Who’s the fastest ISP in town? Let’s find out!
I view this thread (or any others that may follow) as a way for Dopers to find the best value for their ISP dollar, so I’m not sure if testing results from your work will be useful, but hey… whatever floats your boat.
Here’s what you do:
I’ll go first…
1316/428 kbps
AT&T (SBC Internet Services)
$28.99 per month
1287/558 kbps
Korea Telecom
about 30 bucks a month
Mojo Pin, do you live in L.A.?
Why do you ask?
Well, the thread title, for one.
The idea is that the thread would be a tool for people to shop around for ISP services using real actual speeds (rather than advertising “promises”). So if Korea Telecom looked like a really value, it’s really not an option for folks around here.
I was kind of envisioning the idea (if popular) would spawn other local-oriented threads, i.e. Seoul Edition, Chicago Edition, Atlanta Edition, etc.
But maybe the local-specific premise is flawed. I guess we’ll see how/if it develops.
2894/722 kbps
Verizon Internet Services (DSL)
$34.95 per month
People still use DSL? Lol. Ewww.
I’m not in L.A., but I’m pretty close. I’ve got Cocks, and I’m not sure how much it costs.
Down: 4616 kbps
Up: 210 kbps
Where I live it is much more reliable than the local cable. I wish I could use cable or FIOS but the cable here sucks and I don’t know if we will ever get FIOS.
5421/2795 kbps
Comcast
$31.99 per month
:eek: i just noticed that
my bad
15418/2500
Comcast (I suspect my wireless router slows things down a bit)
30 something.
Not relevant to LA, but interesting nonetheless. Maybe the Japanese know how to do DSL better or something, because I got 21437/1024 using DSL. Or maybe it’s ADSL. I’m also not sure how much I pay each month because while I think the bill is only $13, I also need to factor the fact that I have to pay for my landline to have it, which is possibly somewhere around $40. Hell, I don’t know, the bills are in Japanese and I just pay 'em. Almost everything is direct withdrawal anyway.
At least I’m getting good speed for my money 
Does 610/1681 sound reasonable for a DSL hookup? Maybe I’m not reading the results right.
3085 down
411 up
Suddenlink cable in west central Louisiana
about $30 a month
9125 down/721 up
Time Warner
$31 per month
9713 down
1363 up
Comcast cable
The usual.
4224 down
2271 up
Comcast
Too much
1323
321
At & T
19.99
5969 down
489 up
Roadrunner (Time Warner cable)
Not sure of how the bill breaks down, it’s about $100 / mo for net + HD digital cable.