# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/21 "2004-02-13T07:23:49Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Unfortunately, I can’t read Japanese. That 45M could mean nearly anything. Can anyone confirm what it says? Yes, the link says 45 Mbps (I know – I have Yahoo BB). If you look at the prices [here](http://bbpromo.yahoo.co.jp/promotion/service/modem26/index.html) (the table right underneath the photograph of the router), you will see that Yahoo BB offerings go from 8 Mbps to 45 Mbps. The “base” price is 3938 yen (just over $37 US) per month for 45 Mbps, and 3138 yen (about $30 US) for 8 Mbps. Oh, and that includes BB Phone, a VoIP phone that connects to the PSTN. ---
**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, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/22 "2004-02-13T07:25:31Z")
But, **Troy McClure** ’s location is listed as San Francisco, not Tokyo. Another theory: The only two people in this thread reporting those speeds also report OSX. Maybe something’s getting mixed up with the test. ---
**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, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/23 "2004-02-13T07:28:24Z")
Maybe they mean [VDSL](http://www.lucent.com/products/solution/0,,CTID+2013-STID+10532-SOID+1503-LOCL+1,00.html): > [@](#): > > Lucent’s V-16™ IP DSLAM uses today’s fastest DSL technology to support cutting-edge, high-value applications, like video-on-demand, broadcast T.V. and super-high-speed Internet access. You can deliver these bandwidth-intensive services cost-effectively over existing copper wiring, because very high-speed DSL (VDSL) transports data at rates up to 70 Mbps downstream and 40 Mbps upstream—much faster than ADSL. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/24 "2004-02-13T07:30:31Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > The “base” price is 3938 yen (just over $37 US) per month for 45 Mbps, and 3138 yen (about $30 US) for 8 Mbps. Correction: the “base” price is 1490 to 990. The prices I gave are the total prices (without the 990 yen wireless rental option). It is important to realize just how freakin’ **cheap** Yahoo BB is. A Starbucks grande coffee costs 336 yen. My morning newspaper is 120 yen. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/25 "2004-02-13T07:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 31.3 Kbps > 3.8 K bytes/sec …sweet… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/26 "2004-02-13T07:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Your line speed is: > 1788.7 Kbps > 219.2 K bytes/sec Also Comcast Cable. ---
**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, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/27 "2004-02-13T07:37:06Z")
Slight Hijack: **Cerowyn** , I’m wondering if you are using the standard Yahoo! BB rental modem or if you have an “after market” modem. If you have an “after market” modem, do you find it faster than the standard Y! BB modem? I’m using the rental modem, and apart from it being big, black, and ugly, I’m also wondering if it is affecting my speed. Cheers! And hajimemashite. Yoroshiku! ---
**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, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/28 "2004-02-13T07:45:46Z")
Okay, so I tried the same test using Camino instead of Safari: > [@](#): > > 1598.1 Kbps > 195.8 K bytes/sec I’m not “superfast” anymore but I’m still quite pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/29 "2004-02-13T07:50:05Z")
> [@Vaeth](#): > > **Cerowyn** , I’m wondering if you are using the standard Yahoo! BB rental modem or if you have an “after market” modem. If you have an “after market” modem, do you find it faster than the standard Y! BB modem? I’m using the rental modem, and apart from it being big, black, and ugly, I’m also wondering if it is affecting my speed. > > Cheers! And hajimemashite. Yoroshiku! [continuing hijack] I got a new rental modem in October, so it’s pretty new. It’s a little more rounded looking than the last one I had. It’s PDQ, and doesn’t drop out like the other. Do you have the TV set top box option, by the way? My boss does, but he says he gets glitches all the time on the picture. Hajimemasite, watashi-wa Cerowyn moshi-masu. (Sorry, no digital meishi) [furthering the hijack] By the way, **Sublight** and I (infrequently joined by the enigmatic **scr4** ) hook up on occasionally for semi-social-like interactions. Always interested in Tokyo based Dopers joining us! My email’s in my profile. (It _is_ Friday afternoon, after all. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/30 "2004-02-13T07:51:09Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Always interested in Tokyo based Dopers joining us! My email’s in my profile. (It _is_ Friday afternoon, after all. :)) 'Cept, **you** would be based in Osaka. D’oh!!! That’ll make me check profiles BEFORE I post. ---
**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, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/31 "2004-02-13T07:51:51Z")
Didn’t think that was right. And yes, I’m in SF. ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/32 "2004-02-13T08:00:52Z")
Work: Your line speed is: 3878.3 Kbps 475.3 K bytes/sec later i’ll try at home. ---
**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, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/33 "2004-02-13T08:06:55Z")
/highjack (last one I swear) > [@Cerowyn](#): > > 'Cept, **you** would be based in Osaka. > > D’oh!!! > > That’ll make me check profiles BEFORE I post. Hahaha, that’s right. But that’s cool, Tokyo isn’t all that far away so maybe a Japan-based Dopers meet up in the near future is not infeasible. I’d most likely be joined by **Cankerist** too (who’s in Osaka), so it’d be a nice sized group to go wander Shinjuku with. 🙂 I don’t have the set-top box option (luckily) just the standard modem + splitter combo. Just recently been considering upgrading from 8Mbps to 26Mpbs, so I was just trying to see if I’d get any noticeable speed increase, etc. Enjoy your weekend, and be sure to PM me if you find yourself heading west-ward in the near future. 🙂 Ja ne~ ---
**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, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/34 "2004-02-13T08:10:20Z")
Anybody got a Mac with OS X, and PC on the same connection? I’d like to test my theory. 🙂 ---
**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, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/35 "2004-02-13T09:02:53Z")
Holy rusted metal! I didn’t expect this many replies. I am at home now so can run the test… Your line speed is: 488.5 Kbps 59.9 K bytes/sec Pretty humble compared to the others in this thread, but much better than the 56k crap I had a week ago. Looking forward to seeing some UK replies, to see what the average is there (I suspect it will be 512kbps and under) ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/36 "2004-02-13T09:08:30Z")
From work (with a 2Mb Adsl line) I get: > [@manxnet](#): > > Your line speed is: > 1150.6 Kbps > 141 K bytes/sec 😃 I will try and test it from home (Pipex 512Kb Broadband) tonight… Grim ---
**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:** [February 13, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/37 "2004-02-13T09:12:52Z")
Your line speed is: 1948.4 Kbps 238.8 K bytes/sec Roadrunner via Brighthouse cable (formerly Time Warner Cable) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2004, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/38 "2004-02-13T09:14:28Z")
Would the browser make a difference? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/39 "2004-02-13T09:28:06Z")
1367.3 Kbps 167.6 K bytes/sec Time Warner, Road Runner, Cable, and my bad for all those M.A.M.E. ROMs I share. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/40 "2004-02-13T09:29:29Z")
Your line speed is: 1573.5 Kbps 192.8 K bytes/sec From work via the Irish Government VPN. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999.md?page=3)