One of the bookmarks that I have on my browser bar is this site right here: Speedtest.net.
It essentially tests the speed of your connection so that you can quickly assess if you’re going to have a cryfest when you can’t access Facebook due to the connection providing an uber-fail.
And I wasn’t necessarily crying, per se, about the internet connection where I’m currently residing but now that I’m truly at home blogging full time I really can’t wait around for things to “happen” when I’m online.
So, my friend upgraded the service and I’m now elated (and secured his place in my friend list forever). Here is the before and after:
Before the Upgrade:
After the Upgrade:
The increase makes me giddy.
How’s your speed doing? Do you understand this emotional track with internet speed?
Stephen Bateman says
I got 16 down, 19 up (weird..) w/ 23 ms latency.
But I’m on super DSL-feeling internet, so that can shoot to near zero quickly.
dewde says
The bits are screaming. Lovin it!!!
peace | dewde
Matt Phelps says
23Mb/s. Wow, I wish. I’m looking at about 2.4 down and .4 up. Believe it or not, that’s actually the high end. I’ve been getting results as low as .14 down/.13 up. I’ve been working with the ISP for several weeks on this, and so far no one knows why it does this. (If anyone can help us out let me know. I do have logs.)
The salt in the wound? Cable ends 1/2 mile down the road.
Michael Hyatt says
Can I hire him? What did he do? I’m getting 14.22 MB/S down and 5.68 MB/S up.
John Saddington says
🙂 we just upgraded the comcast service.
nothing special.
dewde says
Michael:
What modem are you using? I have the Motorola Surfboard (http://amzn.to/cQEY3f) which is the best rated one I could find.
Could be a factor.
peace | dewde
Chris Rouse says
I was at a coffee shop the other night and I was having trouble doing anything at all on the internet there. Tried to do a speedtest check and their internet was so slow that speedtest errored out because it couldn’t even download the test file. Yeah, that’s bad.
Esteban Eid says
You make me cry! 🙂
http://www.flickr.com/photos/banzinho/5029324483/