Post Up Your Internet Speed~

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

do my numbers mean something is wrong?

Possibly since you have cable. Get something like CCleaner and some kind of anti-spyware and see where your at.

[lincpimp]

[mistercrash]

[BrianG]

You should be getting higher results given you are on cable. Try a different server. Even though they are geographically further, other locations may be wired better, or maybe there is high traffic in the twin cities.

[_paralyzed_]

hmmm....

[_paralyzed_]

i get similar results from every server. i do have cable, but pay for "the cheapest" service they offer. I guess I'm getting screwed

[kraegar]

Don't run the test over a wireless connection, like from a laptop.

[BrianG]

I'm not paying more than the minimum and I get wayy better than that. Even if testing off your wireless laptop, I would expect much faster than that, unless the signal strength to your access point was really weak. If you can try hooking a CAT5 cable from the laptop to the router/access point (or even directly to the cable modem).

[kraegar]

You could also try a network diagnostics test. Google has one: http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools

Might detect a problem for you.

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I'm not paying more than the minimum and I get wayy better than that. Even if testing off your wireless laptop, I would expect much faster than that, unless the signal strength to your access point was really weak. If you can try hooking a CAT5 cable from the laptop to the router/access point (or even directly to the cable modem).

-real pc idiot here- I'm hooked to my modem with an ethernet cable, is that cat5?

[kraegar]

Yeah, ethernet = cat5.

Ignore the test I posted from google - it won't mean much to ya!

my sprint wireless card

[eovnu87435ds]

Originally Posted by cheesecake

my sprint wireless card

funny that I get faster speeds tethering my instinct(sprint)!

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

this is a stolen wireless signal. 15x faster than connected to my modem with cat5 cable. what should i do about this?

well, first I wouldn't say it's stolen. secondly, seeing that it is much faster, you know that there is a faster alternative for internet(unless that network belongs to a school or company where they use fiber...) I would call your ISP, and piss and moan that it is too slow. I've done that with verizon and they would set a higher download cap for our line. Just be prepared to argue for a couple hours, and prepare yourself with answers for all the questions tech support will ask before hand. and say you have a desktop computer, brand new, wired straight to the modem. no router(no excuses!). If they really don't have anything to offer for free or at the same price you are paying. if not, take your speed, multiply it by 7, go to the other ISPs, say my ISP is offering me x speed for the price you are paying, and say that you hate their customer service, so you wanna switch

Originally Posted by bdebde

It certainly beats dial up (OMG who uses that anymore?). Pages actually load quicker at home (this connection) than they do at work with a much faster connection.

You probably just have a slow proxy server at work

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

-real pc idiot here- I'm hooked to my modem with an ethernet cable, is that cat5?

lol, sorry. That's what comes from talking to IT people all day; they all (or should) know the lingo.

But yeah, CAT5=ethernet cable

I too suggest some type of network troubleshooter. I don't know of any off hand, but I'll look around and I'm sure others will have some input...

Edit: Here is an article that has some of the basic stuff to look at: http://www.ehow.com/how_2133014_incr...paign=yssp_art

[_paralyzed_]

This is the new RCM computer here. I don't think I've screwed it up this fast, and I think Arct1k has it fairly protected. It is sloooow though. Mostly on stupid facebook