Author Topic: What's Your Internet Speed/Reliability SATISFACTION? (Read 120,908 times)

Renegade · « **Reply #75 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:53 AM »

I'm depressed...

tomos · « **Reply #76 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:24 AM »

Quote from: Deozaan on June 22, 2011, 05:56 AM

A speed wave is a gamification of speedtest.net where a bunch of people test their speeds and it compares them and you get "badges" for being fastest or having the biggest improvement, etc. Let's all try out the DC Speed wave I created!

http://www.speedtest.net/wave/645a30064de33271

I didnt register first, but then clicked login beside my result and registered via that - it updated my result with my login name

tomos · « **Reply #77 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:26 AM »

Quote from: Renegade on June 22, 2011, 06:53 AM

I'm depressed...

is that you at the bottom of the list...
( with the sad panda and the loser badges

)

edit/ if it's any consolation, you've got better upload speeds than deozaan

Renegade · « **Reply #78 on:** June 22, 2011, 07:41 AM »

Quote from: tomos on June 22, 2011, 07:26 AM

Quote from: Renegade on June 22, 2011, 06:53 AM
I'm depressed...

is that you at the bottom of the list...
( with the sad panda and the loser badges )

edit/ if it's any consolation, you've got better upload speeds than deozaan

Yes. This is a very sad panda...

Or if you look left, this is a very sad puppy...

Sad, sad puppy...

Deozaan · « **Reply #79 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:17 AM »

I'm pretty happy with mine. It's not the fastest connection available, but considering I'm paying for 5 Mb down and 0.5 up, I'm happy to getting more than I'm paying for.

I need to stop retesting my speeds though. I keep bringing the average down...

nosh · « **Reply #80 on:** June 22, 2011, 08:52 AM »

I just beat someone to last place.

Renegade · « **Reply #81 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:03 PM »

Quote from: nosh on June 22, 2011, 08:52 AM

I just beat someone to last place.

That would be me...

My nickname for my Internet connection is the "assie shiternet". Got one for yours?

Renegade · « **Reply #82 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:08 PM »

And I've signed up now with "Renegade Mind" as my nickname there so I don't look so anonymous, and so that people can laugh at and ridicule me for my pathetic Internet speeds...

Renegade · « **Reply #83 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:13 PM »

A funny observation...

The red flag badge there is for the first person from a country to do the test. Note how many there are!

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nosh · « **Reply #84 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:07 PM »

Quote

My nickname for my Internet connection is the "assie shiternet". Got one for yours?

Inter... NOT!

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #85 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:13 PM »

Heres mine. Just done the test on DC's SpeedWave page

Renegade · « **Reply #86 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:55 PM »

@nosh - You make me laugh~!

@Stephen - You make me sick~!

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KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #87 on:** June 22, 2011, 06:37 PM »

Quote from: Renegade on June 22, 2011, 03:55 PM

@Stephen - You make me sick~! ( )

haha

Shades · « **Reply #88 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:08 PM »

At least I beat Nosh...

Deozaan · « **Reply #89 on:** June 22, 2011, 10:31 PM »

Quote from: Shades on June 22, 2011, 10:08 PM

At least I beat Nosh...

Not by much...

steeladept · « **Reply #90 on:** June 23, 2011, 05:06 AM »

Didn't capture the original result, but here are the numbers -

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Okay, I cheated - I did this from work (my internet is down at home at the moment)....Still, it is pretty good

Renegade · « **Reply #91 on:** June 23, 2011, 06:15 AM »

Quote from: steeladept on June 23, 2011, 05:06 AM

Didn't capture the original result, but here are the numbers -
(see attachment in previous post)
Okay, I cheated - I did this from work (my internet is down at home at the moment)....Still, it is pretty good

Are you looking to get people to hate you?

(Just kidding~!)

mahesh2k · « **Reply #92 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:45 AM »

How many of you use USB Data cards or stick ? I would like to see if you can beat my speed.

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #93 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:47 PM »

Quote from: mahesh2k on June 23, 2011, 10:45 AM

How many of you use USB Data cards or stick ? I would like to see if you can beat my speed.

I have no credit on my mobile broadband dongle, but when I last checked the speed it was around 6MB/s Down 0.8MB/s Up

JavaJones · « **Reply #94 on:** June 25, 2011, 05:35 PM »

I kind of don't think it's fair or useful to have results *from other servers* posted. Aren't we talking about home Internet speeds here? Or am I confused about some of the tests in the results list now? Stephen, for example, has 5 tests, it says Virgin Media as ISP, but shows "upload speed more than doubles download speed" as a badge with much different results from those shown. I guess it shows the best overall result? But again that result is from a server I think, not a personal net connection.

- Oshyan

Deozaan · « **Reply #95 on:** June 25, 2011, 05:38 PM »

If you hover over the badge it will (generally) show you the stats that gave that badge.

You can re-test as many times as you'd like, and it will display your best test on the lineup.

wr975 · « **Reply #96 on:** June 25, 2011, 05:59 PM »

That's in Austria, ISP Blizznet / Wien Energie. I pay for 30 Mb down/up EUR 30,- (USD 42) a month. No limits. I am in heaven.

Using two connections I usually get my 30 Mb upload.

JavaJones · « **Reply #97 on:** June 25, 2011, 06:02 PM »

Yeah, I saw the info about the badge which is part of what tipped me off to Stephen's odd results (one of his badges shows dramatically different upload/download results). I did realize that his comment wasn't about using a server, just about the DC SpeedWave. But I'm still confused as to why his results vary so dramatically, and I'm guessing that the results are tied to the account you're logged-in to, not the or computer or even location. Hence my original theory that one could e.g. log in to a remote server at a large data center and run the speed test while logged-in and get some insane server-to-server results just skewing everything, heh. Of course maybe this is all just sour grapes since I lost 1st place.

wr975: Awesome! I really wish we had more high-speed symmetric options in the US.

- Oshyan

Deozaan · « **Reply #98 on:** June 25, 2011, 06:14 PM »

Quote from: wr975 on June 25, 2011, 05:59 PM

I pay for 30 Mb down/up EUR 30,- (USD 42) a month. No limits. I am in heaven.

That's really nice! I'm currently paying $43/mo for my 5 Mb down and 0.5 Mb up, and I get throttled if I go over limits (though the limits are reasonable enough that I've only gone over them once AFAIK).

steeladept · « **Reply #99 on:** June 25, 2011, 07:07 PM »

Quote from: Renegade on June 23, 2011, 06:15 AM

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Are you looking to get people to hate you?

(Just kidding~!)

Yeah, well, my home speed is about half your speed I would bet (can't test it, my home machine is down with a dead HD - waiting for the new one so I can rebuild it and try. Probably died from the same thing that killed the internet that day). I think my best scores then were somewhere around Deo's score or maybe a little lower. $:-\$