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Buck531

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Ok. Where are some good sites to test my internet speed.

 

I've been on Speakeasy. Tested like 6.1 mbs /second.

 

Then I went to toast.net. Whopping 2.1 mb/ second.

 

Dslreports.com showed 2.5 mb down and 650k up.

 

Now, I had a WOW tech come out a few months ago and figure out why I was getting 2.5 intead of my paying 6 mbs. He took me to speakeasy, did a test to Chicago and it showed 6 mb. Great. What about the others? He didn't seem to give two shits about it.

 

Which ones do you go to, and what can I tell the morons at WOW that my internet connection is NOT what I'm paying for?

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You are calling the wrong people morons.

 

You have to understand that most speed sites can't handle that high of bandwidth, so the speed they show will be lower than what your speed actually is.

 

Speakeasy Chicago can. Or you can use the WOW speed site: http://speed.col.wideopenwest.com

 

I personally feel Speakeasy Chicago is the best one out there.

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Thanks! I didn't know about these other sites. I usually use toast.net, Nibble server. That seems to give the best results for me.

 

Here are my results from WOW and Speakeasy Chicago:

WOW

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-12 21:24:28 EST:

7450 / 485

Your download speed : 7450 kbps or 931.2 KB/sec.

That is 118.4% better than an average user on rr.com

 

Your upload speed : 485 kbps or 60.6 KB/sec.

That is 13.5% better than an average user on rr.com

Speakeasy

Last Result:

Download Speed: 4563 kbps (570.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 479 kbps (59.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

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dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-13 01:18:10 EST:

5738 / 995

Your download speed : 5738 kbps or 717.3 KB/sec.

That is 66% better than an average user on wideopenwest.com

 

Your upload speed : 995 kbps or 124.4 KB/sec.

That is 93.2% better than an average user on wideopenwest.com

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here is what I got

 

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-13 01:22:36 EST:

4758 / 484

Your download speed : 4758 kbps or 594.8 KB/sec.

That is 38.8% better than an average user on rr.com

 

Your upload speed : 484 kbps or 60.5 KB/sec.

That is 13.6% better than an average user on rr.com

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Joe. I've already ruled out my equipment. I've gone directly to the modem. They came out and replaced the modem. I've ran brand new cable from my PC to the wall jack on the other side of the house. Still the same thing.

 

So.. which "morons" would I call to get this straightened out?

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Joe. I've already ruled out my equipment. I've gone directly to the modem. They came out and replaced the modem. I've ran brand new cable from my PC to the wall jack on the other side of the house. Still the same thing.

 

So.. which "morons" would I call to get this straightened out?

Straighten what out? Your speeds are fine for a 6-meg connection thru Speakeasy and WOW, right? You are supposed to get 6Mbps up/512k down unless you have the new 6Mbps down/1Mbps up package.

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Straighten what out? Your speeds are fine for a 6-meg connection thru Speakeasy and WOW, right? You are supposed to get 6Mbps up/512k down unless you have the new 6Mbps down/1Mbps up package.

 

I went to the wow site you listed and got:

 

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-13 22:09:58 EST:

6454 / 649

Your download speed : 6454 kbps or 806.8 KB/sec</B>.

That is 85.2% better than an average user on wideopenwest.com

 

Your upload speed : 649 kbps or 81.2 KB/sec.

That is 23.8% better than an average user on wideopenwest.com

 

PS: Welcome to dslreports.com! Run more tests! see forums

 

 

I was just bummed to see the 2.5 mb from toast or what not. I do see your point that those places can't handle the bandwidth (didn't realize it before).

 

Ok.. I'll shut up now :).

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heh. from work

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-14 12:00:34 EST:

10403 / 3011

Your download speed : 10403 kbps or 1300.3 KB/sec.

 

Your upload speed : 3011 kbps or 376.4 KB/sec.

 

PS: Welcome to dslreports.com! Run more tests! see forums

 

 

I win :).

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These results were obtained while I was at work:

 

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-06-14 12:43:53 EST:

190 / 179

Your download speed : 190 kbps or 23.7 KB/sec.

That is 89.8% worse than an average user on ameritech.net

 

Your upload speed : 179 kbps or 22.4 KB/sec.

That is 56.2% worse than an average user on ameritech.net

 

I just scanned through the others, but, from what I saw, mine seems to be the worst.

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