Internet Speed

[skb]

I'm curious to know what sort of internet connectivity members use and what speeds they get.

I use a broadband connection from my telephone service at home & office and get about 6 Mbps download speed while uploads are at 1.5 Mbps. I sometimes use my 4G mobile service to connect and then the speeds can be 3 times faster.

[Tamagno]

My download speeds run around 30 Mbps via cable internet and Wifi to my iPad. Upload speeds I think are 10-12 Mbps but I haven't checked lately.

My cable provider advertises their speeds at twice that amount, but I live far from a hub. I don't really use my phone much as there's no cell service where I live but I know it would be much slower.

[Shanny]

I'm in somewhat the same situation as John, except even more remote; there's no cable out here & we only use the cell phone when we're away from home, because there's essentially no signal here - maybe one bar or less. Our DSL comes with our landline phone service.

I have no idea what my speeds are, but I'm sure very slow!

[Grammabear]

I use a broadband service that is part of a "bundle" pkg which includes satellite service for television, phone and internet service.  I used to have a website where I could check the speeds but I've lost track of that website.  We live in the rural area of a metropolitan area.  There is a city of over 150,000 about 12 miles from our house.

[bigskygal]

I too am in a rural area. I get service through a phone line. I have no idea what my speeds are, but like Shanny, I expect they are slow.

[walkerwally1]

In the old house we were in a rural area and the only service was satellite for internet and that was slow compared to broadband.  At the new house I have cable for internet and it is pretty fast.  The plan I have has 100Mbps download speeds and 10Mbps upload speed and my monthly cap is 1000 GB.  This allows for streaming movies which was not possible on the satellite connection.  I ran a couple of speed tests and actually got 127 Mbps down and 16 Mbps up so it looks like it is as good as advertised although I am sure it will vary depending on how many are connected at various times.

[rocky]

@skb, Speed is mis-spelt in the heading.

My home connection is 100 Mbps and I think I do get that speed. At the workplace we use a virtual network for security reasons, so the speeds might be slower than the actual. But Singapore is pretty good in internet connectivity.

[Shanny]

(So glad I'm not the only proofreader in this place!  )

[skb]

@skb, Speed is mis-spelt in the heading.

Ooops. Sorry, Made the Change.

(So glad I'm not the only proofreader in this place!  )

[Skhilled]

You can test the speed of your ISP's net connection using a tool like this:

https://fast.com/en/