How fast is your Internet access?

[AWD Terror]

Sometimes we post threads on the board that say "56K beware", but is anyone still running 56K (or less :eek: ) in 2004?! Tell us the scoop. Cable, DSL, high speed at work/school, or stuck with just a slow old phone line? :dunno:

[Mo-Bo0st]

I have no internet :(

[diambo4life]

Most people have cable? I'm jealous.:rolleyes: 56K here.:rockon:

[CTPAHHbIN]

OC3 Fiber Optics 155Mbp/s anyone needs a DOS attack? :D

[HRNYHOG]

I must be spoiled. I have cable at home and at work all I know is its fast.

[dirtydeweyjr]

currently signed on at 31,200bps

lets see who is sorrier then that

[1QuickChic]

Originally posted by Mo-Bo0st
I have no internet :(

uh than how do you get on the web :confused:

[Darksyne]

Originally posted by dirtydeweyjr
currently signed on at 31,200bps

lets see who is sorrier then that

Give me a sec. Gotta hook up my 2400 baud modem.... :D

[machinis]

Originally posted by CTPAHHbIN
OC3 Fiber Optics 155Mbp/s anyone needs a DOS attack? :D
LMAO!

What's that T1 I've heard people talking about? Does it use a connection like DSL?

[cdale]

Well, As of right now I'm at work on DSL but the beauty is at home with the 56K... shoot.

[greenstreak]

I sacrificed and spent some money on cable in my apartment and I have DSL at work.

[cbilmer]

Originally posted by machinis
LMAO!

What's that T1 I've heard people talking about? Does it use a connection like DSL?

T1s are quick... but not that quick... about 1.5 Mbps (1 500 000bps)... and is not at all like DSL. T1s typically use a fiber connection directly to their provider.

I'm currectly on a 4mbps connection... (I like downloading at nearly 380k/s!)... and I believe an 800kbps upstream connection... but its kind of expensive.

I would love to have a fiber connection, trouble is that not many places can send to you anywhere even close to what you would like.

[Lunchbox_92AWD]

i have cable at home but it feels a little slow because i had a T3 at school, even though it was shared.

[strykerhorse]

Phone lines are multiplexed on my block, MAX speed i get on dl/uploads is ~2.4KBps which translates to 24.6k.....not even 28.8!!!!!!!! :eek:

[COPPER95]

Slow s$$ 56K for now :rolleyes:

[SourPatch]

i got dsl. and sometimes it's so slow that my old 56k felt faster?????? i dunn whatever at least now i can see riding/breakdance video's again :cool:

[turbopowerbish]

me I have dsl

[nukefission]

We had OC3 at school and it was teh shizzle.

I love my cable at home but I'm also pissed at how ridiculously expensive it is.

[DRW]

I'm still on the phone line. What is that, 32k? slower? I dunno. All I know is sometimes I can't get the whole page when I go to view a thread, only the top part shows up. It happens quite a bit. At least I get to see a sponsors banner, with the flashing lights, moving graphics, or swinging gage needle or some other isht that takes up most of the precious bandwidth.

[LSR Mike]

[QUOTE=cbilmer]T1s are quick... but not that quick... about 1.5 Mbps (1 500 000bps)... and is not at all like DSL. T1s typically use a fiber connection directly to their provider.
QUOTE]

T-1 is still copper access, at what you stated, 1.544MBPS. T-1 rate only on a peice of fiber is extremely rare, it's a waste of fiber for such a low bit rate, It's usually done in a manufacturing facility with high electromagnetic interference problems. Fiber Access starts at the OC-1 Rate (Optical Carrier -1) of 51.840 MBPS which is used to build the SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) Hierarchy. It then moves up to OC-3, 155 MBPS, OC-12 622 MBPS, OC-48 2.4 GBPS, OC-192 9.6 GBPS. Then there's DWDM where you put 80 Channels of OC-192 on one peice of fiber using different wavelengths of light, whole nother story and bag of worms. You may be confused by the fact that T-1's usually are delivered to a facility via a Sonet Multiplexer on a Fiber Optical Carrier. Not to bust your balls, just some education. I've been doing Telecom for 25 years....The company I work for is the #1 Supplier of xDSL gear to Telco's worldwide....

[95 TSI AWD]

Road Runner treats me right. I have had them for 7 months and have not had 1 problem whatsoever. I work from home so I need fast internet.

[Moody]

cable is teh hotness.

[Blazed]

Verizon DSL :mad:

[Ultimatedsm]

ROGERS CABLE HERE!!! lol I used to have a 56K. It wasn't so bad until i got cable. Speed spoils you. I thought my DSM was fast until I drove a Subaru STi. I wen't back to my car again, and I thought it wasn't as great anymore. Ah well, I still love my DSM.

[jaredgsx]

i am on a ds3 :D so i am just fine

[Tuke]

Comcast Cable :)

[DSMLaserShow]

mediacom cable!

somewhere between 300 and 500kb/s

[cbilmer]

Here at the girlfriends she has cogeco cable and sees upwards of 650KB/s at times. Quite impressive I must say.

[gofast]

3 Mbps down and 800 kbps up

[Ex-StealthTT]

Comcast Cable :)Hate to bust your balls, but of ALL the information available on the site - THIS was the topic to get you started?! :confused:

[DSMLaserShow]

or maybe his post count isnt correct. mine isnt. Ive posted here before but it shows i only have one.

[Ex-StealthTT]

or maybe his post count isnt correct. mine isnt. Ive posted here before but it shows i only have one. :o If thats the case...

[xem1x]

Suscom Cable Internet

[Ex-StealthTT]

Suscom Cable InternetAnd...? Some of us have NO idea what that means...

[eddy90604]

I'm on verizon dsl...Running at 3.0mps downstream and 864 upstream...all for just $29.99 a month :D

[AXiS]

Roadrunner cable here.. they upgraded all the services here early this year from like 3Mbps down to 5Mbps down. I can dl at a steady 600k or higher most all the time if the other end can serve it to me that fast. They also have an even faster service that a friend of mine has... it's like 8Mbps down, he can dl almost a meg a second with that, and it's only like 69 a month I think. Crazy.

[dmoto92]

DSL! Wish I had a T1 though. . .

[ralliartist]

I did have cable up until a month ago, now I got dial up since it's WAY cheaper and I only have 4 months left on guam. Then I'll be back in the states and probably get cable or dsl.

[Vallary99]

DSL, because when the cable goes out so does your internet.

[The_EE]

Give me a sec. Gotta hook up my 2400 baud modem.... :D

on your commie 64?

Load "*",8,1
run

[Turbo_AWD_DSM]

DSL at home. T1 at work.

[scrapin_frame]

stuck on 56k... crappy small town service

[SVT Rob]

I like my cable modem. I get 2.2megabits/second transfer out of it, which is way higher than what it's normally rated at, and higher than the 1.54megabits/second that the T1 is rated at.

[araknid01]

currently stuck at 56k but soon gonna get direcway satellite internet. gonna give that a shot for awhile

[mikeg]

wireless networking off a hotel off my house. it's pretty damn fast
I pay nothing bitches!

[Steezy303]

Comcast Cable right here

[White91GSX]

bresnan cable 8mbs/down and only 39.99 a month :)

[RiceKiller_TSi]

(CHSI) Comcast High Speed Internet - And I get it for free. :) I'm quite spoiled by it.

[98GS]

4mbps at home
High speed @ skool rite now it seems slow

[LS6TT]

DSL, cable is not in my area...darnit

[sanford]

dial up sucks =(

[Boorail85]

cable.. not too bad.. had DSL at one point and liked it better.

[92fwricer]

8mb down/1mb up. time warner cable.

[Darksurfr]

OPTIMUM online BIatches. 1.5 Mbps is sweet. And they keep making it faster for free.

[dsmkid.]

i used to have dial-up then i got Road Runner and i will NEVER go back definently worth the money.

[psykhotic]

I have comcast and its reaaaaally fast but it all depends on how my laptop is running, the wireless connection, the website. But I love it haha, I'd never go back to dial up.

[k1tty]

all i know is it's whatever wireless i pick up from the neighbor

[Slow 95 TSI]

I have cable, will NEVER go back to 56K. I would like to get T-1 in the future

[Eaglesfly]

My Roadrunner is 100mbps and my FREE citywide Cyberspot Wi-Fi is 54mbps.

[stealthtt24]

cable, i bet if you redid this poll there wouldnt be nearly the same amount of people on 56k or without internet

[DSMunknown]

it was sooo slow you would not believe. almost like we had dial-up :eek: That is, until we got Anti-Virus-Pro. i HIGHLY recommend it. 40 bucks for the first month and then 6 dollars for every month after that, for the rest of the computer's life (or until your money runs out, whichever comes first :P )

now it is lightning-fast and we have great protection :cool:

[95orangeGSX]

I had 56k for 10 yrs and switched to DSL 2 weeks ago and I am loving every minute of it.

[zachab242]

HS at work

[AslowGalant]

Currently I have 56k which connects at 45.2kbps. :( Since it's not possible to get DSL or cable in my area I'm going to get 2 ISDN lines and a Cisco 804 router with load balancing. That should give me about 256 kbps download and upload speeds. It's not good as DSL but it's better than 56k. :)

I did have direcway, but it sucks. When it rain, you will lose your internet connection. Also its shared, so when alot of people is using the satallite it gets very slow. Sometime it be slower than 56k. :eek:

[fiveSFE]

cable at hizome, and high speed at work

[cdawgstalon]

I hate you all, we have 56k at my house and it SUUUUUUUUCKS so bad its not funny. we even have a virus right now so if we click out of a page and try another it doesnt work, we have to reboot. we had cable awhile back and it was great up until we couldnt afford it and had to go back to 56K. its the slowest computer i have ever used and i cant wait till we get DSL or Hi-SPEED, ANYTHING is better then this.

[CamaroSCG]

Speed Meter- Your bandwidth was clocked at 2.23 Mbps (T1 line at work)
http://www.2wire.com/?p=7

637kbps download and 112 kbps upload.
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/


Comcast at home is much faster.

[fiveSFE]

I hate you all, we have 56k at my house and it SUUUUUUUUCKS so bad its not funny. we even have a virus right now so if we click out of a page and try another it doesnt work, we have to reboot. we had cable awhile back and it was great up until we couldnt afford it and had to go back to 56K. its the slowest computer i have ever used and i cant wait till we get DSL or Hi-SPEED, ANYTHING is better then this.


lol i didnt know anyone even had 56k anymore

[fiveSFE]

Speed Meter- Your bandwidth was clocked at 2.23 Mbps (T1 line at work)
http://www.2wire.com/?p=7

637kbps download and 112 kbps upload.
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/


Comcast at home is much faster.


i got 3.0mbps on 2wire.com here at work, i have cox at home i download stuff faster at home, but counter strike is way better here at work.

[Struckanerve]

Right now i am using comcast and i get a 21mbps and a 800kbps upload speed. its so fast

[birdii]

fast enough to watch my porn :burnout:

[driftnslide]

slower than a stock 1.5 civic lol 28k baby. i dont really use it. it might explode, lol kinda like a 1.5 civic

[sd_dragon]

Had 56k now cable. Sooooooo much better. My laptop is old and my wireless card gets reeeaaaaaaalllly hot!

[stillbroke]

Lets just say its faster than my car, but slower than yours.. lol

[sinhowang]

Cox Cable, I really want the new Verizon FIOS but they aren't in my service area :(

[TalonTsi92]

F you bastards with 20mbps and F you bastards with roadrunner at 8 mbps i'm only getting 5mbps which is about 600kb/s but I guess I can't complain it's a hell of a lot better than dialup or dsl. I like roadrunner but hate their customer service and the wait to get it installed. Two weeks to have someone comeout and make a call and run a cable line?? Screw that.

[amkjak]

FIOS baby 15 down 5 up! Fiber rules.....

[DSM Loki]

if it makes you feel better i have charter's shitty 384, and they like to throttle bandwidth on accounts with high traffic... gotta love torrents

[dougdeez]

Might as well be dialup...

[tkstsiawd]

I have charter DSL it's pretty fast when pos computer is working:D

[boosted92dsm]

comcast baby!

[dsm_roller]

5mbps from Time warner cable.

[sinhowang]

Cox Cable 6mpbs down and 512k up

[speed_racer_801]

I have 15 MBPS and no I don't mean 1.5 I mean 15. It pays to work at the phone company.

[giganews35]

http://www.giganews.com/performance.html

[giganews35]

With comcast I get close to 15,000 kbps

[eltoni17]

my current speed is at 48.0 Mbps

[giganews35]

my current speed is at 48.0 Mbps

what the hell do u use? t1? t3?

[95_eclipse_gs-t]

100mbps, gota love school internet!

[eltoni17]

what the hell do u use? t1? t3?

nah im on dsl, but it flatuates from 24 up to 48 most of the time. i guess not to many users around my area.

[faithless]

30mbps up / 5mbps down

[giganews35]

30mbps up / 5mbps down

You sure? It takes more bandwith to upload?

[DSM Loki]

i'm finally getting my 3 meg connection. sure, it's slower than a lot of shit, but it's a lot better than it was...

[faithless]

You sure? It takes more bandwith to upload?

My mistake. It's the other way around.

[IKNOWNOTHING]

fuck i guess the only way to get dsl is to have a cable tv line, so phone line is as good as it get around here. 56k got my vote.

[sliver]

I think I have everybody else beat. The HIGHEST I've EVER gotten is 26.4kb/s! The lowest is what I usually get, 21.6kb/s.

[HOT97ECLIPSEGSX]

Time Warner Cable 5.0 mega bits (not bytes) per second. I downloaded from Microsoft's website yesterday at 800k per sec. :eek: $39.99 a month. I could upgrade to 8.0 mega bits for $10 more, but I think 800k per sec is fast enough, lol. I work for Sprint so I get unlimited calls for free on my cell phone, too! :D

[DSM Loki]

yeah, i've got charter 3 mega bit... and they like to bandwidth throttle like a mofo.

[kyleh]

I wouldnt really call my schools interenet high speed. I mean ofcourse it is but anything not interenet2 is usually pinging around 400+. Stoopid dorms.

[fatalshock]

My internet is ...hold on...THIS FAST! See how quick I posted that!?

[fatalshock]

:( Oh sh!t. I thought we we're still on page 1....damn:(

[chowda633]

cable here! Varies though do alot of traveling.

[Matt Park]

cable like pretty well everyone else

[willdawg69]

54.0 Mbps wireless dsl

[T.L.B.]

People still use dial-up?

[WantaGSX]

I have mobile internet from Sprint. It plugs into my laptop and I can go all over town with it. I assume it is like the cell phone set up. It can also be used On a P.C.
It is as fast as cable I think and costs about the same.

[kaoss_11]

talk America DSL

[Burntz]

Roadrunner Cable

10k Down
1K Up

Fast enough for me :D

[magna]

Speakeasy.net results:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 15178 kbps (1897.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 16484 kbps (2060.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

not too bad. Sitting on 2 DS3's at work.

[curtisimo]

$49 a month for time warner cable. It is very rarely down and thats usually at 3 am in the am

[sliver]

I'm still waiting for somebody to beat my 24 kbps connection! lol I hate living out in the country!

[fullmoon]

I have mobile internet from Sprint. It plugs into my laptop and I can go all over town with it. I assume it is like the cell phone set up. It can also be used On a P.C.
It is as fast as cable I think and costs about the same.
Me too and I encrypt my connection as I surf too

Speed depends upon the tower but you can stream music and or watch You Tube street racers if you are next to an Evo High Speed tower.
The People at Sprint call it EVDO I call it Evo it sounds better. :cool:

[GSXawd97]

comcast cable, 6mbps down, only 384k up

[PSIinthaTSI]

wireless on a laptop is shitty. Atleast mine is. cuts out to much

[doorknob329]

roadrunner on my wireless laptop, it is the shit!!

[Boxcarracer944]

Verizon DSL

[dalonesoldier]

i got crappy 56K, so slow :(

[DRSully]

I have used dial up and DSL, but probably ever won't get rid of the cable now.

[cmspaz]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/273300440.png

WINNAR!

[98_GstEclipse]

Fios!

20k Up
5k Don

Soon to be...
30k up
10k down

[I-W]

wireless all the way, laptop and iPhone

[NY 95 TSI AWD]

Cox cable high speed internet.

[gordon.cj]

That was an interesting link...
5219 kb/s down
371 kb/s up

With Knology cable.

[myAWDgst]

I got DSL comcast

[97GreenSpyder]

I can only get about 380kbps throughput using a LAN/cablemodem connection (Comcast), but can reach 580kbps if I leech off the neighbor's unsecured wifi connection using a USB/802.11b plug-in.:D

I'd kill to get Verizon Fios, but it's not offered in my area.

If I connect the landline modem (when Comcast is kaput), I get anywhere from 26.4 to 52kbps calling the same V.92 telephone number.

[98_GstEclipse]

Verizon is the best IMO. All I download is torrents and from newsgroups and everything downloads so quick. Full movies take about 15 to 30 min depending on thow many are seeding and xbox 360 games take about 2hours. Will never go to anything else!

[gordon.cj]

That was an interesting link...
5219 kb/s down
371 kb/s up

With Knology cable.

I tried it at work and blew my home numbers away:
71584 kb/s down
27238 kb/s up

[98_GstEclipse]

Heres mine at my apartments...

31044 kb/s down
4001 kb/s up

[HOT97ECLIPSEGSX]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/353203634.png

Not bad, eh?

[dannyrampage]

DSL here.

[aworldsdeath]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/353244650.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[aworldsdeath]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/353244650.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/353245227.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Second is from a different server on speedtest.net :)
I think I'm doing pretty well.

[HHO Talon]

all the money i could have spent on tv goes to the interweb.
thanks for all the fish

[Tombaman]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/469357016.png
Not too bad for being in the middle of nowhere.

[91-Bluebird]

Had 56K on webtv up until 2 mths ago when I got 1.0 HSI. With 56k I couldn't even login to dsmtalk and a few other sites :( and I it was so frustratingly slow I'd actually drive to the library to use their high-speed rather than sit home agonizing over how slow my turtle stuff was.

[bzerkkiller]

Time Warner standard cable. thought about upgrading to the higher speed for $10 but i kinda want to keep the $10 for now. lol

waiting for FiOS to be available in my area

[wezzy785]

cable at home and High speed @work :)