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Switch
Original Poster
3,065 posts
44 months
PH Techie Junior
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Alright guys. Who's got the fastest internet? I think we can all agree that Speedtest.net is the best metric for this. Let's be having your answers (when you get the result there's a Share this result button at the top, hit that then Forum tab and you get a code you can paste in here to show your phat pipe(ooo err missus)) Just to get us started  Over to you.... Addendum: Work internet is ok, I just want to know who's got access to the best pipe 
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GlenMH
3,911 posts
112 months
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You had better ban Jamie Beeston from this thread 
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Stefluc
224 posts
78 months
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Here have a laugh at this 
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Lefty
12,283 posts
71 months
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Stefluc said: Here have a laugh at this Your bandwidth is about the same as mine at home but my ping is 0.9ms 
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ChiChoAndy
68,019 posts
124 months
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 Or  Depending on when I did the test. Always seems to add up to 91 (ish) adding the 2.
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Stefluc
224 posts
78 months
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If I want to send a couple of photos in an e-mail I have to send them seperately a day apart
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bob1179
13,462 posts
78 months
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Download: 14.68 Mbps Upload: 9.30 Mbps Is this good? I'm far away in a foreign land if it makes any difference. 
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itsnotarace
3,667 posts
78 months
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 Upload is a bit slow this afternoon, but it is mid-afternoon ChiChoAndy said: Depending on when I did the test. Always seems to add up to 91 (ish) adding the 2. The tests aren't run concurrently so the overall total is not relevant
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ChiChoAndy
68,019 posts
124 months
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itsnotarace said: The tests aren't run concurrently so the overall total is not relevant Just an observation.
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GlenMH
3,911 posts
112 months
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 That is all the way to Okinawa. No servers hosted in Tokyo... It should be 40+Mb both ways.
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Stu R
19,531 posts
84 months
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Wouldn't mind being at Google HQ! 
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ChiChoAndy
68,019 posts
124 months
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Stu R said: Wouldn't mind being at Google HQ! Looks quite adequate.
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Puggit
29,500 posts
117 months
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 Recently moved from Virgin where it could be anything from 0.1 to 5 Mbs - so very happy with BT and can't wait for infinity!
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nocarjames
643 posts
27 months
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not bad for the shared connection at work. 
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Accelebrate
2,719 posts
84 months
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 No complaints for the price.
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Lefty
12,283 posts
71 months
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Quick question... My ping is, say, 0.85ms. Now, I understand that to be 0.00085 seconds? Taking the speed of light as 3x10^8m/s that means the distance to exchange is 300,000,000 x 0.00085 = 255km. My exchange is 5km away. What am I doing wrong?   
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ChiChoAndy
68,019 posts
124 months
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You have all the different nodes to go throughh on that journey as well, remember.
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Thom987
3,185 posts
35 months
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Switch
Original Poster
3,065 posts
44 months
PH Techie Junior
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Lefty said: Quick question... My ping is, say, 0.85ms. Now, I understand that to be 0.00085 seconds? Taking the speed of light as 3x10^8m/s that means the distance to exchange is 300,000,000 x 0.00085 = 255km. My exchange is 5km away. What am I doing wrong? It's the distance to the server in question. and back again.
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mondeoman
6,780 posts
135 months
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Switch said: Lefty said: Quick question... My ping is, say, 0.85ms. Now, I understand that to be 0.00085 seconds? Taking the speed of light as 3x10^8m/s that means the distance to exchange is 300,000,000 x 0.00085 = 255km. My exchange is 5km away. What am I doing wrong? It's the distance to the server in question. and back again. Not all bytes travel at the same speed (just like cars on the motorway), so when your "32 byte ping train" gets to a hub or a switch the front byte has to wait for the back byte to catch up, hence the delay beyond what you'd expect from the maths.
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