# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/41 "2004-04-26T05:36:11Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > Here’s the results from the bandwith site: > > 16.5 megabits per second That’s weird. I didn’t even take that test because the website says “Connections over 8mbit/s are not supported.” What kind of connection are you using? ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/42 "2004-04-26T05:54:40Z")
3.9 megabits per second! Wo wo! Darned fast…I am on cable. I wouldn’t even consider going back to dial up. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/43 "2004-04-26T22:17:13Z")
5.something megabits down and about 500 k up. [dslreports.com](http://dslreports.com) gives me a “Dude!” rating. 🆒 This is at home. At work, there are so many gateways, proxies and whatnot, that speed tests generally bomb out entirely or come up with absurd results like 79 bytes/sec, which is worse than an old Teletype. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/44 "2004-04-26T23:04:30Z")
4.3 Mbps down, 875 kbps up, according to dslreports. I’m a little more than halfway between “very fast” and “dude!” Cable, on Optimumonline. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/45 "2004-04-26T23:44:28Z")
According to Bandwidthplace 2.6 Mbps with cable. ---
**Author:** ![Pelleas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pelleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelleas)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/46 "2004-04-27T01:41:14Z")
927.2 kbps according to bandwidthplace which they rated as good. I have Earthlink ADSL. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/47 "2004-04-27T01:48:59Z")
2.2 Mbps (“great”) according to bandwidthplace, using cable. Just got cable after years of 56K…what a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/48 "2004-04-27T02:30:55Z")
Communications 117.8 kilobits per second Storage 14.4 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 1.2 minutes Subjective rating Mediocre Well… That didn’t come as a surprise, seeing as though I’m at work and we use an antique 128 kbps line dating back to the early 1800s… 😉 Can’t wait to try my new (just signed up for it) ADSL 40/3 Mbit service at home though! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/49 "2004-04-27T02:32:56Z")
Way too damn slow… so why am I even posting? _sighs_ All right, all right… I’m still on the slowest modem ever, and the fact I can access these board is something else again! 😃 ---
**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 27, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/50 "2004-04-27T05:28:00Z")
Ran the test again, using my cellphone connection because RoadRunner is undergoing maintenance. > [@](#): > > Communications 30.3 kilobits per second > Storage 3.7 kilobytes per second > 1MB file download 4.6 minutes > Subjective rating Slow Not terrible, but so much slower than my cable. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869/51 "2004-04-27T14:28:05Z")
DSL Reports says Work: 972 kbps Down, 1629 kbps up. Home: 728 kbps Down, 112 kbps up. Fast enough I guess. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-connection-speed-here/241869.md?page=2)