Broadband Speed Test thread

Jonathan · 15-08-2008 4:21pm

Anti wrote: »

Now to really rub salt into the wound

BloodSugarSex · 15-08-2008 4:39pm

not being funny but are those tests real or fake

Jonathan · 15-08-2008 4:55pm

BloodSugarSex wrote: »

not being funny but are those tests real or fake

Real.

zuroph · 15-08-2008 5:06pm

Suspiria79 · 15-08-2008 9:39pm

What's the big deal bout fast speeds in a college? I'd rather see peoples speeds from their home. This country is crap for broadband and not all of us have access to posh college computers. So it would be more a help if 'normal' users were posting and not all these rocket fast twilight zone stuff. I dunno if I'd even want a 70 meg speed. I'm delighted with 1 meg off this mobile broadband. Probably put it to more use than what people use with that twilight zone stuff.

GristlyEnd · 15-08-2008 11:57pm

These are since the upgrade took place last weekend.

Black_Knight · 16-08-2008 3:49am

Suspiria79 wrote: »

What's the big deal bout fast speeds in a college? I'd rather see peoples speeds from their home. This country is crap for broadband and not all of us have access to posh college computers. So it would be more a help if 'normal' users were posting and not all these rocket fast twilight zone stuff. I dunno if I'd even want a 70 meg speed. I'm delighted with 1 meg off this mobile broadband. Probably put it to more use than what people use with that twilight zone stuff.

Its a broadband speed test thread, nothing ever said about it being a home broadband only thread.

Oh, and you forgot to post your speed. That is what this thread is about you know.

Eircoms 2mb upgraded to 3mb line not pulling its weight here! And im pretty sure its a quiet time for the internet right now!

Suspiria79 · 16-08-2008 7:27am

Black_Knight wrote: »

Its a broadband speed test thread, nothing ever said about it being a home broadband only thread.

Oh, and you forgot to post your speed. That is what this thread is about you know.

ok, here is my speed test. I learn more when people post realistic speeds. Gives me an idea of what's the best company or area for a signal and so on.

jimmyjim11 · 16-08-2008 8:50am

have great speeds off peak

not so great @peak times

MarxistBOZG · 16-08-2008 11:32am

On what I thought was still an IB 3mb DSL but apparently it isn't anymore?

j2dab · 16-08-2008 12:19pm

Irish Broadband 3meg DSL

j2dab · 16-08-2008 12:26pm

MarxistBOZG wrote: »

On what I thought was still an IB 3mb DSL but apparently it isn't anymore?

Interesting, ring them up and complain :P

tinofapples · 16-08-2008 12:38pm

O2 BB sorry EDGE :
Download speed of 32.0 kbps
Upload speed of 83.5 kbps

Quality eh ?

From speedtest.net while at home:

Then when I visit my parents in Galway City:

Alter-Ego · 17-08-2008 2:34pm

Digiweb Metro 6Mb

Its been faster

Gian-Pa · 17-08-2008 3:27pm

UPC(NTL) 20Mb/1.5mb
Dublin15

EKRIUQ · 17-08-2008 8:25pm

UTV Internet 3mb, thinking of switching to BT 24mb

Realtine · 18-08-2008 10:39am

not tech minded at all. only know our internet has been incrediblely slow this last couple of days.

IBB 2mb - but don't know if this is result is what it's supposed to be, pages are loading very slowly and not just on this comp but also on son's macbook. Since about Thurs, it's been like this - I'm in Dublin 10, usually don't have much of a problem.

Jonathan · 18-08-2008 10:59am

Realtine wrote: »

not tech minded at all. only know our internet has been incrediblely slow this last couple of days.

IBB 2mb - but don't know if this is result is what it's supposed to be, pages are loading very slowly and not just on this comp but also on son's macbook. Since about Thurs, it's been like this - I'm in Dublin 10, usually don't have much of a problem.

NOTHING wrong with that connection.
In fact you are actually getting a faster connection than you are paying for - circa 2.2Mbps down and 1.7Mbps up.
Ping is quite low to speedtest aswell.

I would do a different speedtest tho just to double check as speedtest can unreliable.

Try http://speedtest.magnet.ie

And use the cmdline to test your pings. more accurate that way.

Realtine · 18-08-2008 9:49pm

Thanks for imput, I tried the Magnet speed test and here's what I got at 21:48 this evening.

Download speed 724 kbps - 90.5 kb/sec transfer rate
Upload speed 712 kbps - 89 kb/sec transfer rate.