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Paul B

07-11-2007, 09:10 PM

cool... http://www.speedtest.net/result/153363105.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I also use http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ but it isnt as decked out as MB's link :)

MasterBlaster

07-11-2007, 09:11 PM

Ain't it flashy!

Skwerl

07-11-2007, 09:13 PM

Jonseredbred

07-11-2007, 09:14 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153364553.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Jonseredbred

07-11-2007, 09:15 PM

Damn !! my server is a Canuck!!

JamesTX

07-11-2007, 09:17 PM

Y'all suck -

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153365877.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

squisher

07-11-2007, 09:17 PM

:/: I said pardon.:D

cybergeek23851

07-11-2007, 09:42 PM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153374317.png"></a>

This is just a basic 17.99 package with Verizon

squisher

07-11-2007, 09:49 PM

OK computer geniuses how the heckdo you get your results to display here like that?:?

Skwerl

07-11-2007, 09:52 PM

After you get your results, scroll down on the page and there's a little box on the right with the code. It looks just about like the Youtube code thing where you can copy the code to embed a video.

squisher

07-11-2007, 09:56 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153376112.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

MasterBlaster

07-11-2007, 10:00 PM

Yur a genie ass!!!

:lol:

squisher

07-11-2007, 10:06 PM

I feel all edumacated now. Heat wave is on, even I should've been able to figure that one out :|:

Canuck

07-11-2007, 10:44 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153396053.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

rbtree

07-12-2007, 12:14 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153423326.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

got everyone toasted.....trouble is, comcast has been down a lot lately.....I saw four trucks just up the street Sunday....

Paul B

07-12-2007, 12:27 AM

wow, RB that kicks butt! must be all those coffee shops / internet stops... or Mr Gates has some pull with Seattle internet speeds.. :) lucky you!

sotc

07-12-2007, 12:56 AM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153434090.png"></a>

clearwire sucks

High Scale

07-12-2007, 01:27 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153441776.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

stehansen

07-12-2007, 05:59 AM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153503328.png"></a>

The real test is how fast it downloads something and if I down load a printer driver from HP or something like that or a song on limewire it downloads at between 40 and 50 kbs.

vharrison

07-12-2007, 06:42 AM

OK computer geniuses how the heckdo you get your results to display here like that?:?

Right? How u do dat?

stehansen

07-12-2007, 06:45 AM

When you get the results page click on the middle copy button and then when you get the treehouse reply page up, right click on the page and select paste.

JamesTX

07-12-2007, 08:30 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153423326.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

got everyone toasted.....trouble is, comcast has been down a lot lately.....I saw four trucks just up the street Sunday....

Wow! What is that T1? T2?

MasterBlaster

07-12-2007, 08:31 AM

Yea, and how much do you pay???

JamesTX

07-12-2007, 08:31 AM

Haha - this is my work connection......

http://www.speedtest.net/result/153545262.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

sotc

07-12-2007, 08:58 AM

wow you guys, that almost loads before you know where you want to go !!

che

07-12-2007, 10:15 PM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153929878.png"></a>

:cry:

stehansen

07-12-2007, 10:17 PM

Hey, somebody slower than me.

JamesTX

07-12-2007, 10:17 PM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153929878.png"></a>

:cry:

Ouch.

MasterBlaster

07-12-2007, 10:25 PM

Damn Che, that's a crying shame! They should be paying YOU.

cybergeek23851

07-13-2007, 12:17 AM

Wow! What is that T1? T2?

I'm way rusty on my data/com backbone lessons, but I believe that is in the T3, OC1, or wireless running higher end of 802.11G speed rate.

rbtree

07-13-2007, 12:43 AM

Wow! What is that T1? T2?
comcast...about $45 a month...supposed to be 8 mbps---or so

cybergeek23851

07-13-2007, 12:54 AM

comcast...about $45 a month...supposed to be 8 mbps---or so

18686 KBPS is 18.24 MBPS, so you are getting your money's worth. :lol:

DTW902

07-13-2007, 08:00 AM

Not to bad for us being out in the sticks.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/154080018.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Al Smith

07-13-2007, 11:41 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/154477186.png (http://www.speedtest.net) Not as fast as I had thought

stehansen

07-14-2007, 12:22 AM

Maybe they are measuring in Canadian kb/s.;)

sotc

07-14-2007, 12:28 AM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153434090.png"></a>

clearwire sucks

very random service i have

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/154489718.png"></a>

Big A

07-14-2007, 07:02 AM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/154570313.png"></a>
ran 3 tests seemed to vary a bit, this was the middle ground test.

Mike Maas

07-14-2007, 08:08 AM

Al Smith

07-14-2007, 08:56 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/154598972.png (http://www.speedtest.net) This one in Cinci,a bit closer

JamesTX

07-14-2007, 11:25 AM

:D

Haha - photochopped.

BlackSmith

07-14-2007, 11:22 PM

Old Monkey

07-15-2007, 12:04 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/154893394.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

rumination

07-15-2007, 02:30 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/154923400.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Frans

07-16-2007, 10:11 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/155431215.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is about as fast as it gets for 18 bucks a month

Al Smith

07-16-2007, 10:54 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/155451649.png (http://www.speedtest.net) Hmm:D

Skwerl

07-16-2007, 05:55 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/155431215.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is about as fast as it gets for 18 bucks a month

I wish mine was that fast and I'm embarrased to tell you what I've paid for DSL for the last 4 years. 4-5 months ago I finally got on a package deal and got it down to $25 per month but within a week it seemed to get slower.
:cry:

NickfromWI

07-16-2007, 07:01 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/155704018.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Al Smith

07-16-2007, 07:44 PM

In this conversation of cable speed ,I might bring up the subject of voice over IP.

I got in a little tiff with the phone company over prices and went total cable perhaps 6 months ago.It was not without difficulties.It took persistance but it works just dandy now and perhaps half of what it had cost before.

While the use of just cable tv and internet had proven relatively trouble free,the addition of voice over IP had it's problems.The dummies from the cable company could not find the problem until they brought in an expert who found a bad connection within 15 minutes of trouble shooting.

I suppose you get what you pay for.Nine dollar an hour help is just nine dollar an hour help.

stehansen

07-17-2007, 12:24 AM

You have cable out where you live Al? Where we are the the cable co. doesn't go outside the city limits.

Skwerl

08-06-2007, 05:30 PM

My last result from there dated 6/24/07 (3 weeks ago). My DSL used to be faster but it seemed to take a big hit right about the same time I signed a 2 year deal in order to get a cheaper price. I'm about ready to get cable even though I don't even watch tv.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/144751405.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Finally got the cable connection turned on today. Normal browsing is about the same, but YouTube clips and big pictures are a helluva lot faster. My new test results:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/166326465.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

BlackSmith

08-06-2007, 06:45 PM

And if'n ya wanna bump it up a notch run this little reg fix found at

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/

You can try all the tweaks ya want but this is the only one that really does anything...

MasterBlaster

08-06-2007, 06:50 PM

Heck, what is all that?

Skwerl

08-06-2007, 08:03 PM

Thanks Blacksmith. After using your little tweak, I increased from 5254 to 5325.
:thumbup:

BlackSmith

08-07-2007, 08:24 AM

Butch, winders limits the speed that your machine will recieve data. This is just a registry hack that increases the tcp/ip recieve window size, allows your machine to recieve data faster. Some people notice a big increase while othes may not notice any at all... Either way it won't hurt your system, just changes a registry value.

MasterBlaster

08-07-2007, 08:40 AM

I'm skeered to mess with my registry. That page was kinda confusing to me...

BlackSmith

08-07-2007, 08:56 AM

It's really simple Butch, forget all the bullchit tech babble on the site. Only two files you need. l'll assume you're running XP, scroll down the page to Method 1 and download 2KTCP32K.REG and 2KTCPundo.inf to your desktop. Double click on 2KTCP32K.REG hit "YES" and reboot, that simple. The other file is incase you want to undo the changes.

MasterBlaster

08-07-2007, 09:00 AM

I'll give it a shot...

BlackSmith

08-07-2007, 09:03 AM

Like l said, l've seen it double some peoples speed, others no difference at all.

Skwerl

08-07-2007, 10:33 AM

Upload and downlowd speeds both increased slightly since yesterday, I'm on the phone right now with the phone company to cancel the DSL service.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/166670736.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

sotc

08-07-2007, 10:33 AM

so is it faster?

MasterBlaster

08-07-2007, 10:37 AM

I can't tell, plus I didn't run a before test.

Crapo!

Mike Maas

08-07-2007, 10:54 AM

That's like not testing a saw before having it modified!

xtremetrees

08-07-2007, 12:11 PM

I just moved locations and I finally got up and running . Took me 3 hours of messing with phone lines, and theres still static on the line . I'm at 1030 and 315 speeds, how easy was it squirrle to reconfigure the reg files? Now when the phone is employeed my connection to the treehouse times out.:(

GASoline71

08-07-2007, 01:52 PM

xtremetrees

08-08-2007, 11:19 AM

I keep getting disconnected, timed out when folks call.:

Skwerl

08-09-2007, 08:33 AM

Over the last couple days my connection speed just keeps getting faster and faster. :)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/167782445.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm liking the cable connection, the DSL service has already been permanently cancelled.

MasterBlaster

08-09-2007, 09:28 AM

I love mine! :D

GASoline71

08-09-2007, 09:52 AM

Man livin' in the boonies sucks...

Comcast cable is now out my way... but since there was never any cable installed at my house it will cost more for them to run the line from the pole. I have DirecTV instead of cable TV... and Comcast requires me to have cable TV installed before they will even run DSL to the house.

Verizon doesn't have any high speed option out my way, and neither do the local internet companies. This dial-up BS is gettin' old.:( :X

Gary

JamesTX

08-09-2007, 10:24 AM

Work connection got a little faster -

http://www.speedtest.net/result/167829058.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

xtremetrees

08-09-2007, 12:57 PM

My upload is so slow its gonna take a hour to upload a 2 minute tree climbing video I made this am. about pre-rigging.
Gary you can get satalite internet thru direct for about 450 install plue 100 cd-rw's and record onto them would make it worth it.

GASoline71

08-09-2007, 01:11 PM

Frig that mang! I ain't payin' no 450 for install... plus it's damn near 125 bucks per month...

I don't use my 'puter that much to warrant "Satalite" (LOL) internet.

Gary

Chisel Tooth

08-09-2007, 02:18 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/167954112.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Looks about average.

xtremetrees

08-09-2007, 05:03 PM

Frig that mang! "Satalite" (LOL) internet.

Gary

lol

xtremetrees

08-09-2007, 05:04 PM

Gary that pic came from canuck didn't it.? I remeber commenting to him abou t it, I felt it a brilliant siggy at the time but not so sure now.

GASoline71

08-10-2007, 12:59 AM

Nah... I found that pic awhile back Robert... Butch gave it to someone as an Avatar on here. Not sure who it was though...

Gary

hugashe

08-11-2007, 04:55 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/169086185.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

how about that???

MasterBlaster

08-11-2007, 06:14 PM

Gah-JOLLY!!! :\:

Ryan

08-11-2007, 07:23 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/169136536.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

hugashe

08-12-2007, 07:21 PM

Gah-JOLLY!!! :\:

now if i can just get a faster computter to use it on.

Magnus

08-13-2007, 11:11 AM

This was fun!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/169816684.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Magnus

08-13-2007, 11:23 AM

Turku/Åbo Finland
http://www.speedtest.net/result/169822424.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Banned by Squirrels

08-13-2007, 04:04 PM

This is what I got with my smartphone as a modem... :pathetic:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/169972414.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Skwerl

08-13-2007, 04:07 PM

How can you be 50 miles from Scottsdale AZ if you're in Hawaii? :?

Paul B

08-13-2007, 04:52 PM

Turku/Åbo Finland
http://www.speedtest.net/result/169822424.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Turku! cool, home of a few of the Canucks players (hockey)

Banned by Squirrels

08-13-2007, 08:39 PM

Good question...

GASoline71

08-13-2007, 09:32 PM

How can you be 50 miles from Scottsdale AZ if you're in Hawaii? :?

It's the interference from the foil hat! LOL:lol:

j/k

Gary

Magnus

08-14-2007, 03:15 AM

Paul...

I was there this summer!

Finland is a Biutiful country with lot's of nice people!

sotc

09-26-2007, 08:01 PM

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/153434090.png"></a>

clearwire sucks

heres my new internet
<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/187780773.png"></a>

Skwerl

09-26-2007, 08:06 PM

Willie, the cable upgrade is awesome, isn't it??!!
:D

MasterBlaster

09-26-2007, 08:10 PM

I've never been on dial-up!

sotc

09-26-2007, 08:20 PM

still checking it outbrian, so far so good.
butch i didnt have dial up before, it woked kinda on cell phone technology. and was supposed to be high speed

stehansen

09-26-2007, 08:35 PM

I had dial-up for years and when I worked at Gallo Wine I would leave my laptop at work on and dial into it with my home computer and surf the web remotely using my work connection. When I quit there, DSL was just becoming affordable and I got that. We don't have cable available where I live or I would probably have it as I think it is usually quite a bit faster. I could get business DSL which is comparable to your cable speed for about $50/month, but that's too much money. DSL is $14.95 here, and the speed is about like sotc's pre cable speed.

top hopper

09-26-2007, 10:12 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187804836.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I dont know what it means but its fast enough for me. :|:

MasterBlaster

09-26-2007, 10:17 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187806033.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

Gawddamn!!!

Rotax Robert

09-26-2007, 10:38 PM

well since I don't have the faintest idea how to embed anything mine said 7480 and 8214 for whatever thats worth. Oh yeah ping was 41 and miles was 50

rotax

MasterBlaster

09-26-2007, 10:39 PM

What do you knot cypher about embedding, Robert?

Just quote something to see how it's done.

Rotax Robert

09-26-2007, 10:47 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187811067.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

MasterBlaster

09-26-2007, 10:48 PM

Well there you geaux! :drink:

Rotax Robert

09-26-2007, 10:50 PM

Always wonder'd how to do that, I always just posted a link.

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HE1YGr6ylbY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HE1YGr6ylbY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

rbtree

09-26-2007, 10:50 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187811611.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

still kicking asp!!

MasterBlaster

09-26-2007, 10:52 PM

Crikey!!!

Mr. Sir

09-26-2007, 11:09 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187814745.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Rotax Robert

09-27-2007, 04:28 AM

OK, so what is considered realy fast? I live out in the sticks. Mostly
Fir, Hemlock and Alder. Don't think we have this ultra high speed thing out here yet, except for saws and our usual morning wood :P

Just the same somebody put it all in english "kb/s I know, I think" but wtf is "ping" and what ever else that is involved with a fast connection. Seems from my prior post on my work computer I could get faster from other cities than within 50 miles that mine said would work best. work was around 8000 both ways and I found other places I could go 12,000+

Just curious... Anyway since I learned how to get this inbed stuff, and that is where I am heading ,I need to know.

below is from my house

http://www.speedtest.net/result/187855894.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Rotax Robert

che

09-27-2007, 07:22 AM

29 & 59 kbps, this time. :(

Rotax Robert

09-27-2007, 07:31 PM

Paul B

09-27-2007, 07:44 PM

my guess is ping is the time it takes for a server to acknowledge your system trying to access it, sorta like sonar?
its a teensy file I would assume or cookie or sorta idea I am thinking. My speed is about the same as your readout there Rotax. been the same reading here for about 6 or 7 years, two different households, same ISP.

Skwerl

09-27-2007, 07:44 PM

'ping' is the time it takes the signal to travel from the server to your computer. A higher ping rate indicates a bigger lag time.

che

09-27-2007, 08:49 PM

ping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping)

sotc

09-27-2007, 09:08 PM

pong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping)

NickfromWI

12-04-2007, 09:39 PM

Alright, I just moved to a new place. I'm stealing wireless from somone and it is slooooooooow. It varies in a few places around the house. I ordered DSL Elite from ATT yesterday, and it get's hooked up tomorrow. I wanted to do a couple speed tests now, then again tomorrow to see the difference.

Here are some tests from 2 locations in the new place.

I have to go find out how many megabits in a kilobit now.

love
nick

NickfromWI

12-04-2007, 10:10 PM

So I just learned from google that 840 kilobit = 0.8203125 megabit.

Even though windows told me I had a 24.0 mbps. Whatever.

So I signed up for the Elite 6.0 megabits service from ATT. If I am getting .82mbps right now, when I am up to speed, google says 6 megabit = 6,144 kilobit which will be WAY faster than what I am dealing with now. About 7.3 times faster....

yee haw!!!

I wish I was in a verizon FiOS service area....

love
nick

rumination

12-04-2007, 10:15 PM

What's FiOS?

NickfromWI

12-04-2007, 10:32 PM

Fiber Optics. http://www22.verizon.com/content/consumerfios/packages+and+prices/packages+and+prices.htm

You can get $peed$ up to 30mbps!!! (it's expensive)

love
nick

Mike Maas

12-05-2007, 08:56 AM

Even though windows told me I had a 24.0 mbps. Whatever.

love
nick

The windows number, I think, is the speed your wireless card is capable of, it doesn't have to do with your connection speed.

stehansen

12-05-2007, 09:43 PM

Mine is getting faster.

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/209274462.png"></a>

squisher

12-05-2007, 10:11 PM

Alright, I just moved to a new place. I'm stealing wireless from somone and it is slooooooooow.

love
nick

The term is piggybacking, I'd never steal from a neighbor. So you're gonna spend how much a month for faster internet? I'm saving six to eight hundred a year right now.

RaisedByWolves

12-06-2007, 12:14 AM

Not too bad.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/209300043.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

NickfromWI

12-06-2007, 01:38 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/209311750.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I am hooked up now. Not wireless, yet. I didn't have time to chat with them online about that yet. This doesn't seem much faster.

Hmmm....

rumination

12-06-2007, 01:43 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/209312680.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Steve, that is really slow. What kind of connection do you have?

Skwerl

12-06-2007, 07:37 AM

If your result seems slow, then try a couple different test servers. The Orlando server is horrible but I get great numbers when I test on the Atlanta server.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/209375651.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/209375365.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Mike Maas

02-20-2008, 09:04 AM

I had to do some trouble shooting and learned a few things.
First is the time of day, it's like driving, when traffic is high you slow down.
Another thing is a wireless router will slow you way down.
I also learned my modem was bad, so I had that replaced.

I got my best speed up to about 15Mbs, but after the wireless router and in normal traffic it's about 3Mbs.

Mike Maas

02-20-2008, 09:07 AM

The other thing is the wireless card in my computer was old and it was only rated at 11Mbs, so that was limiting. The newer ones are mostly 54Mbs, that's the number you see when you put your mouse over the connection icon.

rbtree

07-04-2008, 08:46 AM

Comcast is getting a bit faster
http://www.speedtest.net/result/291988644.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Mr. Sir

07-04-2008, 09:00 AM

This seems pretty good. It's about 150% faster than last year.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/291993084.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Frans

07-04-2008, 09:35 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/292004977.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

sotc

07-06-2008, 11:04 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/292749561.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Skwerl

06-13-2009, 09:31 AM

I'm here at Andy's house in Kansas and he has a fast connection. This is on my laptop through a wifi connection.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/494949945.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

rumination

06-13-2009, 10:01 AM

That's pretty speedy! Here's my pathetic connection in comparison.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/494967655.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

sotc

06-13-2009, 10:59 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/494998039.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

DTW902

06-14-2009, 10:15 PM

It was 1.76 earlier when I got home but still better than dial up.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/495889730.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

sawinredneck

06-14-2009, 10:28 PM

Blows dial up out of the water! Thats not bad for out in BFE!

DTW902

06-14-2009, 10:38 PM

I agree!!!! So far so good. Now if Tyler could get his going, we got a wireless router and a adapter thing for his comp. This one connects to the router via a cable. Anyway his says it has full strength signal but it will not bring up the net, it keeps saying page not available. I think he is about ready to boot it out the window....:lol:

sawinredneck

06-14-2009, 10:46 PM

You may have to hardwire it in to set up the router connection initially. I have always had to do that when I set up a new wireless router in the past.
Oh, and the damn CD that comes with the linksys router is trash! Look in the book and it will give you an ip gateway and you can set it up from there easier.