I was doing some homework tonight and the graphics were loading a tad on the slow side so I decided to test my bandwidth to see how fast my internet connection was. I’ll preface the graphic by saying that I pay for 6Mb/s down and 512kb/s up, but Comcast (I have a cable modem) has a feature called SpeedBoost that kicks your connection into overdrive for the first 20 seconds or so for fast downloads and uploads. Here were my results from speedtest.net :
For you non-geeks out there, that’s 21Mb/s down and 1500kb/s up. 3.5x faster down and 3x faster up than what I pay for. Like I said, these speeds are ony sustained for the first 20-30 seconds, but still. 21Mb/s is DANG fast!
From what I understand, Comcast is going to open the floodgates on bandwidth next year to close to 100Mb/s to compete with Verison’s fiber internet. I can’t wait!
What kinds of speeds are you getting from your ISP? Run the test and comment with who your ISP is and what kind of connection (cable, dsl, dialup -ugh!, AOL -double ugh!) you have.
December 8, 2007 at 5:46 am |
Erik, its 5:30 am on a Saturday morning. I just woke up Adam because I did not know what ISP meant (I’m a major non-geek!) – don’t worry though, he fell right back asleep!
Okay, so here are my results:
download = 2442 kb/s
upload = 430 kb/s
My ISP (internet service provider, in case anyone else doesn’t know
) is AT&T.
We have DSL
So, how did I do?
December 8, 2007 at 7:04 am |
For DSL, that’s pretty good. I’m sure Adam appreciated the wake up!
December 9, 2007 at 3:49 pm |
your lips are moving, but I can’t hear what you’re saying…
December 9, 2007 at 7:48 pm |
Sorry for the geek-speak lor…
December 9, 2007 at 9:32 pm |
Erik, my dear, no need for sorrow – it is your blog, after all…
back at ya
December 10, 2007 at 7:40 am |
In that case –
The RAM on the motherboard is PC4200 ECC DDR2 and has a clock rate of 500Mhz. And I really hate when the SATA HDD gets drive head read errors.
December 10, 2007 at 9:27 am |
is it same to assume that if I put together a bunch of random letters & numbers, I’ll sound like a cool “geekster?”
December 10, 2007 at 6:47 pm |
@ Kelly
Type out some random stuff and I’ll let you know what it means (if anything)…
December 11, 2007 at 8:34 am |
STU STIM PAO 4600 series
December 11, 2007 at 12:49 pm |
Shuttle Terminal Unit
Synchronous Timing Iso Module
Packet Asynchronous Offset
4600 Series
Not bad…
Ok – I lied. All that means nothing.
December 13, 2007 at 8:48 am |
coulda fooled me!
I can see it now…standing in Best Buy asking about the Shuttle Terminal Unit 4600 series!