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Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: Ripsnort on May 30, 2003, 09:31:15 AM

http://www.bandwidthplace.com

COuld this test be accurate?

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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
 
 

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: Siaf__csf 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.

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: San on May 30, 2003, 12:51:15 PM

Try here Rip


http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: Eagler on May 30, 2003, 01:02:20 PM

or here:

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

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: capt. apathy on May 30, 2003, 02:06:10 PM

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

thats on att/comcast cable

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: osage 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.

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: sprint 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 !

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: SOB 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:
(http://www.matthoffman.us/dl/fast.jpg)
424,000 X 8 = 3.4 Mbit



SOB

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

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: guttboy 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.

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: maddog on June 17, 2003, 10:48:20 AM

to convert to bits....

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: SOB 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

Title: Cable connection rate: Could this be right?
Post by: guttboy on June 17, 2003, 04:54:34 PM

thanks