Internet speed?

We have Comcast Business at the house/ office. They advertise lightning fast speed, but our connection seems painfully slow. How do I check actual speed? For as much work that we do on the 'putters, need all the speed we can get. Thanks

www.speedtest.net is one of the main sites.

OK, ran the test. Showed 15.4 download, 3.5 upload. Are these decent numbers?

I would say on the low end for broadband. Especially with Google and other carriers starting to push 1GB (1024Mbs)

Comcast offers 150? 300? now.

Yeah Comcast is 25/50/150 in my area. Uverse(AT&T) is limited to 6. I run 5.5 down and 3 up.

cwh wrote: OK, ran the test. Showed 15.4 download, 3.5 upload. Are these decent numbers?

They're not bad, but not stellar. What sort of speed are you paying for? You maybe only paying for 15Mb, for example. Upload looks pretty good.

For example I'm pay for 60Mb downstream (business service via a local ISP using Charter infrastructure) and I'm getting a tad more than that, upload is at a bit over 4Mbit.

Grtechguy wrote: I would say on the low end for broadband.

Those aren't broadband. Broadband is a minimum of 25down, 4up.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7932653/fcc-changed-definition-broadband-25mbps

Sadly, I don't have broadband either. I pay for "turbo" from Time Warner, and still have E36 M3ty 20/2. Its a crazy ripoff. One thing I miss about being closer to a big city/metro area.

Hadn't tested mine in a while, so I did. Optimum appears to have boosted their speed in my area since the last time I checked: getting 28.8/5.5 now, vs. mid-teens down/~4 up before. I don't stream much, so I hadn't really noticed.

cwh wrote: OK, ran the test. Showed 15.4 download, 3.5 upload. Are these decent numbers?

Sounds good to me. I pay for 6 down, 2 up, and I do just fine at home. Plays games and netflix just fine.

I get 150 down 25 up at the office and about half that at home. Usually is the anti virus or hardware that limits transfer speeds.

Note that while Comcast Business is more expensive than Comcast Home, you're not paying extra for additional speed. You're paying for better customer support (totally worth it, IMHO).

We get the slowest from TWC (2 down, 1 up) and we can do Netflix or Youtube without batting an eye. Browsing seems slow sometimes, though. We rarely have more than one person streaming however.

Of note: Make sure to test on more then one speed sight. Some providers have been known to open up the rate restriction when you go to certain test sights (!)

Does switching to a different DNS do anything for speed? Like google's free DNS?

I like speedof.me to test speeds.

I pay extra to get 20/2 with TWC. No other option.

An ISP can fool speedtest, the best way to max out your download speed is to torrent a popular linux distribution, the latest Ubuntu LTS release works well.

cwh wrote: OK, ran the test. Showed 15.4 download, 3.5 upload. Are these decent numbers?

What are you actually using your connection for, and how many people use it at once? That speed should easily support HD streaming video, which is pretty data intensive, for one or two users. Netflix recommends only 5 Mbps for HD streaming.

Are you uploading or downloading large files?

Ok if you have Comcast business class, you should be getting faster speeds than that. 25Mbps should be your speed at the lowest, however, if you have anything like a router or switch, you will see slightly lower speeds.

cwh wrote: OK, ran the test. Showed 15.4 download, 3.5 upload. Are these decent numbers?

I would be asking some questions. I have Comcast Home service (Internet, TV and phone). My speeds on that same test are 30.05 down and 6.19 up.

But one thing that may factor into it is the type of cable you get your service over. Mine is fiber optic up to 1/2 block from my house.

2.0 down, 1.01 up. That's high speed, right? On fiber optic into the house?

berkeley...

Just switched from DSL which had slowed to .7 down and .5 up to TWC 16 down 1.2 up.
It blows my mind how much better it is.

I feel like the internet has gotten slower over the past years. 15.75 down, 5 up but things don't load particularly fast and this is a new laptop.

In reply to fritzsch:

I think every website has gotten more laden with stuff that they load slower because there are more parts to most websites. Think about the java or flash applets, or all of the .gifs that are running.

RossD wrote: In reply to fritzsch: I think every website has gotten more laden with stuff that they load slower because there are more parts to most websites. Think about the java or flash applets, or all of the .gifs that are running.

http://motherberkeleyingwebsite.com/

In reply to ProDarwin:

IS that from the clickbate thread?