So turns out I got a 50MBit connection

Vegitto

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Originally posted by: Kelnoen
Always knew it was fast but not this fast.

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5255 KB/s :Q

What kinda pipes is everyone else on?

WTF! I've been sold an 8 MBit connection, but I frequently get 6MB/s+ from RapidShare. Sustained. :Q
 

BDawg

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We're around 300MBps... maybe more.

We're on the state's academic and non-profit network.
 

Doctorweir

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Originally posted by: Kelnoen
Always knew it was fast but not this fast.

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5255 KB/s :Q

What kinda pipes is everyone else on?

That's 5MBit, not 50... :roll:

E: Ups it measures byte....ok it's fast :p
 

postmortemIA

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Originally posted by: Kelnoen
Always knew it was fast but not this fast.

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5255 KB/s :Q

What kinda pipes is everyone else on?


..and they can't get ya decent copy of visual studio?
 

Yanagi

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My home connection is 100 Mbit and around 11-14Mbit Upload. Dont know what my work connection is though...
 

PhoenixOrion

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T3 on one and OC3 at the other.

EDIT: another facility being built will have OC48 i believe......am jealous. (4xOC12)
 

ebaycj

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Dual (redundant) Gigabit.

Of that 500megabit is allowed to be used for random internet usage. So 500megabit.

Basically I can max my 100mbit ethernet connection to my workstation at will. So I get ~12000KByte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day) download speeds. The IT guy across the room who has a newer(gig-e) workstation, can get 55-60,000Kbyte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day).
 

Golgatha

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Originally posted by: ebaycj
Dual (redundant) Gigabit.

Of that 500megabit is allowed to be used for random internet usage. So 500megabit.

Basically I can max my 100mbit ethernet connection to my workstation at will. So I get ~12000KByte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day) download speeds. The IT guy across the room who has a newer(gig-e) workstation, can get 55-60,000Kbyte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day).

So you're in Google's server room pulling directly from Google cache I see.
 

ebaycj

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Originally posted by: Golgatha
Originally posted by: ebaycj
Dual (redundant) Gigabit.

Of that 500megabit is allowed to be used for random internet usage. So 500megabit.

Basically I can max my 100mbit ethernet connection to my workstation at will. So I get ~12000KByte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day) download speeds. The IT guy across the room who has a newer(gig-e) workstation, can get 55-60,000Kbyte/sec +/- a little (depending on the time of day).

So you're in Google's server room pulling directly from Google cache I see.

No, I'm in a downtown location in the Chicago business district (loop). Level3 networks has multiple 10GigE connections coming into our building. We get 2Gig of that. And 100% of my company's business comes over those internet connections. And a damn lot of that is near-real-time data feeds, so we need friggin' bandwidth.

And yes it is difficult to find sites where a single TCPIP connection will allow that kind of transfer rate. But often times multiple connections do the trick. My pay NNTP servers, for example, I can hit 12000 without issue.
 

Kelnoen

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Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: Kelnoen
Always knew it was fast but not this fast.

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5255 KB/s :Q

What kinda pipes is everyone else on?


..and they can't get ya decent copy of visual studio?

lol, I don't use it at work, just gettin it for 'personal' use haha
 

jimbob200521

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We're an ISP, so I know we have dual fibre backbones (one that is on full time, one that is a backup) that push up to 90 megabytes/sec, iirc.
 

Mark R

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Not sure - but I think it's about 8-10 MBit - for about 500 PCs.

If you try and use the internet during working hours, you're lucky if you're connection doesn't time out. Occasionally, if you're patient the page will load.

Using it out of hours is better, but it's certainly not 'fast'.
 

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Speed Test Result
dslreports.com speed test 2006-10-17 15:58:20 EST:
430 / 780 Kbps or 52.5 / 95.2 KB/sec

while the download blows, the upload looks pretty good

the connection seems flakey. and of course i can't kick all the other traffic off it to get an accurate test.

try 2:
Speed Test Result
dslreports.com speed test 2006-10-17 16:00:12 EST:
589 / 756 Kbps or 72 / 92.3 KB/sec

oops forgot to kill the streaming sports radio

Speed Test Result
dslreports.com speed test 2006-10-17 16:04:31 EST:
664 / 785 Kbps or 81.1 / 95.9 KB/sec