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Sid Sinister
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Hey, thought it would be fun to see who has the fastest connection. Goto http://www.speedtest.net and click chicago to see who has the fastest timing there.

Here's my first result. This one is from my work using a T1 or T3 connection (not sure which one). I'll post my home one later tonight. But for now, try and beat this one!

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Samoz83
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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 19:32 Edited at: 5th Sep 2007 19:34
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well i think you beat me rubbish virgin its usally alot lower like under 1mb when its ment to be 3 or up to 8, but still faster than 47% of the uk

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Hah I beat your ping, and I live in london, and don't have T anything


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Sid Sinister
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Quote: "Hah I beat your ping, and I live in london, and don't have T anything
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Lol, I was remote connecting when I did that too from within our network. Thats pretty good though, I'm very suprised. Let me try it again now that I'm at my desk



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Sid Sinister
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Oh man! I finally made it about 10000! My upload took a hit though.

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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 20:24 Edited at: 5th Sep 2007 20:30
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International


Local


I'll sort out my SkySurf connection later (the consoles use that for net connection mind), see what that gets.
As you can see this connection is fairly poor for overall bandwidth, surfing and such but ping times are awesome for gaming.

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Sid Sinister
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What is skysurf? Wireless internet?

Yea they are pretty good pings, even for international.
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meh, it does for me.

I don't have a sig, live with it.
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The crazy
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And this is over my wireless network

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Sid Sinister
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WOW! Thats awesome for wireless. What kind do you have?
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The crazy
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what do you mean what kind? like my isp or the brand of my router?

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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 21:01 Edited at: 5th Sep 2007 21:04
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man some of you guys have nice connections

[edit] oh, and with the uk, london server (across the sea for me)


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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 21:10 Edited at: 5th Sep 2007 21:12
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top 5 countries
Japan
Sweden
Latvia
Romania
Bulgaria

dang!

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Mine is too embarassing to post here

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Lol that bad huh?

Quote: "what do you mean what kind? like my isp or the brand of my router?"


Like 802.11b/a/g/n?

I think the fastest one there was like 65000, must have been a fiber optic connection. Either that or it was the guys AT the server building being funny lmao

I have SBC as my service provider. We recently just switched from brighthouse because they thought they were the only people on the block after their monopoly rights in our city ended. As far as service goes, SBC wins hands down, but connection wise, so far it's brighthouse. I could download at 800kbs from my home computer steadily and now I hardly get 250kbs. I'm not sure what thats all about but we have the tech people coming out tonight to take a look at it. I'm being patient about it though because it's one heck of a deal that they have. We also get our cable through them and the Uverse stuff is amazing (it's the program they offer). Sometime in the near future we will be able to actually switch the camera angle at football games from our TV! How cool is that I'm also being patient because they are farely new to the area and they are still having problems with their servers and lines. I think once that gets fixed up nicely I'll have a great connection. Especially since the fiber optic box for my block is right outside my house haha
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Freddy 007
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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 21:29 Edited at: 5th Sep 2007 21:30
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Double post accident.

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Oslo, Norway (there are no servers in Denmark ) :



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My connection started about a year ago at 6.5mbps. Been on the same package with my ISP but the line quality has gradually degraded over the past year or so. Even the BT speedtests which bypass the ISP confirm this

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I did it again just to see how accurate it was.



Then I tried a different server.



Then I tried the New York server since most of the stuff I download comes from the U.S.



Can't say I am happy considering I'm paying for 1500 kb/s. Stupid Australian internet.

Like Benny from the Bronx, I'ma get you in the end.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 21:48
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but it doesn't matter if you have wireless your net speed will still be the same, no?

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Quote: "Been on the same package with my ISP but the line quality has gradually degraded over the past year or so"


Since BT were released from their price controls they have been slowly incresing the wholesale costs and putting small ISPs out of business.

Quote: "but it doesn't matter if you have wireless your net speed will still be the same, no?"


Not much if you're using it for internet, but for gaming it can be the difference between life and death

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Well, not really. I mean, electromagnetic waves move at the speed of light, right? Will transmitting data through the air as opposed to sending it down a cable as electrical impulses really make that much difference?


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Posted: 5th Sep 2007 22:16
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International (Russia)



Would have expected more when paying for 12mbps broadband. Though my download tends to top 300kbps.

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You're being conned, I think, mate.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Sid Sinister
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I have an uncle who worked for pacific bell and he was mentioning one day about cable companies messing with the speeds. He said that when you first get it you are getting what you payed for, but then, during the same time it takes for a normal person to get used to something (they do studies on this I suppose) they lower teh speeds just a little bit. Their are ways to 'uncap' your modems but it's illegal and it's very hard to do without getting caught as it's fairly easy for them to tell.

I'm not sure if I believe that they do that, but that's just the ncie guy side of me I guess. I mean I would love to give them the benefit of doubt but I'm not sure it today's world... Companies are like that.
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Quote: "You're being conned, I think, mate."


I live in the country so I wonder if things might be slower because of that...but still, a little bit more speed would be nice...

I know we'll get some 56k-ers nagging us as we're complaining about our connection speeds...I remember 56k...not a road I want to go down again...

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Quote: "I remember 56k...not a road I want to go down again..."


*Cold shiver runs down back*

For the sake of the kittens...

Don't mention 56k around here... it's bad luck
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pretty good eh?


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Man! Smokin'! Are you located right next to the server or something? Tell me this is just from your work!

I'm going to try the speed test at home tonight and post that one and I'm also going to redo the speedtest here at work tomorrow morning when no one is here. The network activity should be low and I think I can make it to at least 12000.
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Mine.

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The server is at least 75 miles away. It would be like 13k right next to it lol


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so thats 350 kbs right? ouch

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Sid Sinister
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yea... ouch. High ping too.

Here's my home one, it's not the best but like I said... there is some trouble with the line still and we have the tech's coming out soon to take a look at it.

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Eric T
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Heres Chicago:



Heres London:


Heres local:


Heh, I think some of the servers are weak. Tried a few other random servers around the US, and was getting same as local results. (My connection says Comcast, btw, but its only routed through comcast for some odd reason. I've actually got a private connection as of a few days ago)

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Heres my home test, Im on my wireless laptop right now.


Not bad Considering I live in Orlando


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I think the pain of living around here is that we're just out of the decent broadband area.

Aparently the best we can get is 2Mb, but that said my SkySurf (BSkyB Broadband) is a damn sight quicker. Gets pings of <10ms (usually between 2-8ms) which is why it's connected to my consoles via WiFi.

Vista is being a pain atm though and refusing to find the ICS through the WiFi and don't have a cable long enough to hardwire.

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Sid Sinister
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The county next to me is going completely wireless through out a span of 4 years. To bad it isn't mine
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Global:



Local:



I agree with Eric, for some reason I'm getting way better global than local.

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Chicago:


Grand Forks, ND, where I live very near:



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and heres mine in LA (closest to San Diego)



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That's wit 2 other people using our wireless network, and with me running a few servers (ftp, mysql, web). But its still sad.
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Here's mine:



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i wish i had fast upload speeds like u guys
i want a 8mb/8mb connection, but u cant get that here in Aust
fastest is 24mb/1mb and u can only get that in the cities

heres mine



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I want one of those 50mb connections that SureWest is offering. (SureWest is a company here in America, not sure if they're anywhere else). If I get those guys, I'll be sure to post my connection speed then.

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