# Really cool broadband speed test for your computer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157 "2006-08-17T23:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157/1 "2006-08-17T23:44:29Z")

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[This site](http://www.speedtest.net/) is a pretty cool test of your uploading and downloading speeds to differen parts of the world. Thought some of you might find it interesting.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157/2 "2006-08-18T00:09:27Z")

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Sort of similar to the [SpeakEasy speed tester](http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/), if with more eye candy.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157/3 "2006-08-18T01:24:31Z")

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It says that my Comcast cable connection us coming in at 18 mb/s for the NYC server and 385 kb/s upload. Is that possible? Other servers were fast as well but not that fast.

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**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-cool-broadband-speed-test-for-your-computer/369157/4 "2006-08-18T01:26:57Z")

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welcome to the internet…those have been around for years.