# Test your internet speed.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999>\
**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:** 7\
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**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 15, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/81 "2004-02-15T19:28:26Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Can’t do dsl reports because my Java is broken. Has been broken for a while. I tried everything including re-installing.

Which Java VM are you using? Microsoft’s or Sun’s? And which version?

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**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:** [February 15, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/82 "2004-02-15T19:52:30Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Which Java VM are you using? Microsoft’s or Sun’s? And which version?

Microsoft. I re-installed the free version at, um, I forget. I think it was at the MAC site (but it was for Windows-- I’m stupid, but I can read. A little).

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**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 15, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/83 "2004-02-15T19:57:34Z")

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Microsoft no longer offers or supports their Java VM, due to legal restrictions. You might try the [Sun Microsystems](https://jsecom16a.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=jsecom16a.sun.com-3a00a%3A402fd03d%3A53bf77e1932a83e8) latest version. It doesn’t work as well as the MS version with IE, IMO, but if it works for you, it’s better than nothing.

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**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/84 "2004-02-15T21:10:26Z")

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Your line speed is:  
1551.3 Kbps  
190.1 K bytes/sec

Adelphia cable.

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**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/85 "2004-02-16T09:23:50Z")

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> [@ruadh](#):
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> Meanwhile us Opposition types only get
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> 988.9 Kbps  
> 121.2 K bytes/sec
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> :mad:

Presumably your connection is also via the VPN. Maybe there’s a smaller pipe to it from Leinster House or more users or some such.

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**Author:** ![AvariceAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@AvariceAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvariceAngel)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/86 "2004-02-16T19:27:13Z")

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1074.8 Kbps  
131.7 K bytes/sec

Comcast cable, small town in New Jersey.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-internet-speed/228999/87 "2004-02-17T03:34:02Z")

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Mine are almost the same as **NinjaChick’s** , on a IE6, Win98 machine with Verizon DSL:

511.9 kbps  
62.7 KB/s

while [dslreports.com](http://dslreports.com) was reporting 535 kbps, or 65.3 KB/s.

Didn’t think the connection was that slow in comparison to everyone else…

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