Barton_Brown Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 In Corvallis, Oregon I get 57 Mbps download on Comcast cable. In Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean I get 10 Mbps download via DSL through the local telephone company (I could get faster but my current plan is 10 Mbps for $88/month). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I'm using a wireless network with a COX Cable Modem. My Download speed using Mozilla Firefox is 31.97 mps and my Upload speed is 6.96. I also tried it using Google Chrome (30.66 and 6.53). IE is about the same as Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have Time-Warner cable rated for 15 mbps I got 12.97 the first test then 15.8 for the next two there are two more speed levels available if I want to pay more there are slower speeds if I want to pay less Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I just upgraded my HughesNet service to Gen4 and am doing many times better than previously. Here's my before and after upgrade results: Sure would be nice to have Jeff's results ... must be setting right on top of "The Beast"...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I recently upgraded my service, very happy! DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I was curious to see what would happen if I skipped my Cisco Linksys EA2700 wireless router and plugged directly into the COX Cable Modem. I was surprised to find there was NO difference. Then I realized that my connection to the router is a direct ethernet cable connection. I'm only using the wireless router as a connection to my printer - the Internet is strictly a direct connection to the COX Modem so that's the limiting factor. BTW, for you guys that are using HughesNet. I tried that at Big Bear Lake and was immensely disappointed. So I got a Verizon MiFi 4G unit and use it whenever I travel. It's not as good as a Cable Modem but it's so much better than Satellite that it's not funny. If you have cell phone service - even 3G, the Internet speeds are quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgfeher Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Mine My ping is up there - but that is most likely due to the server jump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I just upgraded my HughesNet service to Gen4 and am doing many times better than previously. Here's my before and after upgrade results: Thanks for posting those results Curt. That's just the info I was looking for when we visited this topic a while back. If I have to go satellite (for the dwellings too far from the road for cable) I could live with 6 Mbps but definitely not less than 1 Mbps. I'm still bickering with the powers that be at Charter to get them to run a couple of hundred feet of hardwire to an existing telephone pole on the property so I can get the same cable modem service which I receive at the house near the main road. Up front there I am paying for 30Mbps service so I guess I should be happy pulling 66+ Mbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I haven't actually looked into my internet speed for sometime. Turns out we're on a 768K plan which they don't even offer anymore, so I guess I'm getting exactly what I'm paying for. I can get up to a 20M plan but it looks like thats as fast of service as our carrier here will provide. I was pefectly happy with my service before this thread now all the sudden it seems super slow... Thanks a lot Scott. Edit: It looks like my subdivision is one of a lucky few that has fiber optic lines buried and so I can get up to 75M internet service. Sounds intriguing but costs like $150 a month vs. I think $45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscussel Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 This is what I have in Connecticut. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I can get up to a 20M plan but it looks like thats as fast of service as our carrier here will provide Michael: I've been happy with 15 mbps downloads of very large files is very fast never felt a need for more speed I download large books etc and time is minimal - 500 MB+ files Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 One thing I know for sure is that my 1st Internet service where we live was dialup and it was HORRIBLE!!!! I don't think it would even register on the speedtest meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I started in 1976 with 110 Baud then 300 then 1200 then 9600 by late 80's thought I was cooking back then dial-up was and still is dog slow but it was all we had back then I've never had fiber optics available came to my street in VA (outside DC) just as I was moving back to Buffalo not here and probably be a long time coming yet Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_M Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 55 download and 5.25 upload at $40 per month in the little town of Silverton, OR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I haven't actually looked into my internet speed for sometime. Turns out we're on a 768K plan which they don't even offer anymore, so I guess I'm getting exactly what I'm paying for. I can get up to a 20M plan but it looks like thats as fast of service as our carrier here will provide. I was pefectly happy with my service before this thread now all the sudden it seems super slow... Thanks a lot Scott. Edit: It looks like my subdivision is one of a lucky few that has fiber optic lines buried and so I can get up to 75M internet service. Sounds intriguing but costs like $150 a month vs. I think $45. Nuts Michael, don't blame me, it was Dawn "the internet ladiy's" fault, I was relatively happy too, and now when I see that everybody in the world, even CJSpud who lives in the middle of nowhere, has better numbers than me, I am kind of ticked off. Well, everybody has better numbers than me except for you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 You know, I think the cable and phone co's try to keep everyone at a low rate unless you know better and complain. Look what happened to Netflix, they lowered their streaming rate and everyone went nuts, so now Netflix has to pay a higher amount for better streaming or downloading. Too many people at high mbps rates will clog the system so if your a tech wennie , you will be put at the lowest speed unless you pay for faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 ....don't blame me, it was Dawn "the internet lady's" fault, I was relatively happy too.... So.... what you are saying is that it finally "Dawned" on you that you have a crappy internet hook-up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Waasup D. Scott? No update? Are you going to leave us all hanging? How did the call to the cable company go? Is Dawn sleeping with the fishes? Let me guess, to make up for it they gave you a dedicated fiber optic line run on a six inch diameter cable. Now when you hit the download button all of Southern California temporarily drops off the grid. Just wondering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Signed a form to get faster service. Have not tested yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Don't you really mean paid more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yeah, 6.00 more per month, should be up and running in 5 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sure would be nice to have Jeff's results ... must be setting right on top of "The Beast"...!!! Not really. The U.S. pays the most and has the slowest internet speeds of just about any other developed nation. Monopolies anyone? http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/united-states-internet-speed/ Here are my results (Charter Cable)- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Here is mine on slow DSL ok for the show but not what I want without going to cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Not really. The U.S. pays the most and has the slowest internet speeds of just about any other developed nation. Monopolies anyone?That's a pretty incomplete story and a bit deceiving. Actually The United States is barely outside the top 10 and two MAJORfactors that aren't mentioned... 1. Population density...The simple infrastructure required to supply high speed internet access to our relatively low population density and sprawling land mass is huge. I didn't look at all of them, but I would venture to guess most if not all those countries higher than us on the list have much higher population densities and the population is much more concentrated within those countries, therefore they need less infrastructure which makes it cheaper and therefore more affordable. 2. I think you will find several of the countries higher on the list also have somewhat if not entirely nationalized broadband service (at least heavily subsidized and mandated) which would make the true cost highly questionable at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yes, this is a common counter-criticism, but it's also true if you compare major city to major city. It really is mostly about private monopolies. In most major cities, there is only one provider (cable) that provides the fastest speeds without the major outlay of fiber optics or other technologies. Yes, they are likely subsidized in other countries, but that's part of why ours is slower. We are lagging behind in all kinds of other infrastructure as well. This isn't some fringe theory, it's pretty well documented, and fairly common knowledge. http://advanced-television.com/2012/07/23/us-internet-slowest-most-expensive/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/america-land-of-the-slow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://theweek.com/article/index/257404/why-is-american-internet-so-slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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