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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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Internet Connection Speed Test?

Does anyone know of a good place to go online to get an accurate speed test done?

Thanks.
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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Just did a Google search for "Internet speed test"

came up with several sites.

here's one
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Tested mine

Personal test results
Speed
727.1 kilobits per second

Communications 727.1 kilobits per second
Storage 88.8 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 11.5 seconds
Subjective rating Good
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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47.2 kilobits per second

Communications 47.2 kilobits per second
Storage 5.8 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3 minutes
Subjective rating Slow
.............im old school dial-up
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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1.3 megabits per second

Communications 1.3 megabits per second
Storage 157.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 6.5 seconds
Subjective rating Good

And that's on a 4mbps connection. I love *** communications.
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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comcast cable company...if you see this...WHY DO U OFFER CABLE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT IN MY AREA OF MS.???....COMcast...there probally commies
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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From: nimitz wv
http://www.toast.net/performance/
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:24 PM
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Also here:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:25 PM
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Ditto on the Toast.net, that's the one the Charter guys usually use around here.
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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Loaded 754,928 bytes in 8.352 seconds from Online-Solutions.org server.

as tested on that link.

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2005-02-18 20:30:11 EST: 708 / 131
Your download speed : 725590 bps, or 708 kbps.
A 88.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 134498 bps, or 131 kbps.


as tested on the 2nd link shown.
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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Loaded 754,928 bytes in 46.617 seconds from Polar Comm. server
from that toast.net
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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Communications 2.2 megabits per second
Storage 264.9 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.9 seconds
Subjective rating Great
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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Loaded 754,928 bytes in 1.453 seconds from Nibble Info Systems server.
at toast.net
Not too shabby
mishkaya
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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that is my physical connection to me home desktop.

my wlan on my laptop is at half of that.

he he, fast fiber, jiMMy
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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"Loaded 754,928 bytes in 0.547 seconds from Nibble Info Systems server."
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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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"2005-02-18 21:40:25 EST: 6935 / 2076
Your download speed : 7101814 bps, or 6935 kbps.
A 866.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 2126411 bps, or 2076 kbps."
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