almost every status display will show 100.0 mbps (mine does at least) when you check it. that's the speed of the ethernet card i believe, not the internet.

TehKris

Norway322 Posts

September 02 2007 00:01 GMT

#64

On September 02 2007 08:47 Manifesto7 wrote:
Japanese fibre optic... I win yay yay

Also, for the record, we pay about $90 a month for fibre optic, which includes internet, land line phone, and cable tv. Sick deal.

Also, for the record, that is not your internet speed, but the speed your card handles. Pretty much every new computer has 100.0 Mbps ethernet card, so that doesn't mean anything. Take the test and see the real speed.

jimminy_kriket

Canada5478 Posts

September 02 2007 00:08 GMT

#65

On September 02 2007 09:01 TehKris wrote:

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Agree with tehkris. Bench that shit!

$90 for internet, phone, and cable is a dream here in Canada...

BTW, why do you live in japan if you dont mind me asking?(other than the obv. reasons, hot asian chicks, fast internet, best electronics)

Funchucks

Canada2113 Posts

September 02 2007 00:28 GMT

#66

On September 02 2007 09:08 jimminy_kriket wrote:

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Agree with tehkris. Bench that shit!

$90 for internet, phone, and cable is a dream here in Canada...

Huh? I'm in Canada, and $90/month is almost exactly what I'd pay together for Shaw's high-speed internet and basic cable bundle, plus a regular telephone land line (which, unlike a fiber-optic phone line, will keep working in power outage emergency conditions).

My internet is 5 Mbps for $40/month, but I could get 25 Mbps for $100/month or 10 Mbps for $50/month. The upgrade's just not worth it. I don't need to move that much data.

Then again, I don't bother with cable, either.

Auspicious

United States175 Posts

September 02 2007 00:45 GMT

#67

I can't find the site everyone is using, I looked up OOKLA but the test page looks quite different (actually I can see I'm at the right place, I just can't find that particular page, I used speedtest.net)

My stats are 29772 kb/s download and 5246 kb/s upload

BroOd

Austin10831 Posts

September 02 2007 00:48 GMT

#68

On September 02 2007 09:45 Auspicious wrote:
I can't find the site everyone is using, I looked up OOKLA but the test page looks quite different (actually I can see I'm at the right place, I just can't find that particular page, I used speedtest.net)

My stats are 29772 kb/s download and 5246 kb/s upload

I think here is where most people are checking it.

decafchicken

United States19921 Posts

September 02 2007 00:50 GMT

#69

On September 02 2007 08:47 Manifesto7 wrote:
Japanese fibre optic... I win yay yay

Also, for the record, we pay about $90 a month for fibre optic, which includes internet, land line phone, and cable tv. Sick deal.

speakeasy plz and thx

I wanna see fiber optic speedz

Manifesto7

Osaka27114 Posts

September 02 2007 00:53 GMT

#70

On September 02 2007 09:00 intotherei wrote:

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almost every status display will show 100.0 mbps (mine does at least) when you check it. that's the speed of the ethernet card i believe, not the internet.

Yeah apparently I am a retard.

I performed the speed test and got:

I dont know if that is good or bad though.

Manifesto7

Osaka27114 Posts

September 02 2007 01:01 GMT

#71

I also think where the test server is makes a difference. I get much higher scores on Japanese ones.

Auspicious

United States175 Posts

September 02 2007 01:11 GMT

#72

On September 02 2007 10:01 Manifesto7 wrote:

I also think where the test server is makes a difference. I get much higher scores on Japanese ones.

It makes a massive difference. Competent speed test sites will have servers around the globe so you can pick closer ones.