Speed tests/download & upload speeds

[tracymrg]

Hello. The county in which I live is trying to get real broadband...something we've been paying for for years. The Broadband Enhancement Commission is wanting the results of these tests. Here are mine... http://broadbandwv.speedtestcustom.com/result/20915030-b917-11e7-a380-952a1567f30d

Are they as bad as I think? I'm not real good at all this stuff.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[USAFRet]

Hello. The county in which I live is trying to get real broadband...something we've been paying for for years. The Broadband Enhancement Commission is wanting the results of these tests. Here are mine... http://broadbandwv.speedtestcustom.com/result/20915030-b917-11e7-a380-952a1567f30d

Are they as bad as I think? I'm not real good at all this stuff.

Thanks for your help!!

In the context of "everywhere in the country", that is pretty slow.

First question...is this wired or WiFi?
Second....is that near the advertised speed you are paying for?

 

[DigitalHamster]

Saying if they are bad or not honestly depends on where you are and what you are trying to do over the internet.
Those speeds, compared to what we have in England, are far below average for broadband.

Using Ethernet at my residence at 1:20am, I achieved:
* Ping - 8 ms
* Download - 39.27 Mbps
* Upload - 41.53 Mbps
Obviously during the day those numbers usually half (and ping doubles).

On my univerisity campus I did a speedtest and I believe the results followed something like this:
* Ping - 6ms
* Download - 500Mbps
* Upload - 470Mbps
We can see here that universities have insane internet.

So, those speeds you got. Those are a bit on the slow side for what I would consider broadband, but they are respectable assuming broadband is only just being rolled out to your area/county/country.

 

[tracymrg]

I do live in a rural area. The population of the whole county is only about 7400. The citizens here have filed a class action law suit because the service offered was "high speed broadband internet" The internet is constantly disconnecting and there are times you can't get on there for hours.

 

[DigitalHamster]

I would be interested to hear which country (or county) you live in.
As for the broadband - I think it is the right thing to do to file a law suit. Being promised high speed internet but getting slow speeds and massive issues trying to connect is wrong.

I wish your country (or county) the best of luck in getting better internet!

 

[USAFRet]

I do live in a rural area. The population of the whole county is only about 7400. The citizens here have filed a class action law suit because the service offered was "high speed broadband internet" The internet is constantly disconnecting and there are times you can't get on there for hours.

This is West Virginia somewhere?
Which county?

What type of connection? DSL?

 

[tracymrg]

I do live in a rural area. The population of the whole county is only about 7400. The citizens here have filed a class action law suit because the service offered was "high speed broadband internet" The internet is constantly disconnecting and there are times you can't get on there for hours.

This is West Virginia somewhere?
Which county?

What type of connection? DSL?

 

[tracymrg]

Yes West Virginia...Calhoun county. I don't know how familiar you are with WV but we are about an hour north of Charleston....which is pretty close to the center of the state.

Yes it is DSL.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes West Virginia...Calhoun county. I don't know how familiar you are with WV but we are about an hour north of Charleston....which is pretty close to the center of the state.

Yes it is DSL.

Been past there many times. Used to do a lot of commuting between Cincy and SE VA. I-64.

It's hard for an ISP to justify investment in such a small population. And DSL speed suffers, the father away you personally are from the local connection point.

County pop. of 7400 = 1500-2000 houses.
How many of your neighbors would actually pay actual money for better internet speed? How many can pay?
How many care?
That's the problem.

But also, they should NOT be calling that "broadband".