Author Topic: Cable connection rate: Could this be right? (Read 688 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** May 30, 2003, 09:31:15 AM »

http://www.bandwidthplace.com

COuld this test be accurate?

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Details

Your raw speed was 2342230.62 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

2.3 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

285.9 kilobytes per second
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.

1MB file download

3.6 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2003, 11:05:57 AM »

No that can't be right - unless you're using some superexpensive service. 2Mb connection is still very rare although the cablemodems can already handle that.

Your benchmark may be showing a wrong value if you're using a proxy.

OTOH if you're paying for a 2Mbit connection - that reading is naturally correct.

Commonly cablemodems run at 1-1.5 Mbits.

San · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2003, 12:51:15 PM »

Try here Rip

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2003, 01:02:20 PM »

or here:

http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed/Checkup.php?Duration=30&Repeat=600&L=us

capt. apathy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2003, 02:06:10 PM »

I got 1730/224 off of http://www.dslreports.com/stest

thats on att/comcast cable

osage · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2003, 06:39:10 PM »

1981/252 off dslreports here.

I find downloading tiffs from http://www.loc.gov a better indicator of max download speed. They got some serious pipes at the Library of Congress--I've exceeded 3 mbps there.

sprint · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2003, 12:11:59 AM »

Gee ..Ripsnort your system must be slow :-) ...

sprint

Your raw speed was 3304106.67 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications
3.3 megabits per second

Storage
403.3 kilobytes per second

1MB file download
2.5 seconds

Rating
Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic

I only wish !

SOB · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2003, 01:49:30 AM »

Yeah Rip, there's no reason you couldn't get that with a cable modem. Hell, just check your d/l speed from various places. A good test would be to download a big file from microsoft. Take whatever your download rate is, multiply it by 8, and that's what an ISP would rate your connection.

Here's a sample d/l from when AT&T cable was with @home:

424,000 X 8 = 3.4 Mbit

SOB

-edit- ...and yet another rate test -
http://computingcentral.msn.com/internet/speedtest.asp

guttboy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2003, 12:23:16 AM »

SOB why do you multiply by 8? I am by no means a computer guru...serious question...not a troll.

maddog · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2003, 10:48:20 AM »

to convert to bits....

SOB · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2003, 11:52:02 AM »

IE will tell you your download speed in KiloBYTES, while your provider will always rate your connection speed in BITS...and there are 8 bits in a byte.

SOB

guttboy · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2003, 04:54:34 PM »

thanks