How fast is your internet? (answers on a post card please)

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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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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 said:

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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.

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.

And then there's delays in ethire processing or inspecting the data before its passed on..
And then there's the fact that your telephone cable covers a few miles extra than the straight line route...
And then...

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Frik said:

I've asked this question on here before but why in the hell is my upload speed so crap?

You'll be on Virgin Media ADSL?
If so its because your connection is a Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The Asymmetric bit being the key here, your upload is never going to be the same as your download.
Standard upload speeds are between 0.1-1mb max really. Depending on how much you pay for your connection (there's normally a higher tier of "Pro" service that has an improved upload)

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Switch said:

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

Seem's we've had an upgrade...