Let's Compare Internet Speeds

[RunningBum]

5 years ago I was limited to dial-up. I had tried satellite a few years before and that was just awful. Not much faster, kept dropping my VPN, inconsistent, and horrible lags with some of the interactive work I had to do at the time.

I had DSL for a few years but was right on the edge distance-wise, so it wasn't very reliable.

Now I get cable internet, for $35 they advertise up to 4MB down, 1MB up. I'm getting 3.27/0.90 right now. I've seen is very close to 4MB, and sometimes in the evening it gets far worse. When that happens, sometimes I'll switch to my neighbor's wireless if they aren't there (their 2nd home so they often aren't) and use their DSL. Once a week or so I restart my cable modem and wireless router, which seems to help.

 

[novaman]

I have Verizon Fios here in Northern Va. did the SpeakEasy.net test

37.15 download 29.98 upload

 

[ziggy29]

Verizon DSL, 3.3 Mbps download, 0.8Mbps upload, about $35 per month.

 

[veremchuka]

Charter Cable 1 year intro price $20 regular price is $49

AT&T High Speed Internet Speed Test says 20.8 Mbps download 3.1 Mbps upload

Speakeasy Speed Test says 34.8 Mbps download 3.2 Mbps upload

the download speeds are really far apart! I wonder who is coreect?

 

[Corporateburnout]

It seems that Verizon Fios has by far the fastest internet connection of any service at a reasonable price.

I just retested my connection on speakeasy and it was 52 Mbps download/35 Mpbs upload.

BTW connection speed does not drop at night as some have experienced with cable because the connection is not shared with others.

 

[aaronc879]

It seems that Verizon Fios has by far the fastest internet connection of any service at a reasonable price.

Until this thread I had never heard of Verizon Fios so I went online and got a price quote. $79.99/mo for the speed you have, 50Mbps. Even though that's very fast that does not seem like a reasonable price to me.

 

[plex]

Just tested my connection now at a near peak time, have Cox in N. Vir. through Speakeasy (which I think is more accurate that speedtest):

DL: 7Mbps UL: 3Mbps

My roommate is the one in charge of the Internet and I can't seem to motivate him to switch to FIOS for $60 less a month, with no contract. We'd be getting way more channels, and 6-7x faster internet speeds.

That sort of thing is part of my motivation to save up enough to affordably live on my own, and get enough seniority to telework. Current plan is to eventually move to an area where you can get 50Mbps up and down for $70/month, and my work will pay for half of it. I may consider getting the 100/100 plan, since that would only actually be $70/month out of my pocket. But, not sure it is necessary, I can definitely push near the limits of the 50/50 connection, since I can be a very heavy internet user, but not sure I will feel the difference at all past that.

About the Seattle area, I heard Verizon sold their network to Frontier last year, Verizon doesn't seem to want to do much more than keep their network going in very large densely populated areas. Not so sure the Seattle area will improve Internet-wise for awhile until someone picks up the slack Verizon dropped, much less the Seattle metro area itself.

 

[Corporateburnout]

Until this thread I had never heard of Verizon Fios so I went online and got a price quote. $79.99/mo for the speed you have, 50Mbps. Even though that's very fast that does not seem like a reasonable price to me.

I pay $40 for the internet service but it is a part of a 2 year bundle contract with TV and a land line phone. The total bill is a $134 with a 2 year commitment

 

[bks]

I pay 48.95/mo internet for Comcast cable.

SpeakEasy Downlink Uplink
18.67MB 3.66MB

Speedtest 16.8 3.73


The above are testing to the Chicago server. Other servers can have much different readings. There are a number of things that can effect readings, so it maybe difficult to accurately compare to others.

 

[ziggy29]

Until this thread I had never heard of Verizon Fios so I went online and got a price quote. $79.99/mo for the speed you have, 50Mbps. Even though that's very fast that does not seem like a reasonable price to me.

I'm sure they are [-]gouging[/-] charging a lot more to people who don't bundle it with phone and TV service.

 

[Life_is_Good]

Comcast cable internet: $68/mo

24.4 upload with 3.54 download on hard wire desktop
18.5 upload with 2.9 download on wireless device

Very happy w/performance... not so happy with cost (compared to most of you)

 

[2soon2tell]

Download - 25.6 Mbps
Upload - 4.95 Mbps

Comcast

 

[Katsmeow]

Interesting. On Speakeasy I tried several locations. Upload speed was 5 something on all. However, download ranged from 35 to 5!

Speedtest download was 35.5

Comcast - currently bundled with TV. Before that was paying about $60 a month as I recall

 

[haha]

About the Seattle area, I heard Verizon sold their network to Frontier last year, Verizon doesn't seem to want to do much more than keep their network going in very large densely populated areas. Not so sure the Seattle area will improve Internet-wise for awhile until someone picks up the slack Verizon dropped, much less the Seattle metro area itself.

Wow. Seattle is the 15th largest US metro.
List of United States metropolitan statistical areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Verizon must be one picky company. I wish I had FIOS available!

Ha

 

[target2019]

24 up, 4 down with Comcast. This costs roughly $60 per month, including modem rental. Verizon bailed out on their promise to cover this entire region of South Jersey. So there'll be no competition (DSL is abysmal speed), and I expect Comcast will continue upping the bills with no real competition in this region. Some developments and customers got FIOS, but most didn't in my town. Definitely a case of the haves and have nots.

 

[jeeper]

Im just outside a small town in WA. Very close to interstate. Verizon wireless is about the only choice because I can see the 3G tower. Paying $50 month, but only get 5Gb of data total. If I go over 5Gb, it costs $10 per additional Gb. This means surfing only, no movies, and not sites with a lot of pic's to stay within the 5Gb. This is the price of living out!

Best avg speeds are:

2.24 Mbps down
0.68 Mbps up

 

[Nodak]

Download - 19.85Mbps
Upload - 4.48Mps

Midcontinent $30 per month.

 

[Jake46]

Comcast

Download 23.89 Mbps
Upload 6.19 Mbps

 

[Spanky]

ping: 13 ms
Download:22.95 Mbps
upload: 3.35 Mbps

Comcast

 

[HFWR]

Speakeasy: 11.77/0.98
Speedtest: 14.02/0.98
TWC: 11.43/0.99

"Standard" internet through TWC for $45/mo + fees, taxes, bribes, kickback, etc.