Web site to check connection speed??
02-16-2003 | 01:17 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
www.dslreports.com <br><br> or<br> <br><br><br> www.toast.net<br><br><br><br> See if these help you at all
02-16-2003 | 01:36 PM
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02-16-2003 | 01:44 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
here is mine from today:<br><br>2003-02-16 14:43:10 EST: 612 / 121<br>Your download speed : 612802 bps, or 612 kbps.<br>A 74.8 KB/sec transfer rate.<br>Your upload speed : 121212 bps, or 121 kbps.<br><br>Don~<br>
02-16-2003 | 02:06 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
1.3 megabits per second<br>How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet<br><br>161.3 kilobytes per second<br>The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.<br><br>6.3 seconds<br>The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.<br><br>I need to B.O.M.B this more. ;D
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02-17-2003 | 10:00 AM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
ok, just for fun I ran mine, and got "17090206.9 bits per second", or 17 megs per second. :-*<br><br>Also said it takes 0.5seconds to download a meg. Storage was 2 megs per second. 
02-17-2003 | 12:50 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
[quote author=drawson link=board=10;threadid=11040;start=0#105377 date=1045426448]<br>Thanks Guys. It looks like I am getting 70K connection. I have a wireless provider that claims 512K connection.<br>[/quote]<br><br>I have used www.dslreports.com to speed check mine,<br>they also have a good section on tweaks you can do to improve your speed. Look under tools.<br>Windows comes set up for optimum dialup connection and usually needs a bit of tweaking for broadband.<br><br>Mine was pretty good out of the box, but I tweeked a bit till I found the best compromise of upload and download speed.<br><br>Download is pretty fast, can't remember numbers though, but I can get a megabyte in well under a minute.<br>Upload sucks, worse than 56k dialup.<br><br><br>phox
02-17-2003 | 05:21 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
I tried the dslreports.com, here's what I got at work.<br><br>2056 KBPS Download!!!!!!!! 
<br><br>and <br><br>1515 KBPS Upload!!!!!! ;D<br><br>Looks like the IT department is doing it's job pretty darn good!<br><br>Just wish I could get some more memory at home and a new cable connection.
<br><br>and <br><br>1515 KBPS Upload!!!!!! ;D<br><br>Looks like the IT department is doing it's job pretty darn good!<br><br>Just wish I could get some more memory at home and a new cable connection.
02-17-2003 | 05:51 PM
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02-17-2003 | 06:33 PM
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Re:Web site to check connection speed??
Just saw this after shoveling snow all day and moving stuck cars, but don't forget there are 8 bits (lower case b) per Byte (upper case B). <br><br>WRT to bandwidth; Megabits/s do not equal MegaBytes/s.<br>Its more like 8Mb/s = 1MB/s.<br>