I always use speedtest.net. It always gives me good results.
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Thanks for the info. I just performed a speed test at that site and here are the test results:
5.93 Mbps download - 6.00 Mbps is listed on AT&T.com as the download speed for Xtreme 6.0
0.43 Mbps upload speed - 512 Kbps is listed on AT&T.com as the upload speed for Xtreme 6.0
105 ms ping(?) was also listed on Speedtest.net in my test results
Speedtest.net's grade for my AT&T Xtreme 6.0 - "D"
Speedtest.net also said - my Xtreme 6.0 was slower than 72% of the USA
AT&T's monthly charge for my Xtreme 6.0 DSL - $42.95
There was an ad on Speedtest.net's website by a vendor claiming they could increase my speed; see below
Vendor's website - SpeedyPC Pro; I didn't try it and wouldn't try it until I checked here on CNET first.
Big Steve
03/09/13
5.93 when 6.0 is advertised is exceptionally well.
42.95 for 6.0 download speed is expensive, compared with what I have here in the Netherlands: 20 euro (that's 27 dollars) for 20.0 effective speed. But I think it's a common tariff in the USA.
Don't trust those speed-up programs/
Kees
Kees_B:
I have read that the USA has some of the most expensive monthly rates for broadband service in the world; Europe is much cheaper. AT&T is trying to get me to switch from my current Xtreme 6.0 DSL to their U-Verse Max service. U-Verse Max is rated at 12.0 Mbps and currently costs $51.00 a month.
AT&T said they would discount that $51.00 a month charge down to $39.95 a month for a one year trial then that $39.95 monthly charge would go back to whatever the charge is at the end of one year but I would have to purchase a different modem from AT&T; somethng called a gateway device to be able to use their U-Verse service. The U-Verse gateway device costs $100.00 USD. I'm staying with DSL for now until I can figure out why this laptop which I do spend a lot of time on surfing the web is running so slow.
Big Steve
03/09/13
Kees_B:
Is my DSL's Xtreme 6.0 upload speed good or not? --------> 0.43 Mbps
How many Kbps is 0.43 Mbps? AT&T's website says my Xtreme 6.0's upload speed should be 512 Kbps.
1 Mb is 1000 kb. So .43 Mb = 430 kb. That's close enough to what you pay for to be very happy with it. Not a single reason to complain with them.
Kees
Potentially the best one is the one offered by AT&T - if they have one - , because it doesn't get hindered by slower speed on the non-AT&T parts of the Internet involved by using another site.
Just try a few you find. You'll find that not only running different tests will give different results, but also running the same test at different times and even running the same test twice right behind each other.
I remember having read our CNET test isn't good at high speeds.
Kees
I just went to AT&T again; I finally found the page on their site to test my DSL speed but the page on AT&T.com was down; AT&T referred me to Speedtest.net.
Speed test help you to know about the speed of internet and it shows the results for downloading and uploading which helps you to know the speed in kbps or mbps.This check accurately measures information measure and is a digital subscriber line speed check and Cable electronic equipment Speed check to assist guests troubleshoot and find information measure problems.