Compare Internet Speeds Here

Freeport, FL
using Blackberry as tethered modem via Alltel Wireless (apparently on one of the slow cell towers which has yet to be updated.)



Note, I see the distance from here to Tampa (the testing server I used) states that the distance is only 50 mile, so I'm uncertain if that skews the data of upload and download speeds, or the ping.

Alltel wireless Santa Rosa Beach

Desktop Computer, Cable Internet, Santa Rosa Beach (Driftwood Estates)

Charter cable internet..using wireless router. Lacey's Spring, Alabama

Mediacom, using wireless router. Topsail Village.

From a cave in Dallas, using AT&T DSL on a laptop with a router.

I have the cheapest cable Cox has at like $25/month.

desktop, cable internet, central ohio

Embarq, dsl, laptop, inlet beach

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North Georgia. Charter Communications cable. Macbook via wireless router. I'm too lazy to go check my PC, but it's usually slower.

This is from the Atlanta server



And this is from the Jacksonville server



And this is from the Orlando server





Internal WiFi card on a Toshiba Tecra M2 notebook running Windows XP Pro SP2, connected to a Linksys WRT54G router, on Embarq DSL near Eastern Lake.

Lousy upload speeds, aren't they. The "compare" option at Speedtest.net shows me slower than both the Florida and national averages for both upload and download.

When I set up the service, Embarq had two extra-cost options promising faster service. I passed on them, expecting that they wouldn't help much, so this is the lowest-cost option.

And here's my other Toshiba Tecra M2 (I've got 2 identical notebooks) at the Atlanta server. This one has a new hard drive, so the Windows setup is 2 years newer. Otherwise all the same connection info.

And finally, here's my print server, an older Toshiba Tecra running Windows 2000, using the internal Ethernet adaptor and a Cat5 connection to the Linksys WRT54G wireless router and Embarq DSL.

It looks like there are faster downloads, compared to the other 2 notebooks which are connected wirelessly to the router.

Santa RosaBeach / Embarq DSL /Desktop

Anybody else on Mediacom?

sowalgayboi sure had a quick download. I'm wondering if that's typical.

mine is slower today than it was the other day when I tested. How does that work? Is it users online or what?

Mediacom dsl, wireless router, inexpensive laptop. Am I the only dum-dum that chose the correct link to copy and paste last? Oops forgot -Santa Rosa Beach.

BDarg - You are so much faster than the other Embarq users!

Did you spring for the extra-cost option for more speed?


Just out of curiosity, I shut off ZoneAlarm and reran the speed test. No difference at all. Hmmm... :scratch:

Anybody else on Mediacom?

sowalgayboi sure had a quick download. I'm wondering if that's typical.

I think that's just 9pm on a Saturday night. It varies depending on time of day, weather, and the number of users on my connection.

I also used the Atlanta server, I guess most of us forgot to put that in. Here's todays result:



Wow, was doing that in the background while I was typing.

I think that's just 9pm on a Saturday night. It varies depending on time of day, weather, and the number of users on my connection.

I also used the Atlanta server, I guess most of us forgot to put that in. Here's todays result:



Wow, was doing that in the background while I was typing.

Server location is noted on the results link.

i had mediacom when i lived in seagrove and we got the discount from 1 seagrove and it is the best deal i have ever had. It was $15/month for digital cable AND high speed internet and would get the same speeds. I was very happy with their service. Wish I could get it on bay grove road

Point Washington, MediaCom cable (highest speed package) with wireless router, laptop. At 6:15 am, I might add, when traffic is nil.

Interestingly, Speedtest thinks I am in Iowa - it recommended that I test against the Minneapolis server (200 miles) rather than the Atlanta server (600 miles). The Minneapolis server was faster, so perhaps I am in Iowa. ;-)


Embarq users, can you tell us which speed package you have?

I heard the other day that Embarq brought fiber up 395 to Bay School which means they will be able to provide DSL to that area of Old Point Washington which has had neither DSL nor cable.

Server location is noted on the results link.

Thank you, sometimes the obvious escapes me.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/203888411.png

Comcast Cable modem, Midtown Atlanta 5 pm

http://www.speedtest.net/result/203890983.png

second time few min later even faster