# Post your connection speed here... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869 "2004-04-25T02:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/1 "2004-04-25T02:23:08Z")
I’m broadband at 130k, and while this is the lowest (and cheapest) spec offered by my provider (NTL) it still rocks! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/2 "2004-04-25T02:26:19Z")
Broadband at 576Kbps. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/3 "2004-04-25T02:31:14Z")
480Kbps ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/4 "2004-04-25T02:35:47Z")
24.0 Kbps. Hey, it beats smoke signals! Nearest cable is 12 miles away and not likely to be here within the life of civilization as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/5 "2004-04-25T02:41:37Z")
Internet: 34Mbps Internet2: 45Mbps ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/6 "2004-04-25T03:19:08Z")
26.4kbps - analog switch between me and my ISP… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/7 "2004-04-25T03:23:53Z")
averages 3Mbps ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/8 "2004-04-25T03:25:06Z")
3Mbps cable from Comcast. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/9 "2004-04-25T03:26:52Z")
46,666 kbps 😛 This, from a 56k modem (and really, _really_ noisy phone lines). I should be grateful. Sometimes I can’t connect at all. –SSgtBaloo ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/10 "2004-04-25T03:36:36Z")
28.8 kbps. Yeah, it’s an old medem, and I ain’t replacing it until they offer broadband here. ComCast says May. Promises, promises. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/11 "2004-04-25T03:43:57Z")
DSL @ 453k ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/12 "2004-04-25T03:47:14Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > Internet: 34Mbps > Internet2: 45Mbps Get out of here!!! 34 MBPs? This can **not** be from home…your hamsters would have 6 packs! Do you work at NORAD/are you an astronaut or something? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/13 "2004-04-25T03:47:44Z")
37K dial up. I live in the woods. Deer walk down my dirt driveway and stare at me and the satellite antennas. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/14 "2004-04-25T04:09:11Z")
> [@legion](#): > > 34 MBPs? > > This can **not** be from home…your hamsters would have 6 packs! > > Do you work at NORAD/are you an astronaut or something? It’s a university. Pay sucks, but I’ll work for bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/15 "2004-04-25T04:14:08Z")
DL=512 kbps UL=128 kbps Asymetric DSL. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/16 "2004-04-25T04:16:24Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > It’s a university. Pay sucks, but I’ll work for bandwidth. Goddamm, Berkut, I’d _blow_ for a bandwidth like that! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/17 "2004-04-25T04:57:16Z")
2.9 megabits per second, says the speed test at [Bandwidthplace](http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/). This is a little lower than usual. For those on high-speed connections, if you have not yet done the registry tweaking that removes some bandwidth limitations, you should. Check out [Speedguide](http://www.speedguide.net/). ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/18 "2004-04-25T05:27:04Z")
3.54 Mbps Cable America ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/19 "2004-04-25T16:47:26Z")
320.7 kilobits per second, DSL Methinks meneeds totweak 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/20 "2004-04-25T17:16:57Z")
512kbps from manx telecom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869.md?page=2)