mbit (anyone on comcast cable should have the same bandwidth).

[su root]

Originally posted by Cjwinnit
Pray tell how you did it. Proxy server? the "9.4..MB/s" sounds a lot like the practical limit of a 100Mbps LAN...
Well, it's very simple. I download that file from ftp.redhat.com. That's it. As far as my browser knows, that's exactly what's happening.

I just fooled it into thinking that ftp.redhat.com is "localhost". In my hosts file, I redirected the website ftp.redhat.com to localhost. That way, when my browser requests the file when I click the link, it just connects to the webserver I have running. For the file, I just found a file with a similar file size, renamed it, and created the exact same path, and put the file there. The download screen behind it was a nice touch, that was downloaded before I switched ftp.redhat.com to localhost, and was used to start the download.

The speed is just a co-incidence that it was approx. a LAN speed. The reason it took so long (should be about 30MB/s) is because I accidentally saved it to my H: drive, so internet explorer downloaded it to my C: drive, and then moved it to my H: drive :( Also, I used a file that couldn't be compressed.. had I used a 690mb empty file, it would have gone at light speed if it was moving between harddrives on different chains.

Simple, huh?

Try this one, it's even easier:
http://ocimg.blackpacket.net/fake_dslreports.gif
Answer=my squid proxy. Just do the test twice, it uses the same data, so it doesn't re-download it

[Penguin4x4]

We seniors COULD make a poll but we're only allowed 4 selection boxes, :cry: :beer:

[unreal]

lol nice pic in the background,, lol yeah ussually my speed dload is 300k, and upload only 15

[shiyan]

Originally posted by unreal
lol nice pic in the background,, lol yeah ussually my speed dload is 300k, and upload only 15

you can see my bootscreen, logon screen, desktop here (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2163405#post2163405)

as for that particular desktop: I've uploaded to my webserver here (http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0324684/1024LaetitiaCasta82.jpg)

[Koranuso]

where can i get a speed checker? i couldnt find it on cnet

[shiyan]

cnet bandwidth meter (http://dw.com.com/redir?lop=cnetfd.dir&destcat=ws_band&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwebservices%2Ecnet%2Ecom%2FBa ndwidth%2F)

dsl report (http://www.dslreports.com/stest)

[RED Hot Machine]

If someone wants to come up with some suggests for the categories on the poll I may put one up.


<56k
56k
ISDN
>256
>512
>1024
>2048

[su root]

Originally posted by RED Hot Machine
If someone wants to come up with some suggests for the categories on the poll I may put one up.

I had one going a little while ago, but it fell off the first page into the pit of archives that no one looks through:

Internet Connection Speed Poll (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213907)

[Krusty]

Originally posted by axlecrusher
Gotta love campus networks...

http://www.jdw.dynu.com/images/bandwidth.jpg

It could probably be better but for some reason the network connection is limited to 10Mb/s :(.

Axle

psh:rolleyes: You think that's good?

Check out MY campus network

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/krustybw.gif

And no, that is not faked in any way whatsoever.