testing internet provider speed

[cabinetguy]

is there any way? we just got internet in the sticks, and it does not seem as fast as they say it should be, is there any way to quantify what my actual internet speed is? any help appreciated

[0351USMC]

http://www.speedtest.net/

[Ricky-Ray]

http://www.speedtest.net/

Yep. That's what I use.

[cabinetguy]

i will give it a shot thanks

[pbsmind]

I use that and http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/

[nbkvig2]

General rule of thumb for me is take your advertised internet dl speed and divide by 10, that's what your's actual download speed should be at, theoretically. For example, I have have a 10 m/b dl speed DSL plan from Time Warner. I usually cap at 1.1 Mb/ sec downloading. Sometimes I spike to 1.3-1.5mb/ sec, never consistent.

[cabinetguy]

ok I tried speedtest, and I came up with .65 mbps, vs advertised .75 mbps (sorry if the numbers are off), but when I download a file with firefox, im getting 50 kbps, that seems a whole magnitude of difference.

[Sub95]

my download for speedtest is download 20.37mbps upload is 4.18mbps

and for speakeasy download 24.63mbps upload 4.18mbps

Have no idea what i should have lol have comcast.

[incredablehefey]

my crappy time warner

[paul0660]

I get 5 times more speed than I pay for. From who, I cannot say.

[Coded-Dude]

Download Speed: 52043 kbps (6505.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 10747 kbps (1343.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

[pbsmind]

General rule of thumb for me is take your advertised internet dl speed and divide by 10, that's what your's actual download speed should be at, theoretically. For example, I have have a 10 m/b dl speed DSL plan from Time Warner. I usually cap at 1.1 Mb/ sec downloading. Sometimes I spike to 1.3-1.5mb/ sec, never consistent.

What you have is a 10 Mega bit Internet connection not Mega Byte. There are 8 bits in a byte.

Internet connection speeds are advertised normally as Mb, little b = bit, if you were getting 10 MB (mega byte) speeds, I'd say sign me up.

[orangeglo]

ok I tried speedtest, and I came up with .65 mbps, vs advertised .75 mbps (sorry if the numbers are off), but when I download a file with firefox, im getting 50 kbps, that seems a whole magnitude of difference.

.75 megabits = 96 kilobytes

So if your advertised speed is .75 mbps your download speed could possibly reach 96 kBps.

50 does seem a bit low, I reckon you should be able to hit 80 pretty easily. It could also be the source you are downloading from that is slowing down your speed. But if you are consistently seeing 50kBps, you may want to contact your ISP.

[jonzer77]

This is what I get from Charter for $40 a month.