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The local utility company, in the community I live in, has decided to take on the cable company. We will have city wide high speed wireless by summertime at a out of pocket cost of $25.00/month. Groovy.

Where I live 256K DSL is $50 a month with Sprint, 2 miles away it is $19.99 with SBC. I dont know what Sprint's problem is but nobody will buy it where we live, cable is actually cheaper.

Hey Bridgman;

I used the Bell one-way dish for a couple of years. The speeds are 'optimistic' and the support is honestly terrible. I finally got to the point where I would only call Saturday at 9 am because that's when the guy who could actually help was working.

That being said, Anikast has just launched a two-way service that looks like it is going to be great. I've put my wee deposit down and I'm waiting for the software to arrive. Bell went out of the business - I'm not sure who you're looking at?

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 2701 Kbps about 2.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 330 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon May 16 15:00:30 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 48X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.1 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 70.05 % of your hosts average (rr.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-BD9KAVW18


from the office

Ajax - thanks a lot

Work is:
Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1499 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 183 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon May 16 13:12:14 MDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 27X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.6 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 117.25 % faster than the average for host (30.206)

I'm curious to see what I get with DSL at home through our phone company.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 4148 Kbps about 4.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 506 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon, 16 May 2005 17:01:12 GMT-0400
Bottom Line:: 74X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.02 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 88.03 % faster than the average for host (rogers.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-FEBV1IZ2M


This is with the Rogers "extreme". Anyone have regular or "lite" for comparison?

One thing to consider with these speed tests is that ISPs with very high speeds often implement transfer caps so people cannot use it too much. This isn't something that they all do, yet many have taken it up lately. So if your speed isn't the highest and you see someone providing the same in your area, check it out before you switch or you may find yourself getting "abuse" letters after a week of downloading. a 60 gig cap would make anything over 300-400 kbps virtually useless.

No, Curtis, I win...

Connection is:: 6833 Kbps about 6.8 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 834 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon May 16 16:20:49 PDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 122X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.23 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 96.07 % faster than the average for host

okay, I cheated - that's from work I'll test from home later

Geez...what kind of connection do you have at work?

People must not be home yet and on their PCs....

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 5282 Kbps about 5.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 645 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Mon May 16 17:30:27 PDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 94X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.59 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 74.04 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-KBOJESIYX