Comments on: Speed is king

By: D

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:43:25 +0000

My speeds are like 6543 Down and 2493 up... im slow. I use Insight tho

By: HeavyG

HeavyG — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:44:35 +0000

FIOS has been available to me for about a year now but I haven't bothered to switch because I'm quite satisfied with my Cox Cable service.

Although I only get a "speed" test showing a download speed about one third of jk it is VERY VERY rare that I find a server that will let me download files of any substantial size at a sustained rate that even comes close to maxing out my supposed download speed.

Apples servers seem to be pretty speedy but even they don't let me download at anywhere near my max speed.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:16:38 +0000

Just out of curiosity, what is it that you download that you have to have 30 down connection? Or to ask another way, why wouldn't a 3 down dsl speed work?

I don't do any xxx or p2p, and the dsl speed I have at the moment is fine for my needs. However, I've been given a smoking deal from u-verse where I live for a new 10 down connection, but it has to get approved first by the WAF. Some insight James?

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:02:11 +0000

Nice! My up is a just a hair over 3000 with Comcast but the down looks more or less the same. Business internet rocks.

By: Sharvil Shah

Sharvil Shah — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:02:52 +0000

http://www.speedtest.net/result/294642331.png

97000 kbps down, 1700 up

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:53:43 +0000

I just redid the test, got 30 more kb/s download, and 2 kb/s upload.

Checked with another server, and got a slightly higher download.

But, they're all pretty close.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:11:11 +0000

With AT&T $25 / month:

2561 kb/s download
424 kb/s upload

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/295808753.png[/IMG][/URL]

Seems low compared to jk, but it suites my needs.

By: Niels Andersen

Niels Andersen — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:02:18 +0000

I thought I’d weigh in as well.

Our local non-profit internet cooperative in Copenhagen, Denmark:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/295781845.png

Not bad for 12 USD a month

By: Sharvil Shah

Sharvil Shah — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:55:25 +0000

Check this out:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/294642331.png

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:22:02 +0000

No, that's just internet.

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:15:30 +0000

Does that $60 include cable TV?

By: Fran

Fran — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:39:08 +0000

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/295745444.png[/IMG][/URL]

Wish mine was better.....

By: Stephen Feger

Stephen Feger — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:37:39 +0000

WOW! That upload speed matches the highest bandwidth my Slingboxes uses. I only wish I could get that level of service here in NYC. I could use the Slingbox anyway and get my TV as though I were on WiFi at home.

By: phreaker18

phreaker18 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:35:39 +0000

Woooooooooooow is all i can say !!!

By: rwzeitgeist

rwzeitgeist — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:04:06 +0000

Here's a benchmark of a FIOS 15/2 connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/295714787.png

And yes, this kind of speed is really sweet!

Bob

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:29:04 +0000

Putting a new HATE on Kendrick.

Just wait til I finally get FIOS.

One of these days.

Probably Knievelday.
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/why-i-added-woot-to-my-bookmarks/