Test your internet bandwidth!
Test your internet bandwidth!
Great site for checking out that hotel connection speed:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
I always use the Dallas, TX speed test, since it's located near all our dedicated servers. Of course this doesn't tell you if it's spiking, but you see if any or both of the download/upload speed tests fall below 128 kbps. Lock-On flying will suffer especially while using voice comms when that happens!
Via Speakeasy's server and from home I average 11,520 kbps download and 960 kbps upload speed. Between most hotels seems like sub-1,000 kbps download and roughly 256 kbps upload speeds are usual. The Wi-Fi @ Orlando Intl has ballpark speed of 5,000 kbps download & upload. It rocks, especially upload!
Other sites to test your bandwidth:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
I always use the Dallas, TX speed test, since it's located near all our dedicated servers. Of course this doesn't tell you if it's spiking, but you see if any or both of the download/upload speed tests fall below 128 kbps. Lock-On flying will suffer especially while using voice comms when that happens!
Via Speakeasy's server and from home I average 11,520 kbps download and 960 kbps upload speed. Between most hotels seems like sub-1,000 kbps download and roughly 256 kbps upload speeds are usual. The Wi-Fi @ Orlando Intl has ballpark speed of 5,000 kbps download & upload. It rocks, especially upload!
Other sites to test your bandwidth:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
Here's another one that I know of:
Infospeed.verizon.net
It doesnt ask you for your location so I'm assuming that it uses the closes Verizon server to you.
Also, why do these test sites give you such different results? For example speakeasy's test indicated 4400 download on both test I ran when pcpitstop and verizon indicated 2300 once and 3600 the second attempt...
Funky
Infospeed.verizon.net
It doesnt ask you for your location so I'm assuming that it uses the closes Verizon server to you.
Also, why do these test sites give you such different results? For example speakeasy's test indicated 4400 download on both test I ran when pcpitstop and verizon indicated 2300 once and 3600 the second attempt...
Funky
Just ran a random speedtest on my connection in Orlando, FL to the Dallas, TX server during off-peak hours and these are the results. (BTW, this is during our normal practice time around midnight eastern). You can finally start to call "High-Speed"... well, High Speed!!!
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This is mine updated Nov 6 2009.
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I got 4798 down and 346 kbps up on my laptop wireless connection...4803 down and 352 kbps up on my flight rig with wired connection...havent checked the server yet...but im guessing its about the same. Those numbers are using the Dallas server, which is the closest to my location.
Suffice it to say, I envy LD's connection speeds bigtime.
Thumper
Suffice it to say, I envy LD's connection speeds bigtime.
Thumper
Road Runner recently upgraded their "Turbo" package with faster downloads, but more importantly upload speeds doubled.
@Burner, I know you posted yours elsewhere a few days back and I just now got around to testing my own. . . WOW! You weren't kidding.
@Burner, I know you posted yours elsewhere a few days back and I just now got around to testing my own. . . WOW! You weren't kidding.
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