Must go faster…
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.
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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?
For DSL, that’s pretty good. I’m sure Adam appreciated the wake up!
your lips are moving, but I can’t hear what you’re saying…
Sorry for the geek-speak lor…
Erik, my dear, no need for sorrow - it is your blog, after all…
back at ya
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.
is it same to assume that if I put together a bunch of random letters & numbers, I’ll sound like a cool “geekster?”
@ Kelly
Type out some random stuff and I’ll let you know what it means (if anything)…
STU STIM PAO 4600 series
Shuttle Terminal Unit
Synchronous Timing Iso Module
Packet Asynchronous Offset
4600 Series
Not bad…
Ok - I lied. All that means nothing.
coulda fooled me!
I can see it now…standing in Best Buy asking about the Shuttle Terminal Unit 4600 series!