I haven't seen a speed test thread recently

[pete6032]

How fast is your at-home internet these days?

https://www.speedtest.net/

 

[UsandThem]

You on dial up or something, bro?

My download speed is usually a little higher, but both the kids are currently using it for gaming, and I get scared when they come out of their rooms.

 

[AdamK47]

 

[spacejamz]

Have Frontier 500/500...these are speeds at the router so I am getting close to what I am paying for...

 

[Red Squirrel]

I can get up to 250/30 if I really wanted to, but I lowered to the lowest tier to save money. It's fast enough for what I use it for tbh. They don't allow servers or even provide static IPs so not like I can host anything off my home internet anyway.

 

[Denly]

My upload speed is .... meh.

 

[MrSquished]

It's 300/300 quite reliably. FIOS is good like that here.

Had gigabit but had zero use for all that bandwidth. Saving money every month. Even 300/300 is overkill for me and another person. But it does make downloading games faster, otherwise it's never really utilized.

 

[ultimatebob]

Comcast isn't as terrible in Connecticut as it used to be:



I'm still waiting for Frontier to get their shiznit together and start rolling out Gigabit fibre in my area. They're still selling VDSL service around here like it's 2007.

 

[pete6032]

You on dial up or something, bro?

It feel blazingly fast to me. A few months ago I was on 25/25 at home. This is the fastest speed I can get with our building provided internet. I could go faster but I'd still have to pay for the building internet plus another provider. I'm guessing its probably on the slow end of most users here.

 

[BW86]

Optimum 400/40

 

[ponyo]

It's good to live in first world

 

[Muadib]

Something is going on with my upload, but it's good enough.

 

[LikeLinus]

Not sure why my upload has a ramp up this morning. It's usually a bit higher. This was run on my server via RDP (since I'm on a laptop currently using bandwidth) that has been up for 12 days since I last rebooted it.

Run directly from the ATT modem. 976 down and 893 up.


Overall, I'd say not bad for $59 a month!

 

[ultimatebob]

OK, this is kinda cool... I restarted my XFinity gateway, ran the speed test again, and got this:



That's actually faster than what I'm paying for.. not bad!

 

[soulcougher73]

T-mobile home internet.

 

[Brainonska511]

Pay for the Comcast 200/5 internet-only package, which costs only $35/month.

 

[deustroop]

Rogers
Test results

Ping
7
ms

Jitter
2
ms

Download
566.3
Mbps


Upload
16.2
Mbps

This works out to ~ 21MBs. The Upload is limited in order to discourage servers.

 

[pete6032]

T-mobile home internet.
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How is the consistency with signal? What range of download are you getting throughout the day? Does it go down during peak hours?

 

[sdifox]

Rogers
Test results

Ping
7
ms

Jitter
2
ms

Download
566.3
Mbps


Upload
16.2
Mbps

This works out to ~ 21MBs. The Upload is limited in order to discourage servers.

Cable is asymmetrical.

 

[soulcougher73]

How is the consistency with signal? What range of download are you getting throughout the day? Does it go down during peak hours?

I live in a smaller town outside of the KC metro and also have a tower about a mile from my house. But i get anywhere from 250-450 whenever ive checked it. Ive only had it for a bit over a month, but so far its been great. And its 55% less expensive than my previous cable internet that topped out at about 75mbps. I am unsure what someone within the KC metro might get due to more congestion on the towers.

 

[pete6032]

I live in a smaller town outside of the KC metro and also have a tower about a mile from my house. But i get anywhere from 250-450 whenever ive checked it. Ive only had it for a bit over a month, but so far its been great. And its 55% less expensive than my previous cable internet that topped out at about 75mbps.

Yes we have the $50 option here. I considered getting it but I was concerned about latency and jitter while on video calls for work so I'm sticking with my current 125/100 wired internet for now. I live in a very densely populated area in Chicago and no clear sight lines to cell tower, although my 5G Tmobile phone has been blazing fast.

 

[soulcougher73]

Yes we have the $50 option here. I considered getting it but I was concerned about latency and jitter while on video calls for work so I'm sticking with my current 125/100 wired internet for now. I live in a very densely populated area in Chicago and no clear sight lines to cell tower, although my 5G Tmobile phone has been blazing fast.

I kept my old internet hooked up while i tested the T-Mobile for a month to make sure it worked for me since i wasn't familiar with cellular internet. Could be an option since there is no contract. Just try it for a month and see?

 

[Kyle]

 

[MrSquished]

I'm curious, everyone with gigabit have big households? I had gigabit FIOS for 2 years then realized it was a waste of money. Got on the 300/300 plan for 39 bucks a month in perpetuity from FIOS. Ping is of course still amazing. I can't even see using near 300/300 in a household of two, which is the most it will be at my place. But I can't even see it being needed for big households. 4K streaming is 25Mbps, so even if you have 4 people streaming 4K at once, you still aren't going near your bandwidth. I can see it being great for some work applications of course. But even then not for most people. Is this just marketing big numbers just like megapixels were for cameras and 244hz is for refresh rates on monitors?

 

[LikeLinus]

I'm curious, everyone with gigabit have big households? I had gigabit FIOS for 2 years then realized it was a waste of money. Got on the 300/300 plan for 39 bucks a month in perpetuity from FIOS. Ping is of course still amazing. I can't even see using near 300/300 in a household of two, which is the most it will be at my place. But I can't even see it being needed for big households. 4K streaming is 25Mbps, so even if you have 4 people streaming 4K at once, you still aren't going near your bandwidth. I can see it being great for some work applications of course. But even then not for most people. Is this just marketing big numbers just like megapixels were for cameras and 244hz is for refresh rates on monitors?

We do and use a lot of bandwidth. Five 65" TVs, 1 Projector w/ 120" screen, Apple TV, nVidia Shield Pro, Roku on everything else. 5 Laptops, 5 PCs, one Server with VM (VPN) for downloading. I still work from home in video production (4k) so there's a lot of uploading and downloading of assets, media files, audio tracks, and such. 3 PS5, 3 Xbox Series X, 2 Nintendo Switches, Steam, Gamepass and such on the PCs. Game downloads and updates that are sometimes 50-100+ GB.

This doesn't include the guest network for when family, friends and kid's friends come over. Which is quite often.

The last time I looked in pFsense, I think I have approximately 68 devices on all VLANs across the entire network.

So 1GB U/D for only $59 a month bundled with our ATT Wireless w/ 4 phones on an Unlimited Elite Plan w/ my company discount is a deal. I pay $238 a month that includes the extra $10 off each for auto-pay and paperless billing. Free HBOMax is nice as well.

It can take everything we throw at it and I'd rather have some extra room rather than completely saturate the network.