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TheHalf™:
I remember starting a topic about broadband connection speeds back when DietK was around, so I am starting a  topic here also.

With BitChe like DietK most of us agree these programs (created by the ever ubiquitous chip) wouldn't be so popular if 88.99% of internet users were using...gulp - dial-up! So a lot of us have gone to DSL, Cable and Fiber (FiOS) and without these broadband connections, files larger than life would be unattainable.

Now this thread isn't solely about computers but there is a connection between your personal PC and the way you personally connect to the internet and I would like to know what our members and guest have when it comes to their ISP and package plans.

You can post your ISP, speeds, rates and results here.

Now there are a few test sites here within the continental US and east across the Atlantic so I'll put in links to the most common.

testmy.net download----> http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/d_load.php

testmy.net ----> upload http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/u_load.php

For those in upstate New York, Ohio, Penn., Ontario----> http://speedtest.cogeco.net/

For those in major US cities----> http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

And for those across the globe----> http://www.speedtest.net/

TheHalf™:
I used to have Adelphia with 6Mbps\768Kbps, now after the Time Warner Cable acquistion I have Roadrunner 15Mbps\2Mbps for $65.01 USD per month.

Here are my results from some of the servers listed above:

testmy:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 14828 Kbps about 14.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1810 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/11 - 3:23am
Bottom Line:: 259X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.57 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 6.718 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 206.05 % faster than the average for host (rr.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-AL5N93QWC
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6 [!]

Cogeco:


Speakeasy: Last Result:
Download Speed: 14563 kbps (1820.4KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1521 kbps (190.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

DSLReports NYC:

Quantum:
We're on 8Mbps\0.5Mbps, which these days is a fairly standard connection in the U.K. Have the choise to go to 16Mbps\1Mbps, but that would mean switching to ADSL2, and I've not had pleasant experiences with that so far.

Synbios:
TheHalf I am assuming you are from california?

Here in the northeast there is basically a Comcast monopoly. At my house in Boston we have 8Mbps/768k

At my apartment in Worcester it is a lot crappier with Charter Cable at 4Mbps/256k because Comcast is not available.

Verizon FiOS is getting around, it will probably be YEARS until it reaches my house in Boston though. Even though they're in the Boston area, I don't think they have any interest of coming to my neighborhood.

TheHalf™:
Actually Syn I am from New York (Buffalo) just 10 minutes south of Niagara Falls along the river. Here we are on the Rochester backbone of rr.com, prior to this me and many others were on the Adelphia backbone that was centered in Kansas City.

By the way Quantum and Synbios you did not post a speed result...wassup with that?!

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