Jerry Shaw (Offline)
#85
2/17/10 7:41 PM
Originally Posted by Bill Gardner:
What is your internet speed?
Go to this link http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Select the Chicago, IL location.
and post your download speed.
Mine is 5145 kbps
Thanks Bill for the link to that site. For quite a few years I have had Verizon DSL as my IP. On the day you put the link up, their connection tested at their limits of:
768 kbps download
133 kbps upload
I never really knew just how slow my connection was. But armed with that information, I talked to Verizon and learned that was as good as they would be able to do, in my area. Then I talked to Time Warner/ Roadrunner and found out they would be able to guarantee at least 10,000 kbps for less than $10 more that I was paying for Verizon. I had it installed today and the initial test was:
21,527 kbps download
967 kbps upload
There's a big difference. Thanks.
Jerry
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Winston Churchill