Whats your internet speed?

[niemiro]

Just tried a tracert. Isn't too bad (I have seen ms in the thousands before, when testing the network at peak times, although I suspect that that isn't to do so much with peak times as unreliability on the phone line)

Tracing route to sevenforums.com [74.86.171.210]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     7 ms     4 ms     4 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    35 ms    31 ms    35 ms  217.47.89.58
  3    36 ms    31 ms     *     217.47.89.193
  4    34 ms    35 ms    32 ms  213.1.67.134
  5    35 ms    35 ms    36 ms  213.1.79.34
  6    33 ms    35 ms    37 ms  213.1.79.85
  7    35 ms    35 ms    35 ms  87.237.20.246
  8    39 ms    38 ms    38 ms  ae1-0.lontr2.London.opentransit.net [193.251.254
.33]
  9    39 ms    39 ms    43 ms  tengige0-10-0-2.lontr1.London.opentransit.net [1
93.251.242.217]
 10    33 ms    35 ms    35 ms  level3-1.GW.opentransit.net [193.251.248.46]
 11    36 ms    37 ms    43 ms  ae-34-52.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.139.97]
 12   110 ms   111 ms   107 ms  ae-42-42.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.137.70]

 13   116 ms   110 ms   119 ms  ae-71-71.csw2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.134.70]

 14   106 ms   111 ms   107 ms  ae-72-72.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.148.37]

 15   141 ms   143 ms   143 ms  ae-3-3.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.137.121]
 16   142 ms   143 ms   139 ms  ae-92-92.csw4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.165]

 17   146 ms   295 ms   217 ms  ae-4-90.edge2.Dallas3.Level3.net [4.69.145.204]

 18   294 ms   215 ms   219 ms  SOFTLAYER-T.edge2.Dallas3.Level3.net [4.59.36.94
]
 19   298 ms   215 ms   217 ms  po6.dar02.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com [173.192.1
8.213]
 20   144 ms   147 ms   159 ms  po2.fcr03.sr04.dal01.networklayer.com [66.228.11
8.190]
 21   154 ms   147 ms   151 ms  74.86.175.254-static.reverse.softlayer.com [74.8
6.175.254]
 22   154 ms   150 ms   152 ms  web4.sevenforums.com [74.86.171.210]

Trace complete.

 

[niemiro]

Threason mine is higher is because when our Internet broke a BT guy came over and said that he was going to replace the Limiter at the Exchange box to a better one

So now someone else in out Estate has slower speeds - And we are only paying for 2MB/s speed

The further away you are from the Exchange box the slower the speeds

Maybe you should try Mobile Broadband

Well, I am glad for you! We hit about 5kb/s on mobile At the back of the house.

 

[Shadowjk]

- You could always move house but that is a bit dramatic for Faster internet speeds

 

[tom982]

Seeing as house prices are pretty high at the moment, it would probably be cheaper to merge two ADSL cables!

 

[J_Bone]

 

[Slammer]

Dang. I'm in the US and I max out at 150 kilobytes/sec download. Only because the one company that provides internet to my area (it's not even rural!) is Qwest, and they charge stupidly high rates if you're not a new member. And to be a new member you have to quit using them for at least a year. And there's no way I'm giving up Internet for a year. I just wish Comcast would put a line through. I basically pay for 30 Meg/sec, but don't get it because they're stupid and don't have any respectable upgrade options. Sorry for the rant I'd like die for those 2 meg/sec download speeds haha.

 

[Dwarf]

I'm surprised that you haven't got more than one alternative. Are you sure? I've just checked, and there are a number of ISPs serving Albuquerque.

Albuquerque Internet Service Providers Isp | Internet Service Providers Isp in Albuquerque, NM - YP.com

 

[Slammer]

I'm surprised that you haven't got more than one alternative. Are you sure? I've just checked, and there are a number of ISPs serving Albuquerque.

Albuquerque Internet Service Providers Isp | Internet Service Providers Isp in Albuquerque, NM - YP.com

Oh I don't live in Albuquerque. I'm about 45 min away in Belen. Well, more like the outskirts of Belen. Although I haven't actually checked for new ISP services in a while... maybe I will. Just figured I'd end up hearing about it if someone new started serving my area.

 

[Bat421]

The last time I checked, Comcast told me I have the "Performance" tier of 12/2.

This is with one of the new(ish) ubee DDM-3513 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems Comcast is handing out. (I exchanged my comparatively ancient Thomson/RCA last weekend.) Handling LAN traffic is a D-Link DIR-825 (ver A, fw 1.01) dual-band (2.4/5GHz) wireless router. All wired connections are GbE.

bat

 

[LanceIot]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

 

[Shadowjk]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

Great speeds! Fibre optics?

 

[LanceIot]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

Great speeds! Fibre optics?

Yes Shadow. That's the only way to go now-a-days.

 

[tom982]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

Great speeds! Fibre optics?

Yes Shadow. That's the only way to go now-a-days.

That's incredible! I'd die for those sort of speeds

Tom

 

[z3r010]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

I miss being on Virgin, I have to put up with ADSL since moving

 

[tom982]

Here's my latest speed, after upgrading with Virgin Media in the UK.

I miss being on Virgin, I have to put up with ADSL since moving

Those are still amazing speeds! I get about 2mb/s download Haven't you bonded two ADSL cables?

Tom

 

[z3r010]

Yeah they are bonded, it was the only way to get anywhere near a decent speed.

 

[tom982]

Yeah they are bonded, it was the only way to get anywhere near a decent speed.

Yeah But doesn't it cost a fortune though? Paying double the line rental

Tom

 

[z3r010]

I think it's about £87 per month with both lines etc.

 

[tom982]

I think it's about £87 per month with both lines etc.

That's a heck of a lot of money

 

[z3r010]

I work from home so it's cheaper than commuting to a workplace, plus it's tax deductible