OT: Where Do You Go

Atrocities · #1 November 22nd, 2002, 12:10 AM

I was wondering if any one could provide me with links to speed testing sites that will test my connection speed. I need to test out my friends DSL connection. It seems to be rather slow.

In comparisson to my former ISP connection, cable via AT&T Broadband, this connection is like dial up.

[ November 23, 2002, 18:51: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Thermodyne · #2 November 22nd, 2002, 12:17 AM

Try this one:
http://www.numion.com/

It tends to under report a little because of the internet router situation, but it is not too bad.

Ragnarok · #3 November 22nd, 2002, 12:22 AM

The site I use to test my DSL connection is found here. http://www.dslreports.com/stest
Just choose your location that you wanna test from and wait for the thing to load then press start.

It seems to be pretty close... Our DSL is supposed to be 356K, through our local phone company, but we average around 100K. But we are at the extream limit of distance from the box. (4.2 miles) it's supposed to only reach 4.0 miles but they managed to get it out to us.

I just ran a test myself and I pulled 268 down, and 1119 up.

[ November 21, 2002, 22:23: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

DavidG · #4 November 22nd, 2002, 12:48 AM

And another one

http://computingcentral.msn.com/internet/speedtest.asp

EDit: Just tested my connect on these 3 links and got 599 on mine, 670 on Rags, and 408 on Thermodyne's. So I guess the 3rd does under report a bit

[ November 21, 2002, 22:53: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Pablo · #5 November 22nd, 2002, 01:44 PM

One more
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

[ November 22, 2002, 11:45: Message edited by: Pablo ]

Fyron · #6 November 23rd, 2002, 04:08 AM

Those sites all gave me vastly different results.

Gandalph · #7 November 23rd, 2002, 04:57 AM

The problem with testing connection speed is that it depends on how many servers you are bouncing off of, which can change each time you connect to a site. Internet information is like electricity in that it generally takes the path of least resistance. If you have Win2k, and Fyron I know you do, you can open a command prompt by click start then run then typing "cmd" and hitting enter. In the DOS box that opens, type "pathping any internet site" and the results will give you an idea of what I am talking about. With that in mind, if you have Win2k, you can open the performance MMC snap in and get a true calculation of your internet speed. If you would like more info, or you have a different OS, email me and I will explain in more detail.