RedRocket1647545505 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I think I win the slowest category. Connection Type Connection Speed 16.4 Kbps - You 16.4 kbps Wow, it's even slower than the last time I tested it. I'm seriously going to look into some satellite broadband since no hardlines are available in my area. Does anyone know anything about satellite internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black00ws6 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Where do you live? My parents live out in the sticks and the verizon broadband was available in the area, surprisingly, it works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Its very high latency. It does work for dling like newsgroups and shit but the latency is out of this world for gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Ehh i'm having a crappy day.. only: 4954 Kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 at home I have Roadrunner and its about 2500kbps at school i run on a T3 line and its about 54mbps, or i just go wireless at ~ 15mbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 4070 kb - Insight RR - Wireless 802.11b HP Laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
302Powered Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 4571 / 462 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owndjoo Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Your download speed : 4630 kbps or 578.8 KB/sec. Your upload speed : 473 kbps or 59.1 KB/sec. and i'm def. using my internet right now, eventhough the test said not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 my RR cable has me at: Your download speed : 4482 kbps or 560.2 KB/sec. Your upload speed : 422 kbps or 52.8 KB/sec. and this is with mIRC open, a music stream going and using the internet all at the same time as the test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total Sign Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Where are you all finding the information at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I usually hover around 3200-3500kbps w/ RoadRunner in Delaware. Austin, I had Earthlink cable internet (it's still Time Warner's equipment, same as RR) when I lived in Ashville. I was right in the middle of town though, but you might see if it's available to you. I was pretty pleased with it. I have heard that satellite has a fair amount of lag, and is easily affected by weather/cloud cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 What site are you folks using to test? Toast.net? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 testmy.net is what several techs have told me to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ That's one of the most accurate I've found, as long as you use the Chicago link. I'm having a slow day: 6146k down / 607k up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest racinbird Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 4788/466 typical rr service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conesmasher Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 3522 kbps down 376 kbps up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 758 kbps down, 450 kbps up. @work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson1647545504 Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I have broadband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I usually hover around 3200-3500kbps w/ RoadRunner in Delaware. Austin, I had Earthlink cable internet (it's still Time Warner's equipment, same as RR) when I lived in Ashville. I was right in the middle of town though, but you might see if it's available to you. I was pretty pleased with it. I have heard that satellite has a fair amount of lag, and is easily affected by weather/cloud cover. I don't live IN Ashville. I live a few miles east of town, out 752, by Walnut Crk. Pk. We've been here 3-4 years, and STILL no broadband of any kind. It really is quite ridiculous. BTW, it's Insight's cable service. It amazes me how dumb they are. Our cable was out for about a week straight, including X-mas eve. and X-mas day. They swore up and down they had no clue as to why it was not working. They (supposedly) sent a guy out while nobody was at home, and claimed they fixed it. We get home, and it still didn't work. So, after going out to follow the line, we found the pole that it ran to. We looked up and what do we CLEARLY see unplugged? The cable line. So, they sent out a second tech to try and fix it. He still couldn't figure it out, so I finally went out and showed him that it was physically unplugged. He looked at me and said, "You know what? You might be right. I bet that's why it's not working...." Gee, ya think?!?!?!?!? I have definitely not been impressed with Insight. I have heard that our power company (South Central Power) is offering satellite broadband. I also heard that they are overloaded right now, and are not taking any new customers currently, which sucks. I just can't win with this whole broadband thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblunt Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 6324 kbps DOWN 651 kbps UP I just had Wow installed 3-4 days ago b/c shitty time warner cannot reach an agreement with the assfucks at Sinclair broadcasting. I wanted to watch the game today in HD. Either i got a over the air receiver or i got wow. They gave me their 6mb internet, hd dvr plus 2 other rooms with digital boxes and basically all the same channels i had digital with TW for 5 bucks less a month. I have faster interweb and 2 extra rooms for a better deal, couldn't pass it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Seattle - 1267/463 SanFran - 1112/459 LA - 1365/439 Dallas - 1210/466 Chicago - 3273/466 Atlanta -2721/459 NY - 2992/469 Washington DC - 3238/468 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolen 5.0 Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 26.4kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Last Result: Download Speed: 13007 kbps (1625.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 12019 kbps (1502.4 KB/sec transfer rate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/CLovaR1/speed.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjackson Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I'm seriously going to look into some satellite broadband since no hardlines are available in my area. Does anyone know anything about satellite internet? Dude, don't ... Satellite is not worth the money that you pay for it. We have Direcway at my parent's house because we are in the same situation you are. Two miles one way there's RR, 1/2 mile the other way there's RR, it re-god-damn-diculous. The people at Direcway are fuck sticks and when I call them I spend half the time on the phone with them trying to understand what they're saying ... then I'm usually three steps ahead of them in what they're telling me what to do. The connection is maybe 4x's faster than dial up and almost triple the cost. If I were you, I'd suffer through the dial up. Sorry to say, satellite's just not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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