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07 August 2009

Connection Speed Question This is after-the-fact, but [More:]I ponied up an extra ten bucks a month to Qwest to up my speed from 256KB to 1.5 MB. Should I expect a noticeable change?

This comes with a 30-day trial. Is there a good way to measure this? The big reason for doing this is to watch TV shows, and clips from stuff like Comedy Central, which, now, are a pain to watch due to how slow they load (esp Comedy Central, which you can't, it seems allow to load fully and then watch).

I expect that my wireless router, phone line, etc would slow it down a bit, so I am not expecting the full 1.5MB/sec. I just want to be able to cancel within 30 days if the change is negligible.

Does anyone have experience with this?

thx.
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I would say that the wireless router is the big limiter.
posted by dhartung 07 August | 12:33
Gosh I thought that my work connection speed was top level. . .it's not, at all.
posted by danf 07 August | 13:19
Woah I get 7 megs down.
posted by special-k 07 August | 13:44
There's also a speedtest app
posted by special-k 07 August | 13:44
I often use Speakeasy's Speedtest.
posted by terrapin 07 August | 15:50
Using Speakeasy, mine is 5851 kbps down/974 kbps up. I think we're supposed to have the highest speed offered.

Second time: 7257/793.
Third time: 6514/975.

I guess that's fast enough for me.
posted by deborah 07 August | 19:43
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