Broadband forum: Poll: What type of Internet connection do you have? At what speed?

I just got the 12MBPS version of Qwest fiber-optic, which is fiber-to-the-neighborhood.

Speedtest.net rates it 10.3MBPS.

In this area, Qwest also advertises a 20MBPS version.

No cable company, no holes drilled in the wall, no big ugly cables...

I just upgraded to Comcast's Ultra with Powerboost. They advertise 22Mbs with bursts to 30Mbs down and 7Mbs up. I am getting 42Mbs to 47Mbs up on a consistent basis using Speedtest.net to measure and even 30-35Mbs on my wireless connection 2 rooms away.

Results from http://www.speed.io
(Copied on 2009-10-03 06:54:59)
Download: 1896 Kbit/s
Upload : 502 kbit/s
Connects : 852 conn/min
Ping: 66 ms

Not mobile broadband, but WiFi-to-tower. It's the only flavor available at the moment in my area, but hoping the cable comes along in the near future.

Compared to DSL and cable, this connection rates on the low side. Connections are not always reliable, and speeds vary widely at any point throughout the day. Tolerable, but just barely.

Advertised speeds: 2Mbs down/2Mbs up
Actual (avg): 1.5Mbs down/0.7Mbs up

Results from http://www.speed.io
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Download: 9123 Kbit/s
Upload : 763 kbit/s
Connects : 1212 conn/min
Ping: 54 ms

This is just on DSL. Lattelecom is upgrading much of its network to fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the building. Top speeds (for a premium package) of 500 Mbps are planned for the second half of November, 100 Mbps is currently available. There will also be a 200 Mbps offer. All are bundled with Lattelecom's IPTV offering and unlimited calls on the domestic fixed network with no extra charge (flat rate).
See also: http://latviantelecoms.blogspot.com/2009/10/lattelecom-announces-jump-to-500-mbps.html

Wow! Juris, once that upgrade takes place you'll be able to download something before you even decide on what to download.

I've got Cox medium speed & used your speed check-o-meter and it came up with a download speed of 7.3M & upload speed of 2.3M I have just been hooked up too Hi-Speed about 5 months and am pretty satisfied with it, compared my old AT&T dial-up! What a "Pain in the Rear-End" that was! dk

I ran the speed test and here are the results.
Results from http://www.speed.io
(Copied on 2009-10-03 01:29:17)
Download: 12704 Kbit/s
Upload : 5921 kbit/s
Connects : 692 conn/min
Ping: 144 ms

I did this not from my desktop but my new 300 buck laptop in bed. I also share the connection with two other peoples laptop in the house via a wireless router.

Comcast will sell you more bandwidth if you need it of course.

They are also consistently upgrading their speed as part of their business plan.

Unfortunately I have yet to find any site where this theoretical speed was something I could actually take advantage of in the real world. I never see actual download speeds of 12MBS. That would be really cool. If I am downloading something from a small radio show website where the guy running it is offering downloads for free then it is not going to be very fast,I will just run download managers and get 12 downloads going at the same time to speed it up a bit, but it is still not fast. Obviously you guys know better than me that it is highly unlikely that anyone ever actually downloads at the speeds given through these tests for many reasons involoving limitations in equipment and traffic on both your end and the end of the site you are downloading from. Typically if I am downloading say a game (simple 100MB game I use for the trial period to kill time) the download speed is about 1.5/MBS. So if someone sees their download window and it is nothing close to what they are getting from this or other tests there is nothing wrong and they need to realize there are a slew of things that will lower that speed that is not the fault of the ISP.

Comcast (about $45/month)
Download: 29.90 Mb/s
Upload: 2.56 Mb/s
Ping: 48 ms
Jitter: 0 ms

I use Virgin Media as my ISP, although I was originally with NTLWorld before it was taken over. I pay for the 'up to 10Mbps' package. I consistently get a Download rate of ~9.8 Mbps, and an Upload rate of ~490 kbps (~0.49 Mbps). However, I did have to get a new modem from the Company this year to be able to get the higher rates that I had been paying for for a year but not getting! (My previous Download Rate had been just below 4 Mbps)

I stil have not found a true download speed that it anywhere near what the clocked rate is when in actual use.

Time Warner Road Runner Milwaukee Wisconsin
Cable modem, business class service, about $42/month
7.7 Mbps download, 1.4 Mbps upload

dialup 45.2 K Not specifically by choice. Bellsouth is not moving on DSL and Cableone is near usury in their pricing. As well, Cableone is not the most reliable provider of any service. If Bell would get going at it, I would switch to dsl but they seem to be sitting on their thumbs one at a time while sucking the other!

We have Verizon FIOS service and I am happy to say I am humming along at 19000 kbit/s on the download and 4721 kbit/s on the upload. I have never had a problem with my service and I would recommend FIOS to anybody who is able to have it installed. We are hard-wired to the drop. I do not trust wireless connections.