# Test your internet speed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999 "2004-02-13T05:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 13, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/1 "2004-02-13T05:54:31Z")
I just thought I’d offer you this cool speed test page from my ISP… [Speed Test](http://www.manx.net/speedtest/speed_test.asp) At work I get 240.6 K bytes/sec (1963.4 Kbps). At home it’s about 50. (570kbps roughly. IANA home so haven’t got exact figures) What’s your speed (if you are not too embarrased by it) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/2 "2004-02-13T05:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 1072.3 Kbps > 131.4 K bytes/sec That’s from home on Comcast cable. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/3 "2004-02-13T06:13:54Z")
Your line speed is: 1997.1 Kbps 244.7 K bytes/sec Smokin’ fast 🆒 Not that it makes this board any faster 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/4 "2004-02-13T06:35:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 51000 Kbps > 6250 K bytes/sec Home, OSX, Safari, SBC Yahoo DSL ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/5 "2004-02-13T06:38:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 953.9 Kbps > 116.9 K bytes/sec That’s from home on Comcast cable. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/6 "2004-02-13T06:40:58Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Your line speed is: > 51000 Kbps > 6250 K bytes/sec > > Home, OSX, Safari, SBC Yahoo DSL Something’s wrong there. DSL is _incapable_ of those speeds. ---
**Author:** ![Vaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaeth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/7 "2004-02-13T06:45:01Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Something’s wrong there. DSL is _incapable_ of those speeds. What is the maximum speed of ADSL? Yahoo! BB in Japan offers ADSL at up to 26Mbps (depending on how far you are from the nearest switch). The poster above got effective 51Mbps. Is the ADSL maximum somehwere between 26 - 51 Mbps? ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/8 "2004-02-13T06:49:01Z")
Your line speed is: 2089.1 Kbps 256 K bytes/sec Comcast cable ( formerly AT&T formerly TCI formerly who knows) here as well. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/9 "2004-02-13T06:52:47Z")
> [@Vaeth](#): > > What is the maximum speed of ADSL? Yahoo! BB in Japan offers ADSL at up to 26Mbps (depending on how far you are from the nearest switch). The poster above got effective 51Mbps. Is the ADSL maximum somehwere between 26 - 51 Mbps? It’s not even that high. I don’t know where you got your figures, but they’re way off: > [@](#): > > Maximum DSL speed is a function of distance, the gauge (thinness) of the phone wire used in your locale, and the DSL technology employed. **The fastest DSL now commonly available is ADSL, and it offers maximum download speeds of up to 7.1mbps and around 1.1m upload**. Most residential ADSL is limited to 90-680k for download, depending on the Telco. SDSL currently has a max of 1.5mbps, but that is both up and down (symmetric). Other common rates are (in k bits per second) 640k/90k, 1600k/90k, 680k/680k for ADSL. From [url=http://www.dslreports.com/information/kb/maximum+DSL+speeds]here[.url]. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/10 "2004-02-13T06:54:50Z")
> [@Vaeth](#): > > What is the maximum speed of ADSL? Yahoo! BB in Japan offers ADSL at up to 26Mbps (depending on how far you are from the nearest switch). The poster above got effective 51Mbps. Is the ADSL maximum somehwere between 26 - 51 Mbps? 26Mbs? That’s news to me. > [@](#): > > The fastest DSL now commonly available is ADSL, and it offers maximum download speeds of up to 7.1mbps and around 1.1m upload. > **[\- Knowledge Base - | DSLReports, ISP Information](https://www.dslreports.com/information/kb/maximum+DSL+speeds)** ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/11 "2004-02-13T06:56:01Z")
That’ll teach me not to preview 😉 Thanks **Q.E.D.** ---
**Author:** ![Vaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaeth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/12 "2004-02-13T06:58:36Z")
Here’s the link to Yahoo! BB in Japan. It also seems like my information is outdated, the fastest ADSL speed offered by Yahoo! BB Japan is now 45Mbps. [http://bbpromo.yahoo.co.jp/index\_service.html](http://bbpromo.yahoo.co.jp/index_service.html) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/13 "2004-02-13T07:03:05Z")
> [@Vaeth](#): > > Here’s the link to Yahoo! BB in Japan. It also seems like my information is outdated, the fastest ADSL speed offered by Yahoo! BB Japan is now 45Mbps. > > [http://bbpromo.yahoo.co.jp/index\_service.html](http://bbpromo.yahoo.co.jp/index_service.html) Unfortunately, I can’t read Japanese. That 45M could mean nearly anything. Can anyone confirm what it says? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/14 "2004-02-13T07:04:07Z")
Damn. Must have better wires out there, or something. Fiber optics perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/15 "2004-02-13T07:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 64761.9 Kbps > > 7936.5 K bytes/sec OS X, Safari browser, Comcast cable. I think cable is shared? Well, no one else in Hooterville seems to be sharing my cable right now. (I think it gets faster than this, though.) Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/16 "2004-02-13T07:05:15Z")
**Q.E.D** , one of the graphics in the link does say “45 Mbps”. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/17 "2004-02-13T07:07:15Z")
Maybe we’re dealing with different definitions of “DSL”. To my knowledge, in the U.S., DSL only refers to copper telco wiring. ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/18 "2004-02-13T07:09:00Z")
2358.4 Kbps 289 K bytes/sec Cable through Cox Communictions ---
**Author:** ![Vaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaeth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/19 "2004-02-13T07:17:22Z")
To the best of my knowledge, Japan uses your regular twisted copper pair wires. They also have ISDN and cable of course, but they don’t/can’t provide ADSL internet services on those mediums\*\* . Cable Internet is also available in Japan, and is probably ranked (a distant) 2nd insofar as popularity is concerned. Personally, I am subscribed to the cheapest Yahoo! BB service (8Mbps). Unfortunately, living where I live, I am only getting about 1.2Mbps. If you were to go to [www.dslreports.com](http://www.dslreports.com) and view the linespeed test results for people on the bb.yahoo.co.jp domain, you will see that people closer to Tokyo have a linespeed closer to the advertised speed, with the linespeed dropping the further you go. \*\*Actually, just recently, they are now offering ADSL on ISDN…not sure how it is actually done, but I have seen advertisements for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/20 "2004-02-13T07:18:55Z")
882.2 Kbps 108.1 K bytes/sec I’m at work, sharing a connection with 700 of my closest friends. It’s past 3pm on Friday afternoon here, so I imagine everyone’s busily browsing instead of working. Like me. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999.md?page=2)