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Poll: What type of Internet connection do you have? At what speed?

Oct 2, 2009 7:26AM PDT
What type of Internet connection do you have at home? What's the speed of your connection?

- Cable modem
- Dial-up
- DSL
- Fiber optic
- ISDN
- Satellite
- None
- Other (What is it?)

Don't know what your speed is? Use this tool to find out:
http://www.speed.io/index_en.html

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Im using SMART Broadband Internet, w/384 kbps speed...
Oct 5, 2009 3:07AM PDT

It's a cable Modem type...
Results from http://www.speed.io
(Copied on 2009-10-06 01:07:19)
Download: 663 Kbit/s
Upload : 196 kbit/s
Connects : 432 conn/min
Ping: 0 ms

Accordingly, myOver-All Quality Evaluation is EXCELLENT, that s equal to 600kbit/s..

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something wrong here
Oct 5, 2009 4:36AM PDT

I have done this several times, and get the same results from a DSL


download 207 kbps
upload 88 kbps

Compared to everyone else, this sounds very wrong.

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Using the Communication Workers of America SpeedTest Site
Oct 5, 2009 5:26AM PDT

TimeWarner TurboBoost I consistently get 22300Mb/s Up and 1870Mb/s Up.

That's with 5 other systems connected through a 10/100 switch through a 3COM 3CR858-91 v1.13 firmware.

Fred

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(NT) DSL 1.5 Mbps
Oct 7, 2009 6:09AM PDT
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(NT) An ADSL modem (plugged into my telephone line) at 2 MBPS
Oct 10, 2009 2:03PM PDT
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Hathway broadband
Oct 20, 2009 10:23PM PDT

I am using Hathway connection with 256Mbps speed.