Avian Gamers Network

Up until about a year and a half ago there was next to no broadband internet access is Ireland (which is a bit of a joke considering the amount of technology companies here), thanks mainly to anti-competitive monopolising former semi-state teleco companies.
But things are slowly moving along, and prices are slowly dropping, with the main options being DSL, Wireless ISPs and very very very little cable.

I'm currently on a 512/128kbs DSL connection, although I'm looking at getting a 1mbit/1mbit wireless connection.

But I wonder what sort of connection everybody else has, just to see how far behind we really are here?

Cable-Modem

The speed is variable as it is a shared Bandwidth. I'm sure you are right there with us for download speed.

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Dalaran: Arindel - Frost Mage (Mining/Alchemy)
Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

I've had basic ADSL for about 4 years. I believe it's 1Mbps/125Kbps.

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Hehe I am a bit spoiled at home with the following

PUD installed 100mbit fiber connection to the house, with up to 5 different ports available for use.

In other words I have 5 individual 100mbit ports availble for my use atm . Once I get the place rewired I plan on using most of them

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Section 6

Okay, we're making our own MMO and Daishus is hosting

Cox.net Cable-Modem

«3621 down
«279 up

$24 per month (LSU student discount, normaly $40 per month)

I have Cox High Speed Internet as well...

Most of the time, it is SMOKING fast...

I love it.

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Hmm, I have bellsouth, 1.5Mbit DL 256K UL I think. Costs about $40/month.

Here's a page summary of what bellsouth offers in ATL:

http://www.fastaccess.com/content/consu ... sp#dsllite

I have the intermediate thingie, the 1.5 Mbit DL, because me and 2 of my roomies share the connection and I don't want to see my ping skyrocket because someone is downloading porn. Besides, the costs are split 3 ways...

In my experience, this speed is as much as I need. I don't think I have ever encountered a download where my own connection was the bottleneck in the process.

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Retired Weaponsmith

Dialup. You guys suck.

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Adelphia Cable.

Mbps range of download speed less on the upload.

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"Chatfield, I think there's something wrong with our bloody ships." Admiral David Beatty, upon watching the battlecruiser Queen Mary explode at the battle of Jutland.

My name is Tobias Smith and I approved this post.

ADSL 512/256 kbps methinks

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X2-PB

Pathfinder Kingmaker Campaign:
Gednan Malithanar - Wizard (1)
Dukin Thunderstrike - Ranger (1)

Star Citizen: - https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
AntanKarmola on their forums

Star Wars: The Old Republic: - Not really playing
Antare Karmola - Jedi Guardian (32)
Antan Karmola - Jedi Shadow (21)
Arianae Karmola - Gunslinger (20)

Roadrunner standard-class cable.

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

OK I looked on the site, where is this meter thingy that gives you the report?

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Time Warner Roadrunner Cable Modem.


2004-11-19 18:13:43 EST: 2581 / 361
Your download speed : 2643612 bps, or 2581 kbps.
A 322.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 370473 bps, or 361 kbps.

Golga,

http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest

You will need to choose a server, they are listed below step 4.

Roadrunner - CableModem

2004-11-19 20:19:05 EST: 391 / 354
Your download speed : 401031 bps, or 391 kbps.
A 48.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 362839 bps, or 354 kbps.

kinda jealous, looks like Roadrunner is bad in my area compared to others with RR...and these results do seem pretty accurate when I think about my DL/UL rates from watching downloads and such.

I did another test from a more local server...and got..
Download : 2978.5 k bits per sec
Upload : 365 k bytes per sec

The top test was from Orlando to California, the second test from Orlando to Tampa.

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The Cord
Occasional Caretaker of the Horde Maelstrom Guild
Ex-Section 3 Director

I've had Cable and DSL for about 4 years now. Why? I don't know .. I used to work from home and was required to have two connections to the net which work paid for. I just got used to it when the cable line got saturated with neighborhood people.

So ..

DSL Line Bell South:
2004-11-19 22:29:41 EST: 2399 / 316
Your download speed : 2457237 bps, or 2399 kbps.
A 299.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 324044 bps, or 316 kbps.


Cable Line Adelphia:
2004-11-19 22:30:55 EST: 2158 / 111
Your download speed : 2210069 bps, or 2158 kbps.
A 269.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 114531 bps, or 111 kbps.

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Nasiobo Aprillis
Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jedi Consular (Nasiobo)
Slicing, Scavenging and Cybertech

ADSL 512/128 on some weekends
ADSL 2048/128 (soon to be 8Mbits/512) else

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Flyoc,
Farm with attitude.

Comcast High Speed...whatever the "standard " is...

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At home I have Mindspring/Earthlink ADSL

300k Download
40k Upload



At school:

approx. 2 meg down...should be 10...but my school is messed up...hehe
1 meg up....though it varries.

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"Loose with Dignity"
Robert
Second President, Avian Gamers

DDO - Cannith - AlistairItor - Rogue/Ranger (5/3) - Main
DDO - Cannith - Guijanitor - Paladin/Rogue (4/1)
DDO - Cannith - RicochetItor - Rogue (5)

Golga,

On the left-hand side of the screen there are a number of menu options. Look for and select "Tools/Tests."

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.

Sorry I should have posted that I found it.

Thanks!

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Dr. Golga Bolg
SWTOR - Golga
Rift - Gnarlwood: Golgar Golgantua Golgate - Retired
WoW - Dalaran: Bolg Golga Virrok All Retired
SWG - Golga Bolg - Doctor (Resident) Retired
Eve - Edge Finn - Limbo
Section 2 - (Former) Director
What am I playing now?: The waiting game

Comcast Cable.

Your download speed : 2474409 bps, or 2416 kbps.
Your upload speed : 231481 bps, or 226 kbps.

EarthLink Cable

Your download speed : 2755967 bps, or 2691 kbps.
A 336.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 369230 bps, or 360 kbps.

YAY for Earthlink!!! Woohoo!!

Heh heh, I tested the T1 line at work with a local server:


With a remote server (West Coast):



Europe:

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Retired Weaponsmith