OT: Download Speed

Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this is one of
the tests I
have run/ran, This is about half of what the top speed is
"suppose" to
be (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will actually get
to the top
speed, but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a LOT closer
than this.
:-O  Any thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY faster than
the DSL I was
using! 

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps (tested with 2992
kB)
Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm 
Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81 sec 
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds to
complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3)
Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3 
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster than the average for
host (cox.net) 
Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA 

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Charles R. Buchanan <> wrote on Sunday, May 14, 2006
1:19 AM:

In Sweden, with my ISP Comhem [owned by Carlyle group and
its cronies BTW ]
I am able to get most of my 8Mbs down, and most of the time
1,1 Mbps up.

However, a professor at a dept I serve, recently got 24Mbps
adsl to his house,
and complained that he wasn't able to get more than about
half of that any
time of day/night.

With that said, don't expect to much, the speed depends on
so much, like how
long you're from a telestation, quality of cabling, time of
day, even the
cable modem brand may affect.

However, if you regularly don't get more than half, or
less, you pay for, I'd
have a talk with my ISP.

You might want to check the applet available on <http://tptest.se/>,
specifically <http://tptest.se/documents/tptest/klient/tpte
st5_0_1-setup.exe>.
For you savvy in speaking Swedish, the applet connects to a
server of you
choice and measures the up and down speed. The server
preloaded in the applet
are focused on Sweden, but it's possible to add you own.

Tptest.se is an affiliate to the Swedish National Board for
Consumer Policies.
The applet itself should be fairly easy to use, althugh
it's in Swedish AFAIR.


> Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this is one
of the tests I have
> run/ran, This is about half of what the top speed is
"suppose" to be
> (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will actually
get to the top speed,
> but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a LOT closer
than this. :-O  Any
> thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY faster than the
DSL I was using! 
>
>>> :.. Download Stats ..:::
> Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps (tested with
2992 kB) Download
> Speed is:: 566 kB/s Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
Test Time::
> 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K
1MB Download in 1.81
> sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds
to complete
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426
> Firefox/1.5.0.3 Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster
than the average for
> host (cox.net) Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA
>
> We're all living in America,
> America is wunderbar.



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Seems reliable to me.
http://www.dslrep
orts.com/speedtest
-George

On 5/13/06, Charles R. Buchanan <daphatbelldaphatbell.com> wrote:
> Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this is one
of the tests I
> have run/ran, This is about half of what the top speed
is "suppose" to
> be (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will actually
get to the top
> speed, but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a LOT
closer than this.
> :-O  Any thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY faster
than the DSL I was
> using! 
>
> :::.. Download Stats ..:::
> Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps (tested with
2992 kB)
> Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s
> Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
> Test Time:: 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm
> Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81
sec
> Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds to
complete
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
> Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster than the average
for host (cox.net)
> Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA
>
> We're all living in America,
> America is wunderbar.
>
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I have tried the servers on there. In fact did it a minute
or so ago.
Getting a little bit below half the speed according to the
tests on
there. If I was getting these speeds and paying for the
4MBPS service I
would be happy, but I feel if one is paying for 9MBPS
service, at the
very least consistantly hit at least 7MBPS. IMO of course!
Thanks!


On Mon, 15 May 2006 14:09:40 -0700, "George
Yobst" <george.yobstgmail.com> took time to
say the following:

GY> Seems reliable to me.
GY> http://www.dslrep
orts.com/speedtest
GY> -George


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Charles R. Buchanan wrote:
> I have tried the servers on there. In fact did it a
minute or so ago.
> Getting a little bit below half the speed according to
the tests on
> there. If I was getting these speeds and paying for the
4MBPS service I
> would be happy, but I feel if one is paying for 9MBPS
service, at the
> very least consistantly hit at least 7MBPS. IMO of
course! Thanks!
>   

It's very, very difficult to find any speed tests that will
reliably 
test connections over 4 Mb, I've found.  I have a 6 Mb
cable modem at 
home, and rarely see more than 3-4 Mb on any speed test. 
But there are 
a number of sites I can routinely download from at a full 6
Mb.  At 
least 95% of sites never reach that kind of speed though,
and I'm sure 
it's typically due to the other end's connectivity.  I'd
do a lot of 
downloading before you come to the conclusion that your
connection isn't 
really 9 Mb.  I'd also check with your ISP to see if they
have a speed 
test site on their network, as anything that takes the
Internet as a 
whole out of the equation will be much more reliable. 
Granted that 
doesn't test their uplinks to the Internet, but it should
show how much 
you can push down your pipe. 

Other things to look at, if you can't even get 9 Mb from
your ISP's 
network, is the quality of router or firewall you're using
(if any), and 
any interface issues, like high error rates, any duplex
mismatches, etc.

-Chris




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