# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/21 "2004-04-25T17:28:04Z")
According to the test, 1.7 Mbps. Of course, cable being how it is, it’s fairly variable. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/22 "2004-04-25T18:06:13Z")
I live out in the boonies. Waaay out in the boonies. My great-great-grandparents lived in the boonies. If I get 37,000bps I feel like I won the lottery! My average is 33,000bps. The phone lines where I live don’t support anything faster/better. I am damned for eternity to a damned slow connection. It’s the price I pay for living out in the ‘boonies’. Remember folks, I’m talkin’ bauds, not kilobytes! ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/23 "2004-04-25T18:15:11Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > 2.9 megabits per second, says the speed test at [Bandwidthplace](http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/). 2.4 Mbps, Bell Sympatico High-Speed (DSL) ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/24 "2004-04-25T19:12:46Z")
Huh ☹ Theoretical 56K dial-up, currently running at only 14400 or so it says. (NTL) > [@legion](#): > > I’m broadband at 130k, and while this is the lowest (and cheapest) spec offered by my provider (NTL) it still rocks! 🆒 **legion** \_ think I have never heard anyone being so complimentary about NTL! 🙂 I find myself reluctant to pay more for broadband in case it _still_ runs slow a lot of the time. But you seem quite the happy bunny. Hmm - I shall think! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/25 "2004-04-25T19:13:58Z")
464.8k according to the bandwidth site, which rates this as “not bad”. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/26 "2004-04-25T19:20:10Z")
4.3 Mbps with Charter Pipeline. This is after I downgraded to their middle-tier service. Can’t complain.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/27 "2004-04-25T19:23:29Z")
1.9 megabits per second. Adelphia. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/28 "2004-04-25T20:23:34Z")
Test says 24 kbs. Connection says 50,666 bps. Hmmm… The site said, naturally, **very slow**. BTW, I have Starpower dial-up, and hopefully will get cable or DSL ever. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/29 "2004-04-25T20:29:34Z")
832 kbps from telecom italia its expensive and it sucks. that bandwidth test just told me i’m running at 326.2 kilobits per second, so its definitely not as advertised. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/30 "2004-04-25T20:30:18Z")
1.1 Mbps. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/31 "2004-04-25T20:49:32Z")
**39.7 kilobits per second.** Free dial-up access through my university is perfectly adequate for e-mail and web browsing. If I survive through this week I’ll cancel my DSL service at the end of May (the earliest date on which I won’t incur an early termination fee) and redirect $30 a month towards other leisure pursuits. ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/32 "2004-04-25T21:18:04Z")
3.4 megabits per second so sayth [bandwidthplace.com](http://bandwidthplace.com) ---
**Author:** ![Maple\_Leaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Maple\_Leaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maple_Leaf)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/33 "2004-04-25T21:23:26Z")
1.7Mbs according to bandwidth place ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/34 "2004-04-25T21:49:11Z")
Before I downloaded some registry patches, it was 733 kilobits/sec at the highest reading. Now it’s 1.9 megabits/sec. The average in my area is posted as 2.05 mb/s. I think I might ask you to beware of some sites that will test your speed and tell you that it’s real slow, but you can fix it _if you buy our $30 software that’ll increase your speed by 375% !_. I’m on Comcast. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/35 "2004-04-25T21:59:12Z")
> [@Brainiac4](#): > > 2.9 megabits per second, says the speed test at [Bandwidthplace](http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/). According to that: Communications 5.7 megabits per second Storage 698.6 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 1.5 seconds Subjective rating Awesome ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/36 "2004-04-25T22:06:04Z")
Here’s the results from the bandwith site: 16.5 megabits per second Communications 16.5 megabits per second Storage 2 megabytes per second 1MB file download 0.5 seconds Subjective rating Unbelievable ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/37 "2004-04-25T22:11:08Z")
5.4 mega using Roadrunner in Akron Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/38 "2004-04-26T05:11:51Z")
Cable- Roadrunner Central Florida 2.8 megabits per second Communications 2.8 megabits per second Storage 341.4 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 3 seconds Subjective rating Great (from bandwidthplace) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/39 "2004-04-26T05:19:18Z")
Bandwidthplace clocks me at **806 kilobits per second.** I’m at home right now. Tomorrow morning I’ll see how this compares to my speed at work. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/40 "2004-04-26T05:21:45Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Cable- Roadrunner Central Florida > > 2.8 megabits per second > Communications 2.8 megabits per second > Storage 341.4 kilobytes per second > 1MB file download 3 seconds > Subjective rating Great > > (from bandwidthplace) More or less what he said, except RoadRunner Tampa Bay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869.md?page=3)