We’re about three blocks from our hub - our computer nerd was impressed when he came out to check out our system. 
8 down, 1 up.
Also, who would post in a thread asking how fast your home internet connection saying “I don’t know”? Wouldn’t you either ask how to find out or not post?
Now get off of MY lawn.
I just replaced my WCG200 with a Motorola SB6120. With no other changes, that increased my download speed from a maximum of around 20Mbps to a maximum of 54Mbps (measured from Phx to San Jose.
750 k down on a good day. Maybe 120 up. Satallite system. It’s the only choice. And it has a cap. Not sure what it is. But I don’t dare try to download video, or send pictures more than one at a time.
Waiting for terestrial wireless. No cable or DSL options here. Dial up is about 10 k.
I hook up my (very poor connection) cell phone as a modem when things really go in the tank.
This is of course true. But doing them right involves doing the test a number of times, against a number of servers. And even then, I’m willing to bet cash money that you’ll see a significant difference if you do tests at different times or days. There are a lot of factors at work. Yes, it works in the sense that it tells you the truth about the speed you’re getting to that specific server at that specific moment in time. By doing a bunch of tests (or a few tests with some educated guessing), you can zero in on the average speed, but I think that’s asking a bit much.
Also, FWIW:
As much as I like to complain about Comcast, I’ve actually found this to not be the case with their service. I almost always get more than I’m paying for. For example, I’m currently paying for 16/2 service. I just did a speed test and got this result: http://www.speedtest.net/result/829637238.png
When I had Qwest DSL, my speeds were rarely if ever what was advertised (IIRC I was paying for 768kbps at the end).
Can I wave my placard here with you?
Get off his lawn, get off his lawn!
Mine says 3Mbps, and while some sites will shoot above it for a second, it immediately goes back down, as if the provider is actively capping it.
My average in the U.S. is around 2.75Mbps or so. But, really, does it make sense to count websites that limit your bandwidth for you? It’s not like it’s your provider’s fault. And of course overseas content is laggy.
BTW, my upload is 650k, which is apparently almost a third faster than the national average.
Real measured speed: just under 14 Mbps.
I get over 25 Mbps about 60% of the time, 10 to 25 another 20% of the time. The other 20% ranges from no connection to really sucky. My internet provider says I meet their minimum requirements. I live near quite a few businesses and unfortunately have to share broadband space with them including some who have servers that really suck up the bandwidth.
I have a 24 mb plan but the actual speed I get is usually around 18 for downloads. Upstream I get 1-2.
speedtest.net shows 6.1Mbps. Advertised is 7.0 We’d like faster but being in Guam Netflix won’t stream to us so maybe it isn’t that big a deal
I get about 1.1 megabyte per second when I’m downloading something which is, what 8.8mbps (speedtest shows 9.82megabits, incidentally, just can’t remember getting anything higher than about 1.1megabytes)? It’s pretty quick, but I’m thinking of switching to bells Fibe which is 25mbps.
This article seems relevant given some of the earlier comments:
Most Americans don’t know home broadband speed: survey - 71 percent of men and 90 percent of women do not know their home broadband speed