lilme` Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 So, lets test our connections just for the heck of it. Go to 1 Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 You guys with Time Warner/Brighthouse those are some good speeds. Do you actually get those speeds though? Back when I had Brighthouse I payed for 40 Mb/s but rarely got better than 10Mb/s if I was actually doing anything like downloading. They also throttled the hell out of Youtube and anything over 480p was basically unwatchable. I'm on Fi0s now and while I pay for the same speed I actually get that speed 100% of the time. Link to comment
lilme` Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 what on earth do you need with that kind of speed? lol. Are you hosting servers or providing internet? I'm just curious. The average user doesn't even need a connection like mine, I pay for 30mb down x 5mb up and that's overkill for any residential service. I was Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 My speeds are pretty consistent on BrightHouse, but I live in a lower-middle-class area where few of my neighbors pay for these speeds, so there isn't a lot of bandwidth competition to my local hub. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Where I lived Brighthouse (used to be Time Warner, not sure if they're sort of the same company?) was pretty terrible. A lot of network downtime and while it would test at the speeds I was paying for it would never reach them on actual downloads from legit software updates and downloads to things like usenet. Switching to Verizon was like night and day. Link to comment
lilme` Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Where I lived Brighthouse (used to be Time Warner, not sure if they're sort of the same company?) was pretty terrible. A lot of network downtime and while it would test at the speeds I was paying for it would never reach them on actual downloads from legit software updates and downloads to things like usenet. Switching to Verizon was like night and day. I'm sure I'm stating the obvious here, but while my service provider may be giving me 30 down, and I get those speeds... the bandwidth from the place I'm downloading from may not have that bandwidth available... in other words i can only go as fast as the site I'm downloading from. Also there's at least a dozen switches and hubs your going Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yeah I'm well aware of that but with Brighthouse I NEVER could max out my bandwidth. The closest I ever could get was about 1/4. Usenet is always the real easy thing to compare since it should in theory use all your bandwidth (if you're paying for a decent provider). With Brighthouse I'd never get much over 1 MB/s and even then it varied depending on time of day. With Verizon I always get 4.2 MB/s, never any less. Link to comment
lilme` Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yeah I'm well aware of that but with Brighthouse I NEVER could max out my bandwidth. The closest I ever could get was about 1/4. Usenet is always the real easy thing to compare since it should in theory use all your bandwidth (if you're paying for a decent provider). With Brighthouse I'd never get much over 1 MB/s and even then it varied depending on time of day. With Verizon I always get 4.2 MB/s, never any less. Link to comment
gah!ghost Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 What Google is trying to do is very exciting. Link to comment
BlakeJordan Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 what on earth do you need with that kind of speed? lol. Are you hosting servers or providing internet? I'm just curious. The average user doesn't even need a connection like mine, I pay for 30mb down x 5mb up and that's overkill for any residential service. I was paying for a 20x2 connection and only upgraded for the 5 up for gaming purposes (for some reason, the latency on a 5 up connection is lower than on a 2 up) But yea, why so much bandwidth? . Why not?... Ok seriously..I download a lot of stuff, but beyond that my ISP started capping bandwidth. I run a tech support business from home- lots of remote support, lots of various files being downloaded. I need to be able to run VoIP, Remote Desktop support, while grabbing an ISO of an operating system in under 5 min. or update a machine with 2 years worth of updates in under an hour. Once I reach my data cap of .5 terabytes every month, I can't afford productivity to be cut my a standard connection being throttled. Or... It could just be for....porn..and WoW! http://youtu.be/YRgNOyCnbqg Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Movie streaming and gaming. Plus high speed makes it easier for me to get content from our photographers in a timely manner. Link to comment
lilme` Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Why not?... Ok seriously..I download a lot of stuff, but beyond that my ISP started capping bandwidth. I run a tech support business from home- lots of remote support, lots of various files being downloaded. I need to be able to run VoIP, Remote Desktop support, while grabbing an ISO of an operating system in under 5 min. or update a machine with 2 years worth of updates in under an hour. Once I reach my data cap of .5 terabytes every month, I can't afford productivity to be cut my a standard connection being throttled. Or... It could just be for....porn..and WoW! lol. Either way I respect that Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Yelled at brighthouse, new results lol Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 After you take the test click on "Share the result" choose "Image" and copy the link/ Then just start a reply and use the image option to past the image link you copied Link to comment
lilme` Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yelled at brighthouse, new results lol Link to comment
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