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This is not terribly fast this evening, but this is what it says:

Your Internet Connection
Speed Results




File Size: 1.4648 MB
Time Elapsed: 3.25 seconds

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3.606 Mbps
(461.54 KBps)


For What It Is Worth.

The Rat.

>>It was ok though, cause the two of us driving side by side gave almost enough light on the road to be able to see!

Ah yes, those were the days...

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 4963 Kbps about 5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 606 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Sun May 15 20:24:17 PDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 89X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.69 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 63.47 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-6RGCLFJUA

Do I win?
The internet connection is the only thing my cable company is good for!

So far, Curtis. Gee, this is exciting!

I've never tested mine either. Silly question, but how do you do it?

Paul

Looks like your speed is still the fastest. This morning mine is a little faster, but.........

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Your connection is: 4182 Kbps (about 4.2 Mbps)
You downloaded at: 511 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED: ^info^ 4475 Kbps :: 547 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line: You are running: 75 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 2 second(s)
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.78 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net)

For What It is Worth.

The Rat.

Your connection is: 4245 Kbps (about 4.2 Mbps)
You downloaded at: 518 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED: ^info^ 4542 Kbps :: 554 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line: You are running: 76 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 1.98 second(s)
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 18.54 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net)

Bah. At least these are real Canadian bits :

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 38 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 5 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon May 16 08:20:35 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 204.8 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (wcom.ca)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-M6H4NGWXV

I feel your pain, for now

I used to live in town and had a Cable modem, talk about fast. Then my wife and I got this crazy idea we wanted to get away from having neighbors a stones throw away. So, we built a house about 3 years ago on 2.5 acres. Ok, so we still have neighbors, but 400-500ft away is still better than 20ft.

Anyway, back to the internet stuff, I now only get 24kbs connection at the best, really sucks. Fast forward to May, since everyone in our development hates dial up, I called Qwest DSL, and talked to the regional mgr for the area. Not sure how I did it, but they are currently installing a remote station near us that will extend DSL service to our area. May 23rd is the date they gave us, dang I'm excited now.

They have two options available, 256K up/down or 1.5MB/768K up/down for about $30 and $40 bucks/mth respectivley.

I'm going to try to talk the wife into the faster plan, but the slower one will be like light speed, compared to my current pathetic dial up.

Paul, here is the web site where we've been performing the test.

http://www.testmy.net/.

You want the "Download Test." And, pick a file size that is consistent with the speed of your connection.

There are other sites, and doggone if I don't get a different reading from each one.

CNET Bandwidth Test

McAfee Internet Connection Speedometer