Internet speed test

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

Figured I'd test the UMass Boston feed, wireless connection:
Ping 24ms, Download 24.7, Upload 22.8

I'll post test of this same computer via wireless on my home network later today.

Wireless/Comcast: 3 tests Ping 35ms, Download ~21, Upload ~5.5

[Bob Thomas]

John...

How can I speed up my internet. My figures seem way too low. Tried to upload a 1.5gb video to Youtube (only 8 minutes long) and it's on hour 4.

Thanks!

[Mr. Sandman]

PRbuzz,

With regard to the "branding" I went up to the comcast office here to swap out a couple of remotes and while I was there I asked about my plan (tv/3phonelines/internet) to see if what I had was current and makes sense and asked about getting xfinity for some of the dvr features. She said it is not available on the island yet, that it requires an upgrade to some systems here and and that will not take place until mid-late April. I asked her what it means in terms of added features, and one of the added features she said will be "much higher Internet speeds", among other interactive features and a total redesign of on-demand stuff. I asked when...late April.
According to her it is more than re-branding but if you ask me it looks an incremental upgrade and they are re-packaging it under a new name.

[JohnR]

26Mbps down / 3Mbps up - FIOS. Suppose I need to change that.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

PRbuzz,

With regard to the "branding" I went up to the comcast office here to swap out a couple of remotes and while I was there I asked about my plan (tv/3phonelines/internet) to see if what I had was current and makes sense and asked about getting xfinity for some of the dvr features. She said it is not available on the island yet, that it requires an upgrade to some systems here and and that will not take place until mid-late April. I asked her what it means in terms of added features, and one of the added features she said will be "much higher Internet speeds", among other interactive features and a total redesign of on-demand stuff. I asked when...late April.
According to her it is more than re-branding but if you ask me it looks an incremental upgrade and they are re-packaging it under a new name.

Looks like the new service was announced yesterday: 105Mbs down/10Mbs Up but so far only selected cities. Note the cost!

Comcast, the largest U.S. internet-service provider, introduced a new home-broadband package Thursday, which can download files many times faster than most connections.
Comcast's Xfinity customers in some major cities can now buy the new service, called Extreme 105. The name (which sounds a little like a radio station) comes from its ability to reach speeds of 105 megabits per second.
At that speed, customers can download an album in three seconds or a high-definition movie in five minutes, Comcast said.
Currently, a popular residential internet plan from Comcast transfers data at one-seventh the speed of Extreme 105. It costs $30 a month at first, versus $105 for the Extreme plan, an introductory price that also requires the customer to have a bundle of television and phone service from Comcast.

[Raven]

it's ALL to slow mo ......

[leptar]

Cox Premier.

No Fios here yet don't see it coming any time soon either.

I've had Cox come out 4+ times this year for noise issues in the line and it still is not resolved...

Can't argue either.. Techies that came over had their hands tied all pointed to the pole...

I know there is a break in the line.. I have seen this before... as it is worse on windy and rainy days...

I am gaming and doing the on-line HD movies often so i kinda need the speed.

[Bob Thomas]

This hurts....Verizon DSL connected to modem by cat 5

[SurfCaster413]

Ping was 54
Download speed was 19.23
Upload was 3.70

Joys of living in western mass

[PRBuzz]

The new reality TV series sure to capture Nielson ratings of at least 0.00000001% viewers?

Geek WARS!

[Bob Thomas]

John -

I've got Verizon DSL. I know...not the best but Charter almost set my house on fire and I'll NEVER deal with them again.

How do I process a file?

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

The new reality TV series sure to capture Nielson ratings of at least 0.00000001% viewers?

Geek WARS!

Yeah but the ones that watch are really hot chicks.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

The new reality TV series sure to capture Nielson ratings of at least 0.00000001% viewers?

Geek WARS!

No, no wars , while I disagree with Rav on this one (and apparently he's pi$$ed at me) I'm not going to war with him unless we're side by side .

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

John -

I've got Verizon DSL. I know...not the best but Charter almost set my house on fire and I'll NEVER deal with them again.

How do I process a file?

Not sure what you made the movie with but you can probably process it with Windows Movie Maker for free (or Sony Vegas for a fee) and convert it to a smaller file and then upload it to Youtube (which then converts to FLV). The annual S-B movie is only 40-80MB in size and runs 20 minutes but the original, in HD, would be over 1GB in size and would be counter-productive to upload.

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Yeah but the ones that watch are really hot chicks.

Well, in that case...

[fishbones]

John, I think you pissed Raven off enough that he's no longer visiting the site. If I had Raven's photoshop skills, I'd post a picture of his face on a milk carton.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by fishbones

John, I think you pissed Raven off enough that he's no longer visiting the site. If I had Raven's photoshop skills, I'd post a picture of his face on a milk carton.

It does seem that way. Think he tool it more than a little harder than it was meant to come across (there was smileys and all).

Maybe we should send him a please come home kiss ?

(disclaimer: this post was not meant to be anything other than light-hearted to get our Raven back)

Hmm - PShop. Milk Carton.

Maybe after side work, which comes after Scouts, which comes after real work.

[Raven]

Your Forgiven SWEETY

I did learn from a week of self banishment that i have
a deep resentment of MICROSOFT in general and it's because
i think they BLEW a golden opportunity to do good for the
world... in many ways.. but those are just my musings.

At the moment ...
I am eating steak because i am werkin like a mule.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raven

Your Forgiven SWEETY

I did learn from a week of self banishment that i have
a deep resentment of MICROSOFT in general and it's because
i think they BLEW a golden opportunity to do good for the
world... in many ways.. but those are just my musings.

At the moment ...
I am eating steak because i am werkin like a mule.

Thank you, sir.

As for M$ , their good products AND bad products (often the line between is beyond blurred) have been more or less paying my mortgate for the 11 years I've owned a home. Their ability to do the dumb is consistent and troubling.

Evidence A:

Vista, W7, W2K8 WinSxS disk space suckupability factor.

[Saltheart]

45 ping
19 down
6.6 up.
Cox Cable cheapest option I belive you can pay more and get faster.
was 10X that when it was Cox@Home about 15 years a go. It was so fast then my friend who worked at Motorola on the original cable modems sent in a suggestion to a news robot software developer to add a 1 second pause between each file download just so we could see what it was downloading. It was just a blur without the 1 second delay. Now you got to watch the timers showing 5 or 6 seconds for the same kind of downloads.

[Saltheart]

Updated to IE9

ping 15 !!!
download 28
upload 7

Big change.

[Matt D]

A new low!

Download = .32 Mbps
Upload = .33 Mbps
Ping = 104ms

Crappy lowest tier business DSL. Have Comcast at home, will post up those speeds tonight.

[The Dad Fisherman]

I knew once somebody suggested that someone else take over the Photoshop duties....he'd be back

[Adam_777]

Cox is still giving me problems.The Modem needs resetting close to 20 times a week.They came and ran some tests.Blamed the TV for noise in the line and installed a filter.If it was under my name it would be gone and replaced with fios.I pay for the fastest connection cox offers and their support is pretty bad.They keep trying to blame my router when the lights on the modem go out and blink.I unplug the modem for a few minutes and it fires right back up.They think everyone was born yesterday.They should include wired and wireless routers in their package like verizon so they only have themselves to blame for hardware failure.

[Fishoholic]

but its included in the rent

[striperman36]

cddi.

[JohnR]

FIOS:

[Grapenuts]

did I brake it? is it ok? I serve myself even though I am hitched.
11ms
21.29 down
3.60 up

[UserRemoved1]

This is what I get for living in west bum#^&#^&#^&#^&

[striperman36]

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This is what I get for living in west bum#^&#^&#^&#^&

When Al invented the internet he specifically left you on the Do Not Serve list

[PRBuzz]

Comcast, new Arris SB6141 modem (own vs. rent now) + X1 Platform: DAMN that's fast. I really don't upload much, except fish pics so don't care about slow upload speed.

Thought I would also test the wifi speed, interesting I have a dual wifi 2.4/5Ghz Netgear wifi and intesting there is a speed differential. Maybe in the setup: I am probably 12-15ft from the 2.4GHz source but <5ft from the 5GHz in which I use a secondary amplifier which receives the 5GHz and rebroadcast in 2.4GHz.

Wifi testing done using a Galaxay 5S. Tested the 5GHz directly, 98Mbps! I am using the 5 when home...

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

Comcast, new Arris SB6141 modem (own vs. rent now) + X1 Platform: DAMN that's fast. I really don't upload much, except fish pics so don't care about slow upload speed.

Whoa
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