Smoking fast Internet!

[3inSlugger]

get some more...

[Cards81fan]

Try this one!

So which server is hosting the test? Given you are at Williams, you probably are connected directly (or very close to, minimal hops) to the test server. My internal server speeds are very fast, but anything external is (relatively at 3-5 mbps) slow as we go through the firewall servers in Los Angeles.

What are your speeds when downloading from another site? i.e. download a Linux distribution and see what speeds you get?

[DPI]

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Can't touch that!

[Hobbes]

All of these test servers can be misleading and fluctuate quite a bit from one test to the next.
Different routes, changes in traffic, caching servers all affect the results.

If you really want to exercise your internet connection to the max try a good bittorent client and join a really large swarm(a popular linux distro on DVD is good).
You will have upwards of 100 simulataneous connections, both up and down, that will use up every last bit of your bandwidth unless you throttle it.
You will have to have inbound ports open and NAT'd.

Obviously most folks can't do that at work but some, like in IT, can justify it.

[BReeves]

I got you all beat Not... It's tough living out in the boondocks

[Garand]

Like hobbes said, these tests are pretty misleading.

I know for a fact that we have a 200Mb Up and Down link out of the office here, when I point towards the PTC offices(500yrds away) I get ~ 90mb down and 20 up.. but when I point out towards DC I get something a bit more realistic.

[Garand]

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poing that at the Speedtest BETA server in DC and see if you can get a better Upload

[Hobbes]

Forgot to mention another advantage to using a bittorrent client to test speeds:

The utorrent client will run for hours or days and keep a real time graph of both up and down speeds instead of a single point in time test like one of these servers.

[sbeebe]

How about your mobile devices...



I know it's not from today. I'm on a site right now that is quite busy, you wouldn't want to see it.

[Fatboy Joe]

How is my upload faster than download? Weird.

[cmhbob]

Got all y'all beat:

[rhodesbe]

[DaveG]

Not good

[ripnbst]

Here is mine at work, man mine sucks

[MyMonkey]