[Coco] Stories of Internet Connection - My speed.

[Steve Bjork]

Here is my connection speed via speedtest.net:
down 19.71 MB/s, up 5.31 MB/s with a ping of 16 ms.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/771094886.png

As I said, this is FIOS lowest level and you can get 50 MB/s or even faster.

Steve
On 4/3/2010 9:15 PM, Todd Wallace wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> My first experience with broadband internet was my first year of college (1996).  All the dorms were wired up and I had my very own Compudyne PC running windows 3.11.  My favorite part was not so much the speed, as it was the always on 24/7 connection to the internet.  I soon got involved with instant messaging along with the other students and we all used to leave away messages up before we went out or went to bed etc.  Those were the days.  During the holidays, I was stuck using dialup and those weeks were painful.  Finally, around when I graduated in 2000, Cox Communications was offering broadband to residential customers in my area.  Within 2 weeks of graduating, I had Cox High Speed Internet.  I've found Cox to be a very reliable and fast service.  Each few years they increase the bandwidth caps without requiring extra money.  The rare times it goes down, I used to be stuck for a few hours on dialup, however in this age of mobile broadband, now I just use my phone or dat
>   a card on my laptop.  Gotta love the progression of technology.  Just did a speedtest on the spot.
>
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/771071261.png
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> I remember when 5mbps DOWNLOAD was really fast.  Now thats my upload.  I bet Verizon FIOS is even nicer, but I dont really see a need to switch at this point.  My current setup works just fine for me.  Just thought I'd jump in the conversation.  I'm also curious about what you guys get for bandwidth.  Cheers.
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> - Todd Wallace
>