What sort of internet download speeds are you guys getting

Looks like we're getting 305 Mbit/s, according to the speed test on my husband's PC. This PC has a 100 Mbit/s Ethernet card, so that's all I'm getting here.

Cindy Hamilton

Not sure what you call a long way. I am about 8 to 10 road miles from the main internet building ( not sure what to call the place where all the equipment is) I assume that the internet goes along the road path as most of it is on power poles. I am on the same 'wire' the cable company uses for the TV and VOIP. They rate the basic service at 200 down and

The town is small with about 30,000 in the city limits. I am about 40 miles from a large town of over 100,000.

Where I lived in CT I got 18 mbs through the phone company. Here in FL I get 300 mbs average but at less buy times I've tested at 380. That is with the cable company and all new wiring in the area.

I got 235 down and 11 up going to that link . I am rated for 200 and 10 by the cable company.

My over 10 year old computer is connected through about 3 feet of wire to the modem/router. I have noticed that on my laptop and another computer that is wireless to the router I get around 50 for the down and

Just measured 720 down and 40 up using Ethernet connection to desk top. WiFi might be a third that.

I just tried the ethernet cable directly to my laptop - 51 down / 51 up ... I expected more improvement - but I don't have any knowledge of all the technology .. We can usually stream and zoom over the wifi with few problems so I'm happy. Last week's return to home-schooling caused significant widespread slow-downs on day-1. John T.

Guess it depends on distance from the modem. My laptop and desk top are on the first floor catercorner from the modem and the two thirds drop are what I recall from the past. I have an Ethernet cable now split to both. I was lucky to have had a consulting client that insisted on the cable as he did not want WiFi used when I accessed his site with his computer and he paid for the install. We also have Comcast's top tier internet and I'm probably spoiled with it but even some days there may be a noticeable slowdown.

I can have 1000Gb if I choose to pay for that but choose to pay for 50Gb

Not here.

Nope, on the number of others on that channel and the wifi technology used.

That last is seen when the service outside the house is over cable, but not with fibre unless they don?t have enough bandwidth on the fibre.

The price difference does not usually justify the speed once you pass a certain point. Sending an email will take .01 seconds instead of .001. For most of us the difference is negligible for everyday use.

I get 390/390 symmetrical for $60/month. Used to be $40 a month but I lost the $20 bundle discount when I dropped the TV service. (Streaming is the way to go these days.) For an extra $20/month I could get 940/940 but I don't really need that much speed.

Right after a certain point you are depending on the speed that the servers that you are connecting to can send out the data to you.

As I am mostly the only one on the computer/data stream almost anyting above 10 mbps or whatever it takes to watch a you tube vidio is usually good enough for my usage. The standard low end is 200 mbps so much of that is wasted on me.

Fred's Gb's are almost certainly Mb's. Nowhere on the planet is anyone selling 1000Gb service.

Agreed.

It isnt the speed of sending email that matters, its uploading videos, backups to the cloud etc that matters speed wise.

Upload speeds are always slower. Just click "send" and go to bed. We did that in the old days downloading a file with a 1200 baud modem. For most of us, that is done once a week or so, not five times a day. Is it worth an extra $25 to $75 a month for it?

Not always, some do offer a symmetrical service.

No thanks, quite a bit of the time when uploading videos I want it done quickly because I am discussing the video with someone.

But you werent uploading videos then. Or having the system automatically backup to the cloud either.

Its different now with automatic backups of new photos and videos and when discussing a video.

It only costs me $20 a month more for 50/20 instead of

I forget all the details but the team doing the computer animations for the movie Tron were not in LA. It would take all night to upload a ridiculously short sequence.

I was still on dialup when I downloaded the shop manual for my 2007 Yaris via bittorrent. It took all weekend.